When I was 17 I couldn't wait to get my driving licence. So, within a month of turning 17, I'd passed my test and was the...

By Robin Meczes VOSA'S PLANS to clamp down on operators of authorised testing facilities (ATFs) over examiner utilisation and...

• Martin Phippard, the former sales director at truck dealership Westward Commercial Vehicles, celebrated his 70th birthday...

FOWLER-WELCH has put its first Euro-6 trucks on the road — five Volvo FH tractor units — to gain experience of the new...

5% during the second quarter of this year, figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change have shown. During the...

its name to Rhys Davies Logistics and unveiled a new livery (above). The new name, slogans and multi-coloured fleet were a...

By Ashleigh Wight THE DIRECTOR of Cardiff-based Global Specialised Services (GSS), which owes creditors more than £900,000,...

LGV) had engaged with the Driver CPC process as of September this year, compared with 661,820 in August.

FROM January 2015, there will no longer be a need for category C vehicles presented at a test to have a minimum of eight...

By David Wilcox MICHELIN is claiming that a new 175in drive-axle tyre for light trucks up to 16-tonne GVVV offers 18% longer...

ESSEX-BASED Whitehare Aggregates has taken delivery of an Iveco Strator Bullnose rigid eight-wheeler, which it has named the...

• Skids minister Matthew Hancock has made an extra £20m available to the new Traineeships programme, which began in August....

By Chris Tindall HUDDERSFIELD-BASED specialist bulk liquid haulier DRH Transport has shut its doors after entering into a...

PLANS FOR Ireland's first postcode system have been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTA Ireland). The...

• An LGV driver brushing his teeth at the wheel is one of several pieces of video footage released by police to demonstrate the...

By Chris Tindall AN INVESTIGATION into the way the Aggregates Levy is enforced has prompted HMRC to suspend some exemptions...

for ex-soldiers, says ministry By Chris Tindall A FAITH-based ministry offering counselling to LGV drivers with post-traumatic...

NORTH YORKSHIRE Police are appealing for witnesses with information regarding an assault in Harrogate that took place during...

HEATHROW-BASED TAS Transport has placed one of the first orders with Renault Trucks for a Euro-6 T range tractor unit (model...

By Chris Tindall PLATOONS of LGVs controlled by just one driver could become a reality on UK roads, after the Department for...

DEPUTY TRAFFIC commissioner (TC) for Wales Anthony Seculer handed a 28-day 0-licence suspension to a Monmouthshire timber...

ROADS minister Stephen Hammond has switched to rail at the Department for Transport after just over a year in his role, as part...

As Daf Trucks marketing director Tony Pain begins his retirement, CM looks back at the Life and times of an industry legend By...

Like many in the haulage industry, Tony Pain originally had a strong connection with farming. Brought up on the family farm, he...

One of Pain's more surprising views is that more needs to be done to get people out of their cars and onto public transport,...

Optimism levels fell back to spring levels in September, reaching a score of 44 — the same as and the lowest score since...

As confidence returns to the economy, how easily can operators cope with an upturn in volumes? By Justin Stanton HERE'S THE...

Let's not forget about the FG In his interesting feature Step up to the marque (CM 3 October), Brian Weatherley could also...

DO YOU know what resources are available to you in the form of owner-drivers? Of course you don't, because a national database...

By Kevin Swallow THE NEW dealer principal at Mercedes-Benz dealership Intercounty Truck & Van sees staff training as a vital...

This week's best used deal is a 1998 skeletal tri-axle trailer available from Middlesboroughbased Tees Valley Trailers. It is...

WHILE BUYERS feverishly bought and traded shares in the Royal Mail on the London Stock Exchange last week, buyers of a...

Renowned tyre fitter Kwik Fit is expanding its offering to tackle mechanical and electrical work for vans with a slow-fit team...

Delivering added value support to its customers has helped Sheffield-based HRVS win the inaugural Repair and Maintenance trophy...

HRVS has been on "an amazing journey in 15 years", says Robert Lockwood. The story started when Lockwood branched away from the...

Haulage boss who failed to disclose former convictions is told he cannot operate trucks By Roger Brown THE BOSS of...

SOUTH EAST traffic commissioner (TC) Nick Denton has disqualified a north London haulier for his "appalling" approach to...

NICK DENTON, traffic commissioner (TC) for London and the South East, has revoked the 0-licence of a building firm, describing...

Senior traffic commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell has published revised statutory guidance documents, following consultation with...

TORQUE LOGISTICS is now authorised to base seven vehicles and four trailers at the Anchor Works in Holme Lane, Bradford,...

Edinburgh Disciplinary action against Dumbarton-based Robert Campbell Commercials will be discussed at a public inquiry on 18...

On 1 November a public inquiry will look at disciplinary action against EM&T Rapson, based in Helmsdale.

The TO will discuss disciplinary action against Weardale Building Supplies, based in Barnard Castle, at a hearing on 23...

station one vehicle and one trailer at the Lock Street Developments facility in Savile Town, Dewsbury.

ahead for eight vehicles and eight trailers at a unit in Osborne Road, Stallingborough.

Mugiemoss Mills site in Bucksburn, Aberdeen from its 0-licence. It also wants to base: • 20 vehicles and 30 trailers at a site...

and five trailers at the Tennant Transport site in Northcroft, St Mungo,Lockerbie.

We've reached week 42 of our Operator CPC guide and conclude our topic on traffic regulations by looking at the international...

UK drivers are under-served when it comes to having the proper facilities they need to rest and recuperate, according to CM's...

• Some truckstops provide good facilities, but there is a serious shortage of good ones in the right locations. • Parking is...

Owner-driver, Quinn's Transport Shipton-by-Beningborough,York Too few and usually in the wrong place — that's Quinn's verdict...

Owner-driver, MGM Haulage Southampton As an occasional user of truckstops, industry veteran Millard thinks most are pretty...

Driver, Brian Palmer Haulage Mendlesham, Suffolk The cost of parking at motorway services and some truckstops is...

Owner, Paul Arthurton Transport Norfolk Arthurton's biggest gripe on this issue is that, while drivers are legally compelled...

Project manager, Charles Gee and Co East Huntspill, Somerset Barnes sums up the UK truckstop network in one word — dire. There...

Owner-driver,TRS Engineering Rhonda Valley Burke believes there aren't enough truckstops, and it is in nobody's best interests...

Much persistence and hard work have taken Bedworth Haulage to where it is, a position confirmed by the latest additions to its...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO It may seem strange to think that celebrities are influencing Bedworth's...

Is this what the next generation of 8x4 tippers will look like? CM tries Volvo's new FMX, laden with 20 tonnes of Swedish stone...

the road With gun crime constantly in the news, how safe are the UK's roads? By Matthew Seiber EVER WONDERED why that road...

Matthew Seiber is a fleet driver trainer who first came into contact with firearms as a youngster. As an adult he realised that...

THE ASSOCIATION OF Trainers (Asot) has urged hauliers to join its consortium to build a collective voice for all issues...

By Laura Hailstone THE ROAD Haulage Association (RHA) has set out its vision for the future of Driver CPC following a review...