This week marks a new beginning for CM : we’ve launched Commercialmotor.com. It’s taken a lot of hard work from all of the...

By Laura Hailstone THE HAULAGE industry has been given short-term relief from escalating fuel prices following the Chancellor’s...

An updated National Infrastructure Plan, including details of 35 road and rail schemes, was also published, with the Chancellor...

All firms with a turnover of £50m or less will be able to access a £20bn fund acting as a guarantee on borrowing. This should...

By Christopher Walton WEST YORKSHIRE-based Bedfords Transport says it is in the market to acquire a haulier as part of wider...

CM HAS launched a dedicated website this week focusing on what road transport irms want and need. “We’ve taken the best bits of...

By Roger Brown THE PUBLIC row that saw trafic commissioners (TCs) accuse VOSA of undermining their judicial independence has...

A NORTHERN Ireland haulage company is offering a £5,000 re ward for information that leads to the return of two Scania tractor...

MERCEDES-BENZ has revealed details of a new aero trailer concept, which boasts 18% less wind resistance and nearly 5% less fuel...

By Roger Brown DARTFORD HAULIER KBC Logistics has been ined £12,000 after an employee was seriously injured when he was...

CONSPICUITY MARKINGS will become part of annual HGV testing from January 2012, following implementation of the latest EU...

SKILLS FOR Logistics (SfL) has been granted almost £4m of funding, securing its future for the next two years. Due to...

By Chris Tindall PLANS TO ban HGVs from part of Bath city centre are going ahead despite an MP questioning the legality of...

Water sight for UK roads... IF YOU were travelling between Liverpool and Warwick last week, you might have spotted this...

CHESHIRE POLICE’S CV unit has seized more than 100 HGVs since it was set up two years ago, says the police authority’s...

The distribution industry finally gets some good news, as pay settlements across the sector have crept up compared to last...

Is truck crime increasing? Respondents to November’s Trucking Britain Out Of Recession survey deliver their judgement By...

Everybody knows about the link between properly inflated tyres and fuel economy, and it seems operators are catching on to the...

Conidence among operators in November continued its slow climb away from September’s alltime low. A total of 70% of respondents...

Last month the Freight Transport Association estimated nearly half its members (46%) are set to miss the Driver CPC deadline (...

Mercedes’ all-new Actros has scooped the 2012 International Truck of the Year trophy in style. CM considers what comes next...

It’s the fourth time Actros has won IToY. It first triumphed in 1997, soon after its debut. Then the second-generation Actros...

Words: Andy Salter EUROPE’S FIRST series production electric light commercial vehicle, the Renault Kangoo ZE, has scooped the...

The vehicle is built directly on the standard Kangoo production line at Mauberge in north-east France; prices have been pushed...

Any takers for my improved trailer steering axle design? READING SO MUCH of late about the growing interest in different axle...

The latest comments on commercialmotor.com Ghost driver haulier sent to prison “ This is getting unbelievable, commit a five...

Haulier that relies on agency drivers failed to report 11 convictions to the traffic commissioner A LONDON HAULIER that...

Mercer gets nod, with conditions MERCER SCAFFOLDING and Plant Hire has been given authorisation for six vehicles and four...

WYVERN CARGO is looking to base ive vehicles and 10 trailers at the Chowns Mill Business Park in Wellingborough.

GIST WANTS to base 20 vehicles and two trailers at a new operating centre on the Oakes Industrial Estate, Lutterworth.

HERMES IS LOOKING to get the go ahead for 35 vehicles and six trailers at a new operating centre on the Quarry Wood Industrial...

HOWARD TENENS (West London) is hoping to be given the green light to base 22 vehicles and ive trailers at a facility on...

• A PI on 16 December will look at a new application from BVW Transport, based in Colchester, as well as an objection received...

New employers can apply for a one-year holiday from National Insurance contributions, with savings of up to £50,000 Words:...

The government’s Business Link offers help for new operations. Options include: • Business mentoring – a video shows how others...

Following advice about healthy living can be difficult for lorry drivers. What simple lifestyle changes would make the biggest...

The ‘Tommy the Trucker’ booklet encourages drivers to do 30 minutes of activity, such as mowing the lawn or kicking a football,...

• Keep hydrated by drinking plenty of water or well-diluted squashes rather than fizzy, sugary drinks. • Ensure steady energy...

Road transport has always been a tough business in which to succeed. The current dif�cult economic climate, combined with...

Taking on youngsters and helping them to progress has been instrumental in the expansion of the business. Many of the drivers...

fuel economy... and why not? CM witnessed the latest trials involving Iveco’s EcoStralis Words: Brian Weatherley Th ere was a...

The EcoStralis drive-line is specifically ‘economy tuned’ for long-haul motorway work. Using data generated by ECAS and ABS,...

Based upon a typical artic covering 120,000km a year and a price of 113.64ppl for bulk diesel*, the EcoStralis offers the...

Among the operators that have put Iveco’s 4% fuel guarantee to the test, a number have already seen major improvements in their...

Driving doesn’t get any tougher than truck tyre testing for Michelin. CM went along for the ride Words: Roger Brown / Images:...

1965: The first tyre wear tests are conducted at Ladoux, and the centre initially employs 150 people. 1971: 1,500 tyre...

The Michelin museum in central Clermont-Ferrand – L’Aventure Michelin – opened to the public in 2009. It charts the origins of...

Michelin allocated more than €500m to its research and development budget in 2011 and has 6,000 employees involved in R&D and...

To help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, CM and Manheim Remarketing joined forces to buy a non-runner, give it some...

With two registered owners, the vehicle was entered into a sale by Hitachi Capital Fleet Solutions. With a faulty clutch it...

Once it was blinged up , the VW Transporter T28 was used as a support vehicle on a coast-to-coast charity cycle ride between...

Don Marshall, the founder of East Midlands Mercedes-Benz dealer Mertrux, has passed away at the age of 72 THE FOUNDER and...