East European drivers in EU • by Karen Miles Controversial German-owned haulage giant Willi Betz is operating within the...

• The number of foreign trucks working in the UK has increased by 50% over the past two years, according to Government figures...

a pre-tax profit increase of 18% on its 1998 figures, to 16.2m for the year ending 31March 1999.

Court that he was punched and stabbed with a ballpoint pen by a traffic warden in a row over a parking ticket outside the RAC...

Post Office's First Class Supplier of the Year. The company was also named the best vehicle supplier.

Unipart Group of Companies, has been named Commercial Vehicle Supplier of the Year by the Factoring Services Group.

for sale by its parent company, Cendant. Ford and gas supplier Centrica are believed to be likely bidders.

Christian Salvesen has recorded a pre-tax profit of £32.3m for the year to 31 March; down by 8.5% on the same period last year....

IN Channel A's Dispatches is to Screen a programme tonight (Thursday) criticising the policecontracted vehicle recovery sector...

Abby Karen Miles Truck drivers looking to Brussels for a shorter working week could be disappointed. The UK Government has led...

• Hauliers can finally get a rebate on the cost of diesel—but only in France. The French government is reducing the tax...

by Charles Young Gillman European Transport has reduced its fleet drastically and made some drivers redundant, blaming...

for the arrest of a missing Spanish truck driver after he killed a postman while driving on the wrong side of the road. Jesus...

Campaign in a cul-de-sac Consider the duck-billed platypus. Tucked away in its own little evolutionary cul-de-sac, it's not...

by David Craik Supporters of direct action against the fuel duty escalator have been left dejected and confused following the...

• The Scottish Transport & General Workers Union is warning that the 3% pay rise offered by employers in Scottish Joint...

• Hauliers who attended the M25 fuel duty demo have raised fears that Trans-Action members and other activists are being...

• A man died and six others were injured in this motorway pile-up near Hamilton, Scotland last week. Five cars and a minibus...

• by Karen Mites Britain's farmers are appealing directly to the Bank of England this week for a freeze on the level of fuel...

• A training scheme has been set up for safety advisors working for hauliers who transport dangerous goods. The scheme, run by...

• Britain's trucks clocked up more miles in 1998 than they did in 1997, but they carried less freight, says the Department of...

• Angry pig farmers have delayed up to 40 trucks entering a Tesco distribution site, and they are threatening to take further...

motorway prices • by Charles Young The prices charged by motorway service stations are being examined by the Government...

• A haulier was fined £300 after claiming he thought he was exempt from tachograph regulations because his truck was being used...

• A mother and her two children from Kosovo emerged from a truck belonging to Birmingham-based Chambers 86 Cook last week....

• Irish police are to investigate haw almost IF117m of ELI funds was paid to four councils to fund road building projects that...

by Colin Barnett Mercedes-Benz has introduced a new variant of the Unimog—and for the first time in 50 years it has been given...

II Thermo King has developed more powerful V-200 and V-200 Max engine-driven refrigeration units for vans and small trucks....

• Mobil is launching a programme to help hauliers and distributors cope with the environmental waste generated by their...

fields near Milton Keynes into a mass of trade stands and plant operating sites. This 33rd show was hosted by CMs sister...

Last year Mercedes-Benz reduced the number of its CV dealers by more than 50%, to 26. Yet its dealer book is as thick as ever....

North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hirchliffe adjourned the consideration of disciplinary action against a...

Liverpool-based Kevin Kewley, trading as Mali Drums & Containers, was fined £750 with £55 costs by Flintshire magistrates after...

Gary Speight, director and transport manager of Speight Skip Hire, has not lost his repute, despite a conviction for handling...

of Blackpool £555 in fines and costs. The company and driver Gary Stott admitted the offence; Stott was fined £180 with £55 costs.

with 195 costs by the town's magistrates for two offences of using a vehicle with a defective speed limiter, Driver Kenneth...

A bid for a new national licence by Karl Dixon, trading as K&P Transport, of Selby, was turned down by North Eastern DTC Mark...

Hailstone, Leics haulier Patricia Bakewell has abandoned her appeal against her conviction an 12 offences of aiding and...

Exceeding the permitted train weight of a 38-tonne artic cost Oswestry-based Pentons Haulage & Cold Storage and one of the...

how little operators invest in training drivers and fitters compared with the amount of money they spend on new vehicles....

North Western Deputy Traffic Corn missioner Mark Hinchliffe refused a second bid by Shane Murphy, trading as Rapid Removals and...

events and traffic biackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Cantnervial Mater,...

Crushing used oil fitters can generate sizeable reductions in waste disposal costs, says waste management specialist Orwak...

• Intertruck claims to have produced the industry's first unbreakable mirror. The Spafax mirror offers superb safety for...

• Freeplay has launched its latest self-powered lantern— the Supernova. This latest version is said to be five times brighter...

• Snap-on Sun Tech Systems has introduced a range of Sun tyre changers for the medium to heavy-duty commercial vehicle market....

wiring with a Dust Buster is good quick Zipper news for air filters • Dust Buster air fitter precleaners are new to the UK...

• Quadenergy IS is an innovative cleaning solution from Derby-based Quadralene. It is described as a top-ofthe-range TFR with...

It was developed for military and industrial applications and comprises a flexible plastic tube with a longitudinal slit...

tenacious grip on the IRTE show finally loosens, Chris Graham reports on some of the more interesting technical innovations on...

The Cornwall-based charity Action Water is appealing for two 17-tonne chassis which it can use as water tankers to help the...

and our correspondent The Hawk takes a sideways look at road haulage. If you have suitable tales, charitable works, or quirky...

The Hawk doesn't need to tell you that taking HGV lessons is a pricey business. However, the good news is that driving agency...

OF THE TRADE Modern, light, reliable, comfortable: with the Premium Renault has carved a secure niche for itself in the heavy...

T raliers, the poor relation of the tractor/trailer combination, have a hard life. Many drivers show little regard for their...

county with little industry other than tourism, and few decent roads to link it to the rest of the UK—let alone the problems of...

morning, gets out of lunch with a Frenchman, solves mechanical problems—and has football on his mind... • If you'd like to...