I'm writing this in EP Training's Surrey classroom, where I'm attending its Customer Care and Defensive Driving CPC course....

By Derren Hayes A LANDMARK legal ruling that highlighted the case of an LGV driver unable to find a job for more than four...

THE ASSOCIATION of Pallet Networks (APN) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are close to signing an agreement that will...

3y Chris Druce and Christopher Walton THE ROAD Haulage Association's (RHA) decision to take a hard line on operators entering...

PRESTON-BASED haulier Ian Parkinson Haulage has gone into administration. The company, which sold its refrigerated arm in 2007...

"Managers should Look for signs of sleep apnoea in drivers, be it through a drop in performance or the ease at which they may...

DO YOU DELIVER AT NIGHT? CM would like to hear from any operator or retailer that makes or receives night-time deliveries....

Tony Pain marketing director, Daf Trucks What are you most looking forward to about the CV Show 2013? Welcoming people to the...

By Chris Tindall THE HGV ROAD User Levy will not rely on vignette stickers for foreign-registered LGVs but will be enforced by...

In 2012, it was 3.7% below its peak in 2007, just before the economy turned down. For goods vehicle traffic, the changes are...

By Chris Tindall TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TfL) has told a group of MPs scrutinising the work of Vosa it is inappropriate that the...

Editor Will Shiers visited JM Gorry & Son in Morecambe and interviewed Astran operations manager Jan Payne. Deputy group news...

IMPERIAL Holdings, the South African parent company of UK dealer group Imperial Commercials, has bought Mercedes-Benz dealer...

By Roger Brown TWO HAULIERS based in Northern Ireland have been fined for drivers' hours offences. In a prosecution brought by...

Terberg DTS (UK) has developed a fully electric shunter available for its YT distribution machine to meet increasing demands...

WEST YORKSHIRE-based Terberg DTS (UK) has introduced a range of truck-mounted forklifts to the UK market. According to MD...

ALTRINCHAM-based Cartwright Group has struck a deal with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to refinance its debt and provide backing...

FRUSTRATED BY potholes that seem to reappear in the same places every year? University researchers are helping to develop a...

CM HAS given prominent coverage on the important issue of company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) in recent weeks, including the...

I WOULD like to reassure CM readers that the introduction of HGV road user charging will mean that almost all UK hauliers will...

Most lay-bys are decades old, often dangerous and should not be used by lorries. But the latest closures are applying further...

Nick Jones suspended the 0-licence of S&R Construction for three months after a Vosa investigation...

A LONDON removals firm is to have its 0-licence suspended for seven days after it used a vehicle without a valid MoT for more...

PENFOLD HIRE has been granted the go-ahead for three vehicles and two trailers at a site in Warren Park, Crowborough, subject...

• At a PI on 26 February G Force Transport, which is based in London, will make a new application. • A PI on 27 February will...

KILLOUGHERY CONSTRUCTION has been given the green light to remove its operating centre at the Oxted Sand Pit in Barrow Green...

MARITIME TRANSPORT wants to base 75 vehicles and 75 trailers at the Tesco distribution centre on Brackmills Industrial Estate,...

DIIIWYVERN CARGO is looking to get authorisation for 28 vehicles and 23 trailers at an operating centre on the Finedon Road...

D) WOODLAND LOGISTICS is hoping to base 10 vehicles as well as 10 trailers at the CP Dynes operating centre on the Dukes Park...

DERBY LOGISTICS has applied for permission to base two vehicles and two trailers at the FLS site in Hauliers Road, Felixstowe.

What action should drivers and employers take if illness threatens a vocational licence? Words: Patric Cunnane An LGV licence...

DWF has provided top-quality transport law advice to hauliers for many years - CM meets the team Words: Roger Brown If you ever...

Welcome to part 8 of our guide to Operator CPC. Collect our weekly articles throughout 2013 to build up a unique portfolio and...

JO Tweddall aims to be a long-term fixture on the North East tipping scene, as founder's son Malcolm Tweddall continues to...

Truck and trailer roadworthiness just keeps on getting better, according to the latest numbers from Vosa. CM dissects the data,...

CM visited Neil Bartlett Haulage to find out what happens when you put a Volvo and a Scania to the test simultaneously Words:...

Words: Derren Hayes THE FUEL distribution sector has agreed industry-wide enhanced training and assessment standards for tanker...

Matt Smith has joined Alltruck this month as business development manager. He joins the CV contract hire and rental firm from...

Lloyd Fraser, Premier Foods, Unipart Logistics, Wincanton, Skills for Logistics, the Chartered Institute of Logistics &...

The legendary Volvo F86 got its first mention in CMon 18 November 1966, when we announced Ailsa Trucks' plans to market a...

LAURIE DEALER HAS something different for you this week: a new 6x4 Iveco Stralis. It is specified with a Euro-5 10.3-litre...

Online auctions are on the up, according to the man in charge of EVS Words: Steve Banner Traditional auctions with their acres...

The backbone of the road transport industry is the versatile, lightweight and rather cheap curtain-sided semi-trailer Words:...