Atkinson Vehicles, Preston has died, aged 87. Yates joined Atkinson in 1955, becoming MD in 1967, before leaving for...

the next election it will set up a body to look at the causes of road accidents and make recommendations for reducing the...

David Handley, one the leaders of the fuel protests, denied obstructing the highway when he appeared before Stroud magistrates...

to examine and regulate the working practices of the major oil companies, following this week's announcement of record profits...

by the side of the road dressed only in his boxer shorts after he was dragged from his cab at gunpoint and beaten up by thieves...

and parent company of distribution firm Wincanton, has seen its share price plunge 123/4 after issuing a profits warning....

by Melanie Hammond Leading palletised freight network Pall-Ex (UK) is attempting to distance itself from one of its former...

• Commercial Motorhas discovered that the Pall-Ex vetting process allowed a franchise to go to a director with failed companies...

II Pall-Ex founder and director Hilary Sharpies (above), says the network took action as soon as some other members made her...

• Former SWF Distribution (1 . 1 - actor and current director of SWF Warehousing, Philip Barnett, admits that the SWF group of...

Angry creditors owed money by the group of SWF companies which have gone bust for about £250,000 are threatening its directors...

East Anglian members of the Hauliers and Farmers Alliance (HFA) met with Transport Minister Lord Whitty and two government...

MI One of the government's own advisers on traffic congestion believes its plans to spend billions of pounds on improving roads...

Great news. But why did it need two judges to decide it? We're talking about the fact that international hauliers caught with...

• by Mike Jewel Ellesmere Port-based operator Paul Glendenning has been jailed for four years for smuggling cigarettes. He was...

• A driver who exceeded his hours to avoid a 110 parking fee has been fined 2100. Thomas Smith of Tamworth, Warks, who works...

• Kent police say motorists seem far more willing to report truck drivers for carrying stowaways since the £2,0D0-ahead fines...

II by Mike Jewell A former truck driver who altered his wage slips to give himself a £300-a-week pay rise has been jailed for...

• by Jez Abbott A senior union figure has slammed the haulage industry saying he will be "bloody glad to be out of it" when he...

• by Kevin Swallow All-electro braking systems are not new, but replacing tried and tested pneumatic braking technology is a...

• by BIN Godwin MAN is busy preparing the first of its TG-A based site vehicles for a major off-road and construction show in...

• Despite identical overall commercial vehicle registration figures to last year, the artic sector saw a dramatic drop of...

Llanelii-based Samuel Burton's disciplinary hearing was adjourned for a fortnight after he reported that his briefcase had been...

West Mailingbased Greaves Surveying & Engineering has lost its licence for advertis ing an application in the wrong newspaper....

A Worcestershire haulier, whose business has virtually collapsed, has been given 14 days to prove he has sufficient finance to...

The rejection of Dolan Tipper Services' application for an 0-licence has been confirmed by the Transport Tribunal because Dolan...

11 • Wakefield-based E Hine & Sons' licence has been suspended for a month because it used an untaxed vehicle in a dangerous...

Motor carried any reports of attacks on livestock trucks, but judging by stories in the papers hauliers' gain is some else's...

TRANSIT DROPSIDE D wood loadbed seems tough and well supported—it stood up to our gritty test weights without a scratch—and...

wouldn't like a bit more work. But ask if they'd also like to increase their fuel bills by 40% and you're liable to elicit a...

out their bulk diesel tanks and issu ing their drivers with fuel cards have been rethinking their options after last autumns...

A truck that isn't moving is a truck that isn't earning money. Maybe that's obvious, but it underpins almost everything that...

difficulty in ensuring that a new escort is always ready and waiting when the convoy reaches the borders of a new force area."...

As recently as I February, Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus announced that South Wales is to take the brunt of more than 6,000 job...

1. DON'T BERMIE-41PRIABO A computer is not a box never to be opened—open that box and you'll see that its been designed for the...

• A few weeks ago you reported that under a new law, when a driver is stopped in a roadside check and found not to have had the...

• Before leaving a demolition site I checked all the tyres on my eight-wheeler for damage and to check no bricks were trapped...

• I have been told that passing a car test no longer covers goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes and that some new drivers have to...