This week sees the launch of our Buyers’ Guides – a series of impartial guides, written to help you make purchasing decisions....

By Christopher Walton EDDIE STOBART has revealed plans to appoint ‘franchise partners’, effectively owner-drivers, on a ixed...

Eddie Stobart is looking to close its Corby and Alcester distribution centres, part of its chilled distribution division...

By Chris Druce TRADE UNION activity against some of the industry’s biggest names has escalated, with action under way or...

HAULIERS WORKING in London and the South East could face fuel supply shortages following the Coryton refinery, owned by Swiss...

Commercialmotor.com 1. 300 jobs at risk as Stobart looks to close DCs 2. Welsh haulier enters liquidation after 35 years of...

TRAILER manufacturer SDC has been granted approval by the Vehicle Certiication Agency, an executive agency of the Department...

By Alan Erwin THE DIRECTORS of failed business Tinnelly International Transport are unit to run a company for the next eight...

MASSEY WILCOX Transport has unveiled a new livery for its fleet, which has been designed to “better represent the modern,...

TRUCKPOL HAS revealed a rise in the number of thefts from lorries while they are still in transit. The freight-crime...

By Roger Brown FORMER STAFF at Nottingham haulier Clearway Distribution, which collapsed into administration earlier this...

CIVIL SERVANTS Nick Denton and Kevin Rooney (pictured) have been appointed as traffic commissioners (TCs) for the South Eastern...

ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget on 21 March. “Fuel prices are still high, the economy isn’t improving and hauliers are still...

By Chris Tindall TOO MANY hauliers and drivers are failing to comply with drivers’ hours legislation and are leaving themselves...

DUMFRIES OPERATOR Scott Trawlers has had its O-licence revoked following a VOSA investigation that uncovered tacho...

Rob Halloway PR manager Mercedes-Benz cars and CVs My involvement with the CV Show goes back to its very inception – I was...

By Chris Tindall DIRECTORS AT Derbyshire haulier TJ Twigg Haulage, which went into liquidation in December, have been granted...

What a load of rubbish... DID YOU THINK that the only rubbish you’d find in a used van would be some screwedup McDonald’s...

VAN BUYERS can now take advantage of government grants of 20% (up to £8,000 in total) off the cost of an electric van. The new...

Who’s top, who’s bottom and why? SMMT’s year-end data reveals all A rise in registrations In 2010 the SMMT recorded the UK’s...

Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth... who? RE: CONTINENTAL Drift. I read this article (CM 5 January) with great interest and found it...

The latest comments on Commercialmotor.com Since we launched Commercialmotor.com in November we’ve been inundated with user...

Grantscope and RG Wastecare have each been fined for breaching their environmental permits By Roger Brown LINKED SKIP HIRE...

NORTH WESTERN AND WELSH TRAFFIC AREAS T John Transport T JOHN TRANSPORT has been given permission to base ive vehicles and...

• A PI on 6 February will look at a variation application from Focus Transport, based in Leigh. Disciplinary action and the...

to success Delegation is part and parcel of being a successful MD, but for Colin McKay compliance is one responsibility that...

Operators have more to gain than to lose by building a friendly relationship with their local VOSA officers Words: Helen...

Your guide to In such squeezed economic times, procurement budgets are under pressure like never before... which is why CM is...

...tyre management With the ever-increasing price of tyres and contracts, good management is essential in the battle to help...

BYWATERS Meet the 60-year-old waste recycling specialist rubbis A busy year is slated for London in 2012. In addition to the...

Market leader since 1995 proves marriage works Daf’s long oo This month marks the 25th anniversary of the marriage between...

All the latest news in the sector BCA welcomes Sheffield and Burr to its CV team Words: Kevin Swallow BRITISH CAR AUCTIONS...

SOLIHULL TRANSPORT has fitted three of its trucks with particulate filters to meet the changes in London’s Low Emissions Zone...

The C&W Commercial website keeps its focus on the stock, as Webwatch discovers Words: James Clark Company: C&W Commercials...

There is not a great deal to the site other than the stock list, but what there is can all be accessed via the main navigation...

Iveco dealer Northern Commercials has delivered three new vehicles to Brocklehurst Transport with Euro-5 EEV to beat the London...