last year, according to Plimsoll Publishing. Its analysis of 400 companies suggests that more than1.600 jobs have been lost...

to be included in next month's Queen's Speech. These directors might be allowed to opt for "fasttrack" voluntary dismissal in...

taking 500 animals to market overturned on the A90 near Laurencek irk, the main route between Aberdeen to Dundee.

third quarter of this year compared with the same period of 1998. The total HGV market grew by 16% as rail freight tonnage fell...

merging the two firms' CV activities. Truck & Trailer Components and Intertruck will form one business, trading as Truck &...

was discovered hiding in a truck in Wales after the driver heard noises.

40 years. has quit his job after winning more than £1m on the lottery. Cambridge-based Curtis plans to move to London and to...

• A Dutch haulier has been fined £1,500 at Eastleigh magistrates court for overloading a four-axle Volvo drawbar rig by more...

EI by Melanie Hammond British police and Customs officers are investigating a freight forwarding company whose directors have...

• James Ham & Sons has decided to flag out part of its fleet to the Netherlands in a bid to save up to £200,000 a year in...

The exemption from tachograph regulations for trucks removing material from working sites does not extend to those carrying...

• Interlink Express Parcels pulled the plug on its subcontractor Night Trunkers last Friday following a dispute which has...

• by Nikki Daly and Sally Nash Freight broker Dual Carnage and its parent company Liverpool-based TR Group Holdings have...

• by Melanie Hammond The European Commission has confirmed that hauliers who partially flag out are breaking an EC...

• Peterborough-based Murfitts Transport is set to register part of a huge new fleet abroad, but the company denies it is...

It's official—partial flagging out is against European law. Or is it? While the EC has this week suggested that partial...

• by Karen Miles The Vehicle Inspectorate says it is winning the fight against UK operators who are illegally using eastern...

• Irish Customs officers have smashed a second 'diesel laundering'' plant near the border with Northern Ireland. They seized...

• Hauliers who want to buy new trucks on the Internet will have to wait, despite Vauxhall's introduction of direct electronic...

• international road hauliers are continuing to take traffic from rail, according to the latest figures from Channel Tunnel...

ri Strong demand in western Europe has helped lift Scania's operating profit by 46% for the first nine months of the year....

poi by lan Wylie Roy Bowles Transport—the Heathrow airfreight haulier at the centre of an Old Halley manslaughter...

NI A substantial reward is being offered to help catch a lorry hijack gang who snatched a driver and his load in Scotland....

• Diesel thieves are targeting hauliers' bunkered fuel tanks in depots near Leeds. In one theft a haulier lost more than...

et off the fuel escalator! • by Nikki Daly The Freight Transport Association has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to use...

• Two truck drivers have been jailed for stealing a £25,000 load of soap powder from a truck which was being driven by one...

• Signposts on English motorways and trunk roads will be transformed over the next three years, the Government has promised,...

Ryder has won a six-year contract with industrial adhesives company HB Fuller to supply seven new vehicles, five custom-made...

UCI Logistics has secured a five-year contract with The Gates Rubber Company for the warehousing and UK distribution of its...

to its contract with U1V under which it will continue to handle LDV's global parts distribution until 2011.

The pharmaceutical division of temperature-controlled distribution specialist Polarspeed has been awarded a major contract with...

Wincanton Logistics is to provide a relief operation for WH Smiths network of 500 stores in the run-up to Christmas and the Now...

Vehicle rental and contract hire firm TLS has signed a deal with its sister company, GE Capital Equipment Services. TLS is...

away from commercial vehicles throughout the nineties—and at this, the final show of the decade, they had all but vanished....

• by Bryan Jarvis Merceron powder tankers are now available through &lotank UK, a branch of Waterhouses Garage Tanker group....

• New treats are in store from Razorback. the Australian firm behind the drop-bed VW Transporter (CM14-20 Oct). Jeff...

Arbuckle Smith and Co is adding the first lveco Ford to its fleet for 10 years. The 350hp EuroTech Cursor 815 fitted with the...

Renault has won a £10m deal from service management company PIS. Three dealers will supply PHS's contract hire company Ryland...

Michelin's remould tyres have won the latest regulation standard 109 from the European Commission. Manufacturing methods at...

Paccar is celebrating record profits and sales for the first nine months of 1999. The company (which owns Leyland Oaf and...

John Raymond Transport is taking 58 new Leyland Oaf 85 CF 6x2 tractors from Cardiff Truck Centre. Each has a Hatcher SkyCab...

• Mercedes-Benz has released details of its much-talked-about entry into the small van market. The new Vaneo will be...

• Transline Transport has come up with an electric caboperated sheeting system for tippers. The Flip Tarp runs off a 24-volt...

