days from crisis Britain's economy would be devastated within a week without trucks, according to the latest Commercial Motor...

RENAULT HAS released a sneak preview of the next Renault Magnum, due to be unveiled in February. Although Renault refers...

EUROPEAN TRANSPORT ant Willi Betz is poised to recruit its first UK-based drivers after winning a three-year contract to...

A GREAT Yarmouth haulage company is to close at the end of the year. despite successfully appealing against the revocation of...

Strikes continue at Lynx as talks with the T&G bog down. Chris Tindall reports. AS CM went to press, drivers for parcels firm...

VOLVO HAS launched a concept distribution truck with a difference — it works. The Volvo DCV is built on a 1312 bus plat' form,...

SATELLITE 1.1. NAVIGATION systems will have to be installed in all trucks involved in transporting farm animals over long...

STEPHEN JAKOB I, the director of pressure group FairaialsAbroad, has flown to France to meet Paul Watson. the British haulier...

Two meetings, two views. Brian Lee, MD of Allan Morris Transport, stirs from his VOSA-induced coma to tell us why the WTD's...

Spanish police made a British operator pay €9,000 in cash for a technical tachograph offence. David Harris reports. THE...

TNT, TDG and Driver Hire were named top transport companies for safety at last week's Fleet Safety Forum awards. The awards,...

Reefer specialist Gist has been rapped for sacking a driver allegedly suffering from flu. Jennifer Ball reports. LOGISTICS...

BUSINESS POST'S first-half profits have been hit by investment in its UK Pallets division — the hub's capacity has been doubled...

POLICE ARE hunting thieves who stole £17,000 worth of shoes from a trailer as the driver slept in his cab. The incident...

ANGRY WELSH operators took to the streets last week in a determined protest against rising fuel costs. A group of about 30...

Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the transport industry this week. "Wayne...

It's time the NT stopped stalling and granted Denby Transport a permit to run its congestion-busting B-Double on normal roads —...

The Eco-Ljnk rig is the brainchild of Dick Denby. It's based on an Australianstyle "B-Double" combination in which a three-axle...

Redundant drivers are set to share in a E look pay day Guy Sheppard reports. FORMER EMPLOYEES at failed distribution company...

for new regulations to cover the transport of petrol by road and rail. The transport of petrol by tanker is currently governed...

was thrown through a brick wall by a van, which mounted the pavement following a collision with a car. Deborah Parkes who...

Insurers have hit back at the SMN/T's claims that they are failing to reward improvements to truck security with reduced...

In Vichelinis latest canvassing of the transport community there is overwhelming support for raising the A-road speed limit for...

Jennifer Ball tal(s to Tom Bell, MD for TNT Express Services UK and Ireland, about the business that's often in the news. D...

certain quarters, is his involvement in the initial planning and subsequent move of the printing of The Sun and other News...

Regarding the speed limits debate, the reason for the 40mph limit on single carriageways is that if two HGVs collide, both...

I would like to reply to Mr X and particularly to his last paragraph in Hard Shoulder (CM 11 November ). I have been in the...

As a reader of Commercial Motor for over 20 years the most annoying article I have ever had the misfortune to read is your...

Next week Commercial Motor launches Britain's first National Truck Week. Emma Penny explains what it's all about. T here's...

Ever wondered what would happen if trucks simply stopped running? CM has commissioned exclusive research by a leading transport...

A Wiltshire operator who was unable to prove ownership of a plot of land has lost an appeal to use it as his operating centre....

AN OPERATOR who blamed missing records on complications arising from his divorce has had his licence cut from two vehicles and...

A LANCASHIRE operator who had his licence revoked and was caught driving a few months later has lost his appeal to have his...

A COMPANY has lost its licence after chalking up 10 convictions in eight months, including running more vehicles than...

DESPITE BEING given a second chance when stopped without an 0-licence an operator continued to offend. As a result it has...

New laws allow operators to charge interest and costs to customers who don't pay — but does it work? Pat Hagan reports. I T'SA...

To test the gaps in his knowledge, CM legal editor Patric Cunnane spent a day at an RHA training course on 0-licence...

All operators need to get up to speed on changes to the regulations governing local business rates. John Davies reports. M any...

Our American cousins have always claimed 'you can't beat cube'. What the hell do they know? MAN's 10.5-litre D20 diesel has...

There is no legal requirement for commercial vehicle mechanics to be trained or licensed. Now the SOE has launched a...

ivecois long-term range revamp has finaliy reached the ultra competitive construction sector; Colin Barnett escaped a British...

year in the whole of western Europe -most go to the power utilities which need a vehicle able to work on and off road...

VOSA and other associations' inspectors have increased requests for companies to brake test every vehicle for inspection. The...

It may not be the first priority on a workshop's list of things to do, but a sweet smelling cab can do wonders for drivers'...

Just when you thought everything that could be automated had been, along comes an invention that proves you wrong. And it...

The ZU4 hydraulic pump from Enerpac is designed to power medium to large cylinders and hydraulic tools. The company claims it...

Chloride Motive Power has launched two ranges of singlephase battery chargers for small electric vehicles such as cleaning...

KEEPERS Getting the right people for your business is a full-time job in itself — and how can you make sure they stay with you...

Remember, the total henefrls of a job are increasingly important when it comes to staff retention whether you're hiring a...

Ray Dickson wonders how a truck can pass voluntary brake and headlight tests one clay and fail them the next at the same test...

Renault Trucks is achieving aggressive targets for its used vehicle sales, aiming for 2,400 units before the year end. R...

Commercial Motor tests more vans than anyone else, and we are using our extensive database to give you the lowdown. This week...

set scene for 2005 Crystal balls aside, Glass's Guide suggests looking at real events is the best guide to used CV prices in...

A Scottish pallet manufacturer and distribution specialist has snapped up 15 trucks through MAN Diesel's Reassurance package to...