• The TGWU says that a driver has called the first industrial tribunal to be convened under a merit law which allows drivers to...

by Nicky Clarke • The seven Traffic Area Offices are set to become an executive agency by September, in a move which threatens...

• A former owner of two northeast Mercedes-Benz truck dealers is to appear in court next month to face charges of obtaining...

by Juliet Parish III Overloading fines could become a thing of the past if hauliers campaign to get weighing offences out of...

• All foreign trucks will be banned completely from crossing Switzerland within 10 years, the Swiss people voted this weekend...

• Cheshire police are to put four additional officers on motorcycle patrol to target suspect LGVs. Their figures show 45% of...

• Renault and Volvo have agreed ierrns for their separation following the Swedish shareholders' decision to call off their...

the second Severn crossing approach roads raise their standards after almost a third of their trucks were found operating...

• Congratulations to haulier Roger Bettley of Elworth in Cheshire, who has won a Cummins TAO-powered Strata tractive unit,...

by Amanda Bradbury • Kellogg's is cutting the number of contractors on its multi-million pound direct delivery work from 10 to...

• A One Transport is offering its 200 drivers a lump-sum payment to encourage them to accept a truce after four months of wage...

• WRM, a new transport group with £30m of bank and venture capital behind it, has started an acquisition trail. The group is...

• Hauliers are setting staff pay deals at around the Retail Price Index at 1.5%—well below the 2.6% the CBI says is the current...

• A successful half-year for Boughey Distribution has been capped by new contracts from Heinz and a supermarket chain,...

by Mike Jewell II The European Court could be asked to clarify its interpretation of the four and a half hour driving rule,...

• Two Midlands truck dealers are vying for a brewery fleet maintenance contract following Marston's decision to close its...

by Eugene SiIke • More than 1,000 delivery drivers at British Bakeries have rejected their union's call for a strike over a...

Freight its Irish agent and is offering through services to/from Belfast and Dublin. Ferries between Ireland and Liverpool will...

A bonanza for waste hauliers could be sc-uppered as a report published last week by the Producer Responsibility Industry Group...

Leyland Daf's former garage and workshop at the motor industry's Nuneaton proving ground have been put up for sale by the...

• A fifth of South Wales' traffic police could be switched to foot patrols due to a budget crisis. The traffic department's...

• Components manufacturer Albion Automotive has bought another part of the former Leyland manufacturing operation. The...

by Bill Godwin • The German post office will begin trials with 45 Mercedes-Benz MB180 vans powered by a new extended range...

• Axle and suspension manufacturer Hendrickson Europe has launched a charge card to cover breakdown calls across Europe....

• Defence equipment manufacturer Alvis has bought Watford based specialist vehicle manufacturer Unipower. The company's £30...

by John Kendall • Volvo has launched its Powertronic fully automatic gearbox in the FL10 8x4 T-ride chassis. Five and six-speed...

• The licence held by C&D Oil of Llanecleyrn, has been renewed for 14 vehicles and two trailers with a stern warning from South...

• International haulier Albert Bloe from Aylesford, Kent has been warned that he needs to look at his finances before he comes...

• Bedwasbased Highway Surfacing has gained authority for an operating centre at which vehicles have to reverse into to gain...

• Congleton, Cheshire-based Copycatch, trading as CVH Haulage, has been granted a licence although it admitted using...

• Wimborne heavy haulier John Weaver has been cleared by magistrates in the town for a series of charges relating to two...

FAT 75.240 6k4 tippers to its fleet. Lancashire Tippers supplied the 5.25m steel tipper bodies and fitted the Harsh underbody...

III British Gas has amalgamated three depot fleets in East London using new and modified Abel demountable equipment. The...

• SDC Trailers has bought Neville Charrold from Lycett Industries. The move combines Toomebridge, Antrim trailer builder SCD...

• Following a request from a Danish operator, M&G has designed a 13.77m curtainsider capable of carrying 34 1,230:600mm...

• National vehicle rental specialist Kennings has ordered 69 MAN L2000 7.5-tonners worth more than £2m, all bodied by...

by Bryan Jarvis • Growing penetration of the UK market by continental bodybuilders has been evident for many years, but last...

: esults of the epic Birds Eye View Christmas competition will be announced shortly when winners in 12 categories will have...

D alking of models, Roxley Models of Cranleigh, Surrey can help you start your own tabletop parcels business complete with...

nce again those wacky folk at Pavilion Services have pulled a daft stunt to get a picture in Birds' Eye View (it seems to have...

D ull marks to the Automobile Association for making every effort to ensure that the information in its AA Trucker's Atlas of...

D ix readers win a pair of Visions tinted driving glasses (CM915 December 1993) for knowing that Roy Orbison was the American...

Question one: Using both sides of the paper, define the term "Executive Agency", as applied to the enforcement of road...

• ERF has increased its parts and service cover for hauliers in west Lancashire by appointing Naylors Commercials a service...

• Bedfordshire-based grain haulier Banks of Sandy has become a parts and service dealer for Foden Trucks. As part of its...

Training centre • Lucas has opened a centre in Tamworth, Staffordshire this month, to hold courses on commercial vehicle...

• The National (Dangerous Substances) Driver Training Scheme, which implements the EC Directive in the UK for drivers of...

• This year's Institute of Waste Management Conference and Exhibition will be held between 13 and 17 June in Devon. The...

• Eurotunnel's chairman, Sir Alastair Morton, will be the guest speaker at the Road Haulage Association's annual dinner on 10...

• Truck driver recruitment agency Kelly Industrial will offer hauliers the option of KELLY SERVICES paying a premium to...

• Transfrigoroute, the association for reefer hauliers, has developed a network of overseas lawyers for its members to call to...

III Middlesex-based solicitor Lehrer Segal says it will collect debts for hauliers without taking a percentage cut of the sum...

• Hauliers needing to rent a truck can now ring a freephone number to put them in touch with their nearest Fraikin commercial...

III Brittany Ferries is opening a bureau de change this month at its Plymouth freight office, so that truck drivers can get...

III Granada is opening a service station with room for 200 trucks to park overnight at 31.0 of the M40 011 24 March. The...

• A trailer which operates without a driver or underground wiring has been developed for dock work. The automated guided...

• LCV Lifts has reduced the price of its manual handling equipment for light commercial vehicles by up to 15%. It has a range...

• AlphaSoft has developed a computer software package for freight forwarders. AlphaTrans can publish quotes, invoice...

• For the latest road news around the UK simply contact one of the Following AA Hotline numbers (calls cost 36p/min offpeak;...

• Long before Fiat expanded its truck empire throughout Europe, Magirus, based at Ulm, was the third biggest independent German...

0 basics With a mixture of public and private sector money two ex-TDG men have bought their own transport company and are...

• Scottish Enterprise is a government-funded body responsible for economic development and training throughout Scotland. Its...

C ommercial Motor's feature on the problem of bikes in blindspots (CM 9-15 December 1993) highlights the fear cyclists have of...

bulletin PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ILO Special Types: confusion rules D o we or don't we? Are we or aren't we? These...

Regs 1993 (SI 2201). Amends 1984 Regulations (1984-981), in that Regulation 4 relating to Type Approval demands for exhaust...

W hat a fiasco. We have had more than five years of uncertainty over the interpretation of Article 7 on driving periods and...

A !lowing a vehicle to be sold with a misleading odometer reading may enhance its value, it could put the seller in breach of...

I f a summons includes a mistake, can the prosecution correct it—or is the Defendant entitled to be acquitted? Minor clerical...