by Karen Miles • Thousands of drivers sacked and reemployed to do the same work for less money may be able to sue the...

• The cost of used truck and trailer tyres could rise following the introduction of safety regulations for secondhand tyres....

by Miles Brignall • Financial help could he given to London operators for refurbishing old and polluting diesel engines if the...

• K Transport Services (Midlands) has had its 0-licence for 43 trucks and 45 trailers curtailed to expire in six months after...

ory Ministers may not be the only ones with skeletons in their cupboards. If the latest rumblings from the Transport and...

by Juliet Morrison • A police constabulary aims to cut the time heavy hauliers have to wait for abnormal load escorts from...

• Lichfield-based Transend has become the fifth parcels haulier in 11 months to cease trading. The failure of the company...

• Danzas UK is facing an investigation by the Health & Safety Executive following recent spillages of chemicals on the Ml. Two...

by our Brussels correspondent • The European Union deadlock on the number of hours animals can be carried without being fed and...

• TNT Logistics says it will have increased its turnover by at least 60% to around £128m by its year end in June 1995 on the...

• The United Road Transport Union plans to open a driver agency which pays higher than average rates was backed at its biennial...

• Road safety minister Steven Norris says the Government will oppose the French government's proposal to introduce a...

• The troubled international and domestic operator Seafield has returned to profit despite ever-toughening margins in its...

by Juliet Morrison • More than 50 small hauliers and owner-drivers have fought off local authority proposals to convert their...

• Rapide (UK) Freight Services is about to buy its second textiles haulage business in just over 12 months. The Keighley-based...

by Juliet Morrison • French-owned operator Norbert Dentressangle aims to increase its UKregistered fleet tenfold in a five-year...

• Worksop, Notts-based agricultural haulier F William Ellis' managing director Bill Ellis has spoken out against what he says...

by Brian Weatherley • Frank Walsh's opinion of the Northern Ireland used truck market is uncompromising: "disastrous"....

• Western LA Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Ashford has given Wyvern Cargo a final warning about obstructing the access road to its...

• Manchester based John Demsey, trading as Demtrans, and three of his drivers, have been ordered to pay fines and costs...

• The licences of associated Fife operators W&J Collier and Droverhall Transport have been suspended by Scottish LA Michael...

• The driver of a vehicle overloaded with contaminated soil, who did not hold an LGV driving licence, has been fined £125 by...

am writing in response to your article on red diesel, which certainly does not reflect the totality of control exercised by...

about 18 months to fi nd someone to run the shop while he spends more ') r\ \ I ('' r r.l time on the g olf course or flying...

away thinking that an extended Baird family has a monopoly of haulage in the province, so often is the name encountered on...

to contribute millions to boosting depressed economies: true or boosting depressed economies: true or false? True, in the case...

forget Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein? — but in these days of global markets and product liability suits, few motor...

DOHC Ford unit in the 1995 Transit and the 2.04itre Peugeot XU10J2, which produces 110hp (82kW) and is available in the Relay's...

big Relay is surprisingly easy to drive. Sevel vans have always had good handling, roadholding and ride; front-wheel drive...

A visit from a VAT officer to inspect the books and records should generally not cause concern. But it is as well to know that...

is being written with a ,C50m contract to install a new light rail system in Strasbourg. It replaces a tram network that...

ottingharnshire County Council proposes to impose a 17-tonne weight restriction on the A6020 between Ravenshead and Rainworth....