• The Law Commission proposes to change the law surrounding motor manslaugh to make a distinction between professional drivers...

by Amanda Bradbury • Two hundred British Gas garages servicing its 20,000 vans and trucks are set to be slashed in a review of...

• A further blow to the chances of the EU's proposal to allow 44-tonners on six axles has emerged with Sweden asking the...

• The founder of vehicle hire and distribution business Dawsongroup is rated as Britain's richest truck personality in The...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers were this week warned to avoid "green" diesel from the Irish Republic following a change in the law...

• A haulier faces an insurance claim to pay for the damage inflicted on a bridge last week by one of its drivers which disabled...

red tape reprieve on tax issues about to be introduced by the Government. Limited companies with turnovers of less than...

Ron Oliver, the encumbent, was appointed chief executive in 1988 when the VI became an executive agency. Before that he was...

by Steve McQueen • The quarry products division of Alfred McAlpine has increased rates for drivers of its 150 subcontracted...

• Sainsbury's has formed a distribution and marketing partnership with three other European food retailers to help it expand on...

• The liquidator of Manchesterbased Haulage Techniques has warned hauliers against chasing Continental business without...

• The number of rigid CVs registered in the UK has risen by more than 30% since 1981, says a new report from the Department of...

• Speeding LGV drivers in the London Metropolitan Area face detec tion by £100,000 worth of laser technology. One of the...

by Steve McQueen • Increased fly-tipping activity could be an unwelcome result of changes to the regulations governing waste...

• Truck and artic registrations continued to gain momentum in March, with an increase of 41% over March 1993. The Society of...

by Juliet Parish • A local authority is asking hauliers to volunteer drivers for research into loss of concentration at the...

• About 28 drivers are likely to lose their jobs in July when Nestle Distribution begins the move to its new distribution...

• The Road Haulage Association gave official notice last week of redundancies among its staff as part of a farreaching...

• Royal Mail has opened a £600,000 workshop at Dunton near Basildon to maintain a fleet of 375 vehicles based at sites around...

• Vehicles up to 5m high will have an easier passage to the Isle of Wight following the introduction of a new ship, the Red...

• Seddon Atkinson will launch its multi-wheeler chassis at TipCon, (as predicted exclusively in Commercial Motor 6-12 January)....

• Bristol tipper operator Churngold has bought 10 MAN 32.322 8x4 tippers in an order estimated at £700,000. All will operate at...

• Strathclyde Regional Council has taken delivery of 26 Volvo FL614 4x2 rigids: 20 will be fitted with swap bodies, replacing...

• Up to 135kg will be shaved off the weight of Leyland Daf models. The savings on 65, 75, 85 and 95 Series trucks have been...

• MoD Service supplier Naafi has ordered 33 ERF vehicles for its distribution fleet. The order consists of 28 EC6 21 4x2...

• MAN has launched a sleeper cab conversion for the L2000 light truck range. Built from plastic composites, the singlebunk...

• Ulster-based bodybuilder Robert Wright & Son has launched a single-door version of its low floor Pathfinder 320 body, geared...

• York Trailers has developed a 39-46m 3 (51-60yd 3 ) Teamster range of monococque aluminium tipping trailers.The first one, a...

• Shanks & McEwan has added its first 25,500 litre (5,600gal) hazardous waste tanker from Leeds builder Vallely Engineering to...

• Deregulation of Britain's milk business has attracted interest from producers in different types of collection tankers. NFT...

• Refrigerated Vehicles of Framfield, East Sussex and Bradford,West Yorkshire is now building reefer trailers. Its first for...

assets and equipment of the now defunct Norwich Coachworks. MLD will produce the Norcolift range of lifts and vehiclemounted...

• Rothdean will have two new tipping trailers at Tipcon. One has a sloping body with a Ushaped profile to prevent loads...

• New Lawrence David trailers for Taylor's of Martley include specially built slim rear pillars that give full access for...

Fire brigades the world over are beating a path to West Yorkshire to call on specialist vehicle maker, Angloco for new and...

• Carlisle Magistrates have decided that charges alleging that NE Transport & Plant Hire (Broughty Ferry), director Niels...

• International Rochester-based hauliers Anthony and Irene Lamb were ordered to pay £800 to a self-employed driver, after a...

• South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has refused an 0-licence application from Brecon farmer Gareth Morgan...

• Bridgend haulier James Elliot, who trades as JB Elliot Transport, has been cleared of over loading the three compensating...

• A bid for a new a), licence by David international mer director of the failed Rhymney Transport, has been adjourned because...

• Arbroathbased haulier Raymond McEwan has been cleared of operating a truck with recording equipment which did not comply with...

I write with reference to a letter from an operator who received a summons after his G-registered tipper was found overweight...

T was interested in the 'managing director of Scania GB, Dieter Merz's views on the Channel Tunnel (CM 24-30 March). I believe...

T read with interest your 1 article regarding wheel loss (CM 24-30 March). While it is good to see that much research has and...

0 n a classic "moving the goldposts" situation, a driver was flabbergasted to discover a ticket on her Fiesta after workmen...

A n operator scrambling to answer an Easter police call-out at Cumbernauld recovery firm James Kane thought it was an April...

a he Hawk recently published this picture (CM 10-16 March), of a vehicle belonging to defunct South London haulier WM Truckel,...

lymouth haulier Allan Leaves was in the depths of despair when his business collapsed —then Lady Luck stepped in: he won...

he Bedford Owners Club says membership is now well past the 50 mark. "Many Bedford owners have been trying to contact us,...

Scania in Coventry • Scania truck dealer Kelly Trucks has opened a new site in Coventry on the Grovelands Industrial Estate,...

East to West • The International Road Transport Union is holding a conference on East-West trade, traffic development,...

Logistics predictions • Logistics Futures in Europe is to be published next week by Cranfield Centre for Logistics and...

North-west hoists • A range of hoists and winches with maximum capacity from 220 to 1,750kg made by Allied Power Products are...

• Main trouble spots are: M4 London J3-2 (A312A4) where a contraflow is in place; M4 London, Heathrow Spur Road with...

Hatchback vans combine some of the best-and worst-features of a car and a van. Renault chose to fit a small van with a big...

Price as tested: £9,075 (ex-VAT). Engine: 1.9 litres, 47kW (64hp). GVW: 1,595kg. Payload: 51 Okg, Fuel consumption (laden):...

operators and it used to be the quickest way to start a fight. However, the sight of a London Borough Transport Scheme permit...

• The London lorry restriction was introduced by the GLC in January 1986. Vehicles over 16.5 tonnes are restricted on certain...

Next month's tax changes will force owner-drivers to pay their tax bills earlier—but benefits can be reaped in a two-year...

A European ruling on the meaning of drivers' hours regulations has angered police and the DOT which believes it allows drivers...

• One of the central planks of this Government's policy in road traffic matters is the reduction of.accidents by a third by...

reaction Road still accounts for 70% of European freight journeys but that could change as Europe puts money into intermodal...

6 e revamped police rota system, TI adopted in several parts of the country, has created absolute turmoil in the recovery...