Brewery Marston's is the first to take delivery of a Renault T range tractor, and fleet manager Graham Benford is delighted....

ARE YOU GOOD enough to be named Tipper Haulier of the Year 2014? Are you fit to follow in the footsteps of 2012's winner...

surpass expectations By David Wilcox A VERITABLE EXPLOSION of registrations in December brought last year's new truck market...

By Chris Druce THERE ARE only 300 longer semi-trailer allocations remaining, the Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed....

THE INTERNATIONAL Road Transport Union (IRU) has published a set of international guidelines on safe load securing for the road...

THE BEVAN Group has bought glass-rack carrier manufacturer Supertrucks for an undisclosed sum. Bevan's decision to purchase...

• Hook-based Rawlings Transport said it will remain in the area despite Tesco seeking planning permission from Hart District...

By Ashleigh Wight A SOUTH WALES haulier is considering the alternatives to running trucks as the cost of crossing the River...

A NOTTINGHAM-BASED company, which provided event logistics to, among others, Colgate and the BBC, has gone into liquidation...

BRIAN YEARDLEY Continental is expecting substantial savings after investing El m on 11 Euro-6 Mercedes-Benz trucks. The 4x2...

pick up Renault T range By Will Shiers MARSTON'S HAS become the first UK company to take delivery of a Renault T range. The...

CANUTE GROUP has put 34 Renault Premium 6x2 tractor units into operation, replacing some older Euro-4 units as well as...

By Hay* Pink SHEFFIELD CITY Council (SCC) has rejected a London-style low emission zone (LEZ) following research aimed at...

By Chris Druce SHROPSHIRE-BASED Maiden's of Telford has added 16 MAN trucks to its fleet and plans to double its warehouse...

THE TRAFFIC commissioner's (TC) office said it warned Northampton Borough Council a month before its 0-licence expired that it...

THE TEAM contracted by the Department for Transport (DfT) to explore the potential of using convoys of driverless LGVs on UK...

This year's overview of the UK CV industry is now available to download for free. CM provides a taster of what's inside the...

• Total number of CVs in the UK is 460,600 (2011: 465,500), although 357,982 (2011/12:334,262) are in the 0-licence system....

This is just a taster of this year's CV Industry Report 2014, which is free to download from our sister site...

The number of 0-licences in the UK might well be declining but 2012/13 was still a busy year for the TCs, as their annual...

• A total of 303 0-licences were revoked in 2012/13, compared with 322 in 2011/12. • The number of licence suspensions...

I nearly responded to Will Shiers' column (CM 19 December) but didn't. However, having read the letter in CM 2 January, I felt...

In reference to your recent articles regarding the lack of youngsters coming into our industry, see the attached photo of my...

By Kevin Swallow AUTOMOTIVE auctioneer Manheim has created two new senior management positions for its CV operation as part of...

Welcome to Laurie Dealer's used truck of the week. Each week our man inside the used truck trade picks out a truck or trailer...

VOLVO TRUCKS and Isuzu Truck dealer MC Group has spent more than £50,000 on a new MoT lane at Maidstone so it can test light...

TruckEast's Biggin takes over as chair of NFDA truck council By Kevin Swallow JOHN BIGGIN, the MD of Scania dealership...

When a law is relaxed, as with Euro-5 derogation, it is often difficult to make out who is likely to be the real beneficiary....

A range of emailrelated scams are blighting truck dealers and auctioneers By Chris Tindall Action Fraud If you or your...

Upper tribunal judge overturns IC's decision to allow extra truck on 0-licence By Roger Brown Operator: Hobart Court Property...

GO COURIERS—whose 0-licence was revoked on the grounds of financial standing — has lost its appeal against the decision....

Operator: The Cheap Skip Company Matter: Environmental law Hearing: Worcester Crown Court A LEOMINSTER skip haulier has been...

THE 2014 EDITION of the Freight Transport Association's Yearbook of Road Transport Law is now available. The 52nd edition is...

NBR (UK) HAS been given permission to base four vehicles and one trailer at a unit on the Knaves Beech Industrial Estate,...

1 traffic areas Cambridge OCTOPUS EXPRESS Logistics based in Upminster will make a new application on 21 January. A PI ON 22...

When you want to lease a new yard or warehouse, ensure you know the legal implications before taking the plunge By Angela...

Operator opinion Neil Yates MD ALCO Transport/NY Recovery "We run our specialist transport and heavy vehicle recovery...

In the past, contractors' plant was taken to a site when work started and invariably stayed put until the job ended or someone...

Are telematics systems giving us too much information — and can we cope if other systems are brought into the mix? Some firms...

Is the traditional small van market about to be shaken up by two new arrivals? CM finds out By CM technical team THE FIAT...

CM editor Will Shiers was offered the opportunity to wear the obesity suit at the Mercedes-Benz technology centre in Stuttgart:...

Truck manufacturers are now having to take drivers' expanding waistlines into account when they design a new vehicle By Will...

Daimler is doing its bit to improve truck drivers' health. Its prototype TopFit truck features various in-cab relaxation and...

By Chris Druce IN NOVEMBER a group of Hampshire hauliers and local rivals took time out from their businesses to meet...