• by Peter Lavrten Nissan has unveiled revival plans to be implemented under the stewardship of new boss Carlos Ghosn. The...

fuel for Husseys Bakery • Berkshire-based Husseys Bakery has 17 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis-cabs fitted with Luton bodies...

• Foden has won its largest order from Scotland for Glasgow City Council. The local authority is taking 30 units, each fitted...

A series of tachograph offences cost Bolton furniture manufacturer Gresham Bennett £5,650 in fines and costs when it appeared...

grp7po A South Yorkshire itfr meat wholesaler was said to have failed to provide satisfactory maintenance arrangements when it...

who was driving the vehicle, £380 in fines and costs. They pleaded guiity before Lichfield magistrates to a 51% gross overload...

the licence held by Broughty Ferry-based A&H hydd, but he warned the firm about its future operation. It was before the TC...

the licence held by MacDuff-based Albert Milne, trading as Deveron Shellfish, who was before the TO because of concern over his...

0licence suspended for a fortnight by Welsh IC David Dixon. Houston, of Flint, had been convicted of 25 offences of falsifying...

Hirer is liable for truck Firm di not tell TC A charge that West Draytonbased Sweeney Transport had hired out a vehicle in a...

West Midland Traffic Commissioner David Dixon granted Fullers. Logistics a licence for 10 vehicles and 15 trailers, rather than...

North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe (pictured) described Gateshead-based Liaquat All as "a slippery...

events and traffic bladmpots to theft and fuel prices. If you have Information for inclusion send it to Commends! Mater, Room...

Afotorf Does someone in the Industry deserve a pat an the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

Ruth Holding, Vehicle Inspectorate. U The whole point of the article was to reveal that the VI management had failed to take...

I am one of the first to be on the USA driver programme with First Point International for nearly two years, and now we are...

I am writing in response to the letter "VI Training" from an IRTE Member (CM14-20 Oct). The letter referred to the recently...

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

Ian Samuel ( pictured), general manager and founder of the Gilead Foundation, is really rather pleased. His Okehamptonbased...

A radar device being developed by the German firm Siemens could improve your chances of surviving a collision. Sensors mounted...

It's a sight that brings tears to The Hawk's eyes. A man and his three-wheeler...truly a wonder to behold! Long-distance driver...

• An industry code of practice covering the installation, maintenance and use of vehicle lifts in workshops from the Garage...

• A range of heated mirror elements which will directly replace existing items without the need for new glass are offered by...

• New from Bradbury is the three-tonne, two-post, 2823 vehicle lift. This British-made lift is fully CE-approved and is...

• A pollution-control muffler that can be attached to any exhaust to filter pollutant gases and burn particles using treated...

The Supra 944U is an undermouirt refrigeration unit for vehicles with a high cab or for trucks with drawbar trailers. Maker...

The Hi-TEC battery charger uses active technology to monitor the environmental variations which can fool other systems into...

Ombrello is a new windscreen coating,which according to its supplier Rejel Automotive, works in a similar way to Rain-X, but...

Tungstone's new catalogue for its Oldham. Tungstone and Crompton battery brands is now published. The catalogue includes...

The emphasis is on tough and durable products in lighting specialist Ring Automotive's "Endurance Essentials" range. The...

• Spaldings' Truecraft tyre bead breaker has been granted Millennium Products status by the Design Council, The product...

• A range of BPW drum and disc brake chambers has been developed as fully sealed engineered units, designed to provide...

OF THE TRADE Leyland Daf's 85-Series is not exactly an ownerdriver's fantasy. But while it lacks the glamour of its 95 Series...

uncertain future of police escorts...life in heavy haulage is often a world away from the rest of the road transport industry....

Heavy haulage is an area where it is essential to have the right equipment for the job—Gibb Grace surveys the type of...

• It's wrong to regard the !teeth & Safety Executive as some sort of foe. Think of the organisation as an advisory body and...

Checking over your vehicle batteries now could help ensure reliable use throughout the winter. Chris Graham provides some...

Serd Marston and Woodhead RSR branch networks within components suppler Partco. • If you wou Id like to feature In Working...

be covering the new and used truck and trailer business in more depth from now on. So if you're opening a new site, expanding...

Leyland Daf dealer North West Trucks has won the marques approved used dealer of the year award. It is the first time the firm...

• Manufacturers which provide a 12-month driveline warranty with their approved used trucks could be offering the customer...

• Trailer dealers Rod Pybus and Peter Fleming are now trading under the Montracon Northern banner. Close to the Al at Scotch...

SECOND-HAND SURFING Hauliers wanting a new or used truck have discovered that they can make use of roadtransport.net, the new,...