Business Post's profits have not improved but with restructuring the new CEO believes it is about to turn a corner. Dominic...

PALLET NETWORK Palletline made pre-tax losses of almost £800,000 for the year ending 30 June 2005. But the firm says it has...

UPTO 25% OF THE heavy vehicles operating in the public sector will have to comply with European EEV (enhanced environmental...

A NEW DEPOT and contract wins have boosted turnover at the CS Ellis group by I m. However, pre-tax profits for the...

A WEST YORKSH IRE operator claims to be owed £4,000 by a collapsed Staffordshire transport company that gave him work just days...

Three founder members of the Jigsaw consortium have given up their places on its board as three new firms join up Dominic Perry...

SEVERAL TANKER drivers forced to run for their lives after the Buncefield oil depot explosion are off work with post-traumatic...

estion charge under fire Police to discuss rise in violence LONDON'S CONGESTION charging scheme is to face a fresh attack,...

tc dominate this month's meeting ol the police truck crime grour JAGOLT at the Kent police HQ. Discussion will centre on the...

REED BOARDALL Cold Storage, one of the UK's largest temperature-controlled food-distribution firms, increased its turnover by...

RIPON, NORTH YORKS-based road and rail specialist The Potter Group has appointed a new director toils board. Reigate...

The consultation document for London's Low Emission Zone has just arrived, carried no doubt by the filthy smog-drenched air...

German haulage company VVilli Betz is continuing its UK expansion and searching for a site near Burton on Tent. Guy Sheppard...

NEW CONTRACTS worth £400,000 a year have prompted Middlesbrough haulage company Dennis Dixon to buy five new Feldbinder tankers...

A MULTI-NI I LLION-po road and rail freight interchange is to be built just outside Durham. The local authority-hacked scheme...

\ TRUCK dealer RI - I Corn mercia I Ve hiclesand Siemens VDO are in the final stages of trialling a lightweight generator that...

Brian Weatherley's eye has beer caught by the German Transport Minister's recent comments aboi the UK. Does he mean us? Hasn't...

Losing a trailer is every artic driver's nightmare, so what aren't more trucKs fitted with warning devices? Julian Milnes...

GLOBAL LOGISTICS and transport operator P&O is likely to be bought by a stateowned ports operator from the Middle East. Dubai...

RYGOR GROUP Services reduced its involvement in general haulage last year as pre-tax profits shrank to just £7.881. Clive...

Stuart Thomas brings you his regular round-up of the way our local and national press has covered th( wonderful world of road...

A British driver imprisoned abroad on drugs charges may be home soon. David Harris reports. BRITISH TRUCK DRIVER Steven...

LOGISTICS GROUP Gist may be sold off if parent group BOC is taken over by rival industrial gas giant Linde of Germany....

PAY-AS-YOU-DRIVE insurance and a satellite-based road-user charge system will become the norm by 2010, according to a new...

Hauliers waiting to find out whether they will have a route over the Forth Estuary and, if so, how much it will cost are still...

The charge is seen as a response to the extra traffic travelling through eastern France following the introduction of the...

BRISTOL HAULAGE firm 1J McGill Transport says it has had a successful first month in the Palletline network following its move...

THE EUROPEAN Commission is piling pressure on European Union member states to introduce digital tachographs in May, though the...

WEST MIDLANDS Police are to pay closer attention to tractor units running without trailers in an attempt to clamp down on truck...

Want to make 2006 your year of high profitability? Get things started by attending Running for Profit in Road Transport, a...

A El Obn rise in logistics spend is forecast by 2010 — but 3PLs will have to understand their target markets if they are to...

Dominic Perry speaks to Brittany Ferries' ion Clarke about some surprisingly familiar issues: rising fuel prices, a...

YET AGAIN lam amazed by the extremely restricted approach taken by driver training courses, as highlighted by your article...

HAVIN( JUST read your excellent article headed 'Train of Thought (CM 12 January), there is only small criticism I have of...

IN RESPONSE to the letters regarding overtaking bans and 40inpli limits (CM 22 December 2005), the speed limit for HG Vs on the...

THANK YOU on behalf of Susan Purkiss at AJ Purkiss Ltd for getting the announcement headed 'Trailer sought' into the magazine...

Millions of pounds of goods are stolen each year — but who's targeting transport companies and where do they come from?...

The country's tour biggest crime groups come from around Merseyside and they are well organised. From Scotland down to the...

While no gangs are known to be at work here, Manchester has been described as "the market garden" of truck crime. It is in...

This part of the country has been home to what might be the last major gang of parts thieves in England. A police operation led...

Three truck - crime gangs currently operate in the Midlands, say police. Their targets of choice are currently metals, which...

The major concern for police at the moment is the disturbing rise in the number truck hijackings. The number of cases has...

Middlesex Gangs operating in Middlesex tend to target the goods coming and going from Heathrow Airport.They steal mobile...

Licence was lost after company failed to comply with maintenance undertakings because director's "mind had been on other...

AN OPERATOR has failed to convince the Transport Tribunal that his vehicle was being used for recovery work at the time it was...

A LONDON removals firm has lost its appeal against a cut in licence authority and must now operate with less than a third of...

A 1)1 Al FR I ES owner-driver who continued to run a truck on a surrendered English 0-licence has had his Scottish Area licence...

A DRIVER with a perishable load removed his tachograph chart so he could complete a supermarket delivery but this offence cost...

They're here at last... digital tachographs become a reality this spring. But is the industry ready to embrace the future?...

Customs is taking a hard look at red diesel and may ban at least two categories of vehicle from running on the cheap. Pat...

Reducing workplace stress can prevent expensive compensation claims. Anna West eports. S tress in the workplace is a growing...

Although it sits alongside its cousin, the LF55, in the 18-tonne sector, the Daf CF65 claims a niche all of its own. Cohn...

Humble keys are all that protect your fleet and property, so shouldn't you look after them? Cohn Barnett checKs out the...

Handling your own maintenance has much to commend it — but so does contracting out. Steve Banner examines the pros and cons....

The Detroit Auto Show might seem far away and irrelevant — but, as Oliver Dixon reports, this year's extravaganza could...

Long standing independent Iveco dealership Northern Commercials has been bought by logistics specialist Clipper Group. L...

British Car Auctions is the latest company to report a strong start to light CV sales this year. UK business development...

which are more in keeping with van-user perception and its market place. The key to success, says Graham, will be developing...

0 ver the next 18 months BelI Trucks will divide and expand its operation to include three dedicated van centres and three...

Midlands-based independent Scania truck dealership Keltruck has enjoyed a bumper year, with 2005 breaking all previous records....