• The RSPCA is about to meet Agriculture Secretary William Waldegrave to press for a shorter, pi: 1 1)hour limit on animals...

by Ian Wylie • Truck dealers say LGV vehicle excise duty and registration arrangements are in limbo following the DVLA's...

to cars bythe DVLA, according to Mike Ellithorn, managing director of PurFleetbased dealership Scantruck. Ellithorn is...

• Next week Commercial Motor launches a campaign to press for regulation of LGV driving schools. At present, the only...

by Amanda Bradbury • Peter Sherlock, the controversial chief executive of NFC, resigned on Monday (22 August) and left the...

• A dispute over Sunday working has led to 54 drivers allegedly being locked out of Tibbett & Britten's Lowfield depot at...

I f you like the taste of humbug, try this example from former Roads and Traffic Minister Robert Key: "It is always an uphill...

• Essex police are looking for a "Bob Hoskins-lookalike" aged 30-55 and a second, muscular man of oft with light brown hair,...

• The Health & Safety Executive has warned hauliers not to ignore safety advice following a near-fatal accident in which a...

• The mother of an owner-driver sentenced to 10 years in a Moroccan jail for drug smuggling has received bills for more than...

by Jane Sayer • A Network Logistics depot has been awarded a pay increase, the first since the introduction of...

• Local Ml's and hauliers have stepped up calls for a freeze on Severn Bridge tolls after healthy profits were announced by the...

Hauliers keeping Britain moving * Now in its llth week, the rail strike is forcing Castle Cement to transport up to four...

• Irvine-based Maxi Haulage, which operates 200 vehicles, has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £9,040 following an...

• The Government last week unveiled the initial phase of the first private-sector roads building programme, as predicted in CM...

• The short term rental market has returned to the high useage levels of the late 1980s, according to Dawsongroup, which has...

• About 350 drivers at Dairy Products Transport are among the first job casualties under the reorganisation of milk collection...

• Safety regulations are being stepped up at Southampton Container Terminal from the end of this month, when drivers not...

How likely is it that 44-tonners will be permitted for general haulage? by Amanda Bradbury and Karen Miles • A report by a...

• Manchester lorry driver Michael Dawson was fined 1100, with 130 costs by the city's magistrates for failing to correctly use...

• The one vehicle and one trailer licence held by Jayne Collins, of Sutton Coldfield, was revoked when she failed to attend a...

• Huddersfield magistrates ordered Edwards of Hull and a driver to pay fines and costs totalling 1795 for overloading...

LA Michael Betts granting Lochgelly, Fife-based McPherson Contracts a licence for three vehicles and two trailers, rather than...

• A bid for a new two-vehicle licence by Maganbhai Patel, of Handsworth, was refused when he failed to attend a Birmingham...

• A Tamworth owner-driver, convicted of offences involving a stolen vehicle, has bid for a new international licence. But the...

• Norbert Dentressangle driver Joel Jean Couvelard is serving a 45-day prison sentence rather than pay fines totalling 14,500...

• The authorisation on the licence held by Shrewsbury-based Sian Gore has been reduced to two vehicles, and the duration tut so...

by Toby Clark • Ford's Transit range has had a facelift for 1995, with a new petrol engine, a redesigned interior with optional...

• Seddon Atkinson is supplying 10 specifically designed 2.3m-wide vehicles for use in Jersey. The narrow track specials include...

In Iveco and ERF will be offering the new new Eaton S. series 16-speed synchromesh gearbox box after series production begins...

by Danny Coughlan II Lightweight artics are far from essential for most operators, but they have carved a small niche for...

arlisle haulage boss ia Eddie Stobart has been banned for speeding. Seems like our Eddie was nicked early in the morning...

D lengthy missive from the International Road Transport Union (IRU) details the, er, 1 achievements of its sponsored driver in...

3 lassic car enthusiast and boss of 'Thrbay Freight Services Kit Marquand couldn't believe his eyes as he drove one of his...

y our comment "Keep up with the charts" (CM 4-10 August) made sensible reading as regards to checking tachographs, but it...

Basildon in suspicious circumstances. The 17 tonne dropside tipper with an Atlas crane 3008HD, clamshell bucket and rotator...

Tender workshops • Logistics consultant Davies & Robson is organising a series of twoday management workshops on how to manage...

• Fleet Loader Services is offering lorry loader operator courses under the Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and...

Bear necessities • Bear Automotive is offering maintenance and accident damage cover for owners of its diagnostic equipment....

Energy savers • A free one day conference on energy efficiency for all sizes of companies is being held in London on 26...

Moving up • Leyland DAF Trucks and the Federation of Small Businesses have published a free guide to buying and operating a...

Fully integrated • Perntex has introduced what it claims is the first

fully integrated fuel and fleet management software package. It is used with Permex's Fuelfax automatic fuel dispensing and...

• Beam Benders from Metro Products redirect your headlight beam when driving on the Continent, rather than block out the light,...

• Mirror Technology's cabmounted wide angle mirror is fitted inside the cab and shows pedestrians and objects directly beneath...

• Kleindienst's Supreme commercial vehicle wash has six vehicle configurations for light vans up to artics. Its seven wash...

• The Bramley TRUCKSuperLOCK has been recognised by the anti-theft trust—Sold Secure the Partnership Against Car Theft. It is...

• The AXE Lifehammer combines a tough pointed double hammer and a sharp, protected blade which can be used to sever seatbelts...

• Screen Care Repairs is selling a range of windscreen repair kits backed by the Retail Motor Industry Federation. Stone chip...

• A new design of swivel skirt traffic barrier, which is claimed to be impossible for anyone to squeeze through, has been...

North • Al (M) Durham County Council has announced major resurfacing/overlay and bridge works on the Carrville to Blind Lane...

• A500 A second temporary bridge has been erected over the main London railway line at Hough. The traffic lights have been...

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

T ransport companies wanting new signwritten curtains from Norfolk manufacturer Structureflex are not always entirely precise...

strong presence in the 7.5-tonne market, which accounts for about a quarter of all trucks sold in the UK. Up until the early...

trouble holding 113km/h (70mph) on the motorway and it was quick overall With the same basic cab, a deep first step, a wide...

able to compare the results with a similarly powered Roadrunner tested three years before Revisions to the Cummins B Series...

worse time for companies which have invested in intermodal operations. Channel Tunnel delays have plagued the introduction of...

I f Wordsworth wandered lonely as a cloud today he would encounter few trucks in the Lake District national park as a special...

WORKINGTON, W CUMBRIA SPECIALTY: Multi-user loads 4 hey must think we are rocket powered," muses Ken Robinson, director of...

PEN RITH SPECIALTY: Bulk loads F ormer busdriver, turned haulier and truck dealer, Arthur Hewetson gazes admiringly at the...

KENDAL, SOUTH CUMBRIA SPECIALTY: International work en Milnthorpe Transport parks up its vehicles at continental truckstops on...

VAT comes high in any haulier's list of headaches. In the first of four articles a former VAT inspector explains the...

Hy is it that people who are normally sensible take such needless risks when it comes to money? I'm not talking about becoming...