• You don't need Mc Al, NOP or Gollup to tell yuu that most hc.tuNets hove neve' heard of John MacGregor. But they will,...

• Another of the rules which de e-termine who the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency considers medically fit to drive is...

Mi In the starkest warning of its kind so far, the police, insurance companies and the RHA say that hauliers who are not...

• Distribution firms have moved in to grab the spoils of Flockvale Distribution, the West Midlands-based firm which closed this...

able to offer their trucks for sale at Commercial Motor Truckfest. CM's Truckmart — the industry's top classified section for...

• The Freight Transport Association will call on new Environment Secretary Michael Howard to re-think the Duty of Care waste...

• Hauliers using the Severn Bridge will have to pay four times as much from the end of April, and face further annual rises of...

John Dee 0-licence case is to present a new piece of material evidence at the Transport Tribunal hearing, set for 28 April....

a fleet of 12 tippers, has been wound up by court order after fmancial problems forced its collapse.

over the company's decision to withdraw drivers' bonuses ended "amicably", says Tankfreight.

manufacturer Carmichael Fire, expects its receiver to announce a buyer in the next two weeks for part of its £38m turnover...

follow drivers hours and tachograph rules, says the Vehicle Inspectorate, following a court ruling.

of chaos following the IRA's bombing of one of London's busiest road junctions, the A5 Edgware flyover at Staples Corner...

examiner, responsible for setting standards for LGV, PCV and other vehicle driving tests, is David Norris.

new members in the first quarter of the year — twice as many as the same period last year. The district has appointed Simon...

Bristol, has ceased trading, owing around £20,000 to hauliers. A creditors meeting is to be arranged.

fell 20% between 1980 and 1990, says the British Roads Federation, but this was largely due to better motorways, where lorry...

called in the receiver last week, despite an order book worth over £600,000.

• John Major's decision to appoint the ninth Tory Transport Secretary in 13 years has been condemned by the Road Haulage...

• Renault is to open a dealership in a disused part of its Dunstable factory. The outlet, Renault Trucks Chiltern, will be...

• Laybys on the Al are full of trucks because of inadequate service stations, a public inquiry has heard. Strait Properties is...

T he Tory victory will mean business as usual for Marsham Street, which will now put into effect many of the polities which...

• Both Mercedes-Benz and Scania launched models at the triennial BAUMA construction show in Munich last week. The U2400 is the...

• Iveco's Pegaso factory in Valladolid, Spain has started to produce Daily 3.6-tonne models, six months later than estimated...

• Recent trends in vehicle design have given a boost to Ray Smith's Metroswop concept for the transfer of demount bodies from...

• Silentnight Layezee Beds is evaluating the potential of a Scania P93 210; the first in the UK with full air suspension, and...

• West Yorkshire bodybuilder Charles Roberts Engineering has won a g750,000 order from Charringtons, the largest UK independent...

• Cummins has introduced an L10 engine fuelled by natural gas for the US bus market. The L10-240G exploits the latest...

• ZF will display Ecosplit 3, the latest version of its Ecosplit 16 speed gearbox, at the IRTE Show in May. Two models are...

• Voith VHBK 130 and Telma's CC in-line and Focal 250 retarders can now be fitted in combination with Eaton's popular Twin...

get an Eberspacher cab heater and under-bunk storage space as standard.

• Fuel Oil Supply of Nottingham has just taken delivery of this Foden 3000 Series 6x4 with a fivecompartment 18,100-litre...

• Haulier Geoffrey Wallwork, whose truck was vandalised when he was mistaken for a hitand-run driver, (CM 30 Jan5 Feb) has been...

• A haulier demanding compensation because of excessive waiting time is considering its position this week after supermarket...

completing its takeover of the operational control of former Royal Mail express service Datapost with a multi-million-pound...

the election, chairman James Watson said this week. The group was further cheered by a Court of Appeal win last week which...

a new risk of going bust through overtrading as business improves, warns accountancy firm Ernst & Young.

• Assembly staff at Leyland Daf are being recruited for the first time since 1989 as the truck manufacturer responds to a small...

• John Goodreid, former managing director of Intertrail, is to launch his own contract hire and rentals firm next month called...

• P&O Distribution, the UK distribution arm of P&O European Transport Services, is investing .E18m to set up a secondary...

• A major auction of emergency vehicles will take place in London on Wednesday 22 April. Auctioneer Marston Motor Auctions...

• A One Transport has been cleared of causing and permitting the use of a vehicle with an insecure load, following a chemical...

• Bradford Waste Traders and driver Roy Flynn have been ordered to pay £1,800 in fines and costs by Heywood magistrates for...

• Removals firm Ernest Batty of Evesham has won gm. a fight to move to a new operating centre, despite local authority...

I i • The Vehicle Inspectorate has been attacked for inconsistency during disciplinary proceedings involving Dior Skip Hire...

• Truck driver Christopher Stead, who was sacked by Rotherham-based haulier Mark Smith after allowing a friend to accompany him...

• Forgetting to lift the rear axle of his truck after delivering a part load, has cost driver Stephen Benson, and his employer...

• Gary's of Tredegar, who last year successfully appealed against the revocation of its Operator's Licence, has had the...

• Using a vehicle without an Operator's Licence cost Morley owner-driver Michael Taylor a total of £200 in fines and costs....

• West Midland Licensing AuthorityJohn Mervyn Pugh has cut the authorisation on the Operator's Licence which is held by Robert...

416 • A haulier who has been trying to re-build his busi ness after a series of arson attacks caused it to fold has been fined...

• Scania's low-floor version of its N113 citybus chassis will be available in right-hand drive this autumn (CM 17-23 1991)....

• Yorkshire Traction is the first operator to take Robert Wright & Son's aluminium citybus body which was unveiled last...

Scottish charity operating its own-account haulage operation to provide aid for Romania is A the novel result of a...

fil hose raunchy Scandinavians are supposed to know a thing or two about all things blue, so it is no surprise the Swedes are...

like old soldiers, never die and like this 1963 AEC MkV, which started first time after standing unused for 17 years, they...

hale Tankers has produced this ride-on gully emptier which is specially designed to operate in the narrow streets of the old...

ristol police were led a merry crawling chase by joyrider Mike Pedley who made off with a Bobcat digger in the early hours....

• Tachograph disc and accessory supplier Wightman Mountain has moved from New Cross in south London to Middlesex. Its new...

• BPW, the Leicestershire-based trailer axle and suspension original equipment manufacturer, has taken on two new parts...

MI Wolverhampton, West Midlands-based Don Everall Trucks has been appointed to sell and service the entire range of Ford and...

• Johnston Engineering, the Dorking-based road sweeper manufacturer, has appointed SP Plant of Newtownards in County Down as...

• The Thornycroft Society is allowing any type of classic vehicle to enter its rally at Basingstoke's War Memorial Park on...

• An exhibition called Sign UK '92 is being held on Tuesday 16 June at the Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham. Several vehicle...

• The theme of this year's Tipcon conference being held on 1-2 May at Harrogate is "Will BS 5750 Pay?" On Friday 1 May the...

• Motor transport officers from UK airports will have the chance to discuss design features they would like to see introduced...

• Members of the Road Haulage Association in dispute with the providers of computer hardware and software can now get...

• A unit which gives most vehicle-mounted two-way radios a hands-free option is now available from Farnborough-based...

road restrictions nationwide contact one of the AA Hotline numbers listed below.

PROFILE The new generation of trucks and trailers have made increasing demands on tyre makers to improve and develop...

WEEK • CM guarantees free publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your...

one among FL7 tipper owners when the news broke that Volvo had finally screwed more power out of its diminutive 6.7-litre truck...

For the past few decades road transport has been wiping the floor with the railways. But now, with the environmental lobby on...

more than his share of the ups and downs of road haulage. He's the former managing director of Renwick's Freight (Wanstow) and,...

Is there a bodybuilder out there interested in teaming up with a young designer from the West Country to develop further his...

• I read with interest your recent article regarding BS5750 relating to the recovery industry. As an Al H Member of the...

• Your article "Tough Talk on Tachos" (CM 13-19 Feb) was one of several articles published in transport magazines, all of which...

• I read with interest Jeff Cooper's letter "LWRA On the Warpath" (CM 26 March-1 April). It's good to know there are vigorous...

on 081-652 3689 (24-hour service). Letters, which should be typed double spaced, may be edited for length and do not...

or the past seven years I have been privileged to be the director of the Institute of Transport Administration and since 1986 I...

In a recent independent test of roadside assistance services, Leyland DAFaid was outstanding in comparison with the services of...

were two ways of getting it. You either borrowed money from the bank, or you borrowed money from yourself. Then you either paid...

its fleet from six to more than 100 either through hire purchase or, more commonly, finance leasing. It never buys its trucks...

Irvington, near Lockerbie, is a dyed-in-the-wool truck enthusiast. He cherishes his fleet of 10 38-tonne Volvos which are...

name as a cider manufacturer — but its UK distribution vehicles carry much more than cider. HP Bulmer is the UK distributor...

chocolate, has to be the ultimate fantasy for any confirmed chocoholic. But to Phil Yates, logistics manager at leading...

based in Huddersfield and owned by millionaire Lord Hanson. It has a long-standing company policy that all assets should be...

S tart talking financespeak to Barrie Cload and you'll get short shrift: "I tell people to talk English," he says. "It's a bit...