by Miles Brignall • ICFC's driver agency division BRS Taskforce plans to recruit 1,000 LGV drivers before July, even though NFC...

• Bodybuilding firms delivering empty trailers are being threatened with prosecution for failing to display an 0-licence and...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers will have to pay a small amount of VED on trucks up to 12 tonnes when they laid up, if new government...

D o we detect a pragmatic wind of change blowing towards the road transport industry? There are signs that Transport Secretary...

• Two hundred and forty driving jobs are being lost as part of Northern Foods' restructuring programme. The closure of Eden...

• An angry freight forwarder is attempting to kick out Transport Minister Stephen Norris as his local MP following allegations...

III Government drivers responsible for the transport of nuclear materials are to be transferred to the private sector amid...

by Karen Miles • British Bus is emerging as a front runner to buy Red Star. The company admitted this week it is interested but...

by Karen Miles • Transport companies face losses of thousands of pounds on their depots if they fail to protect themselves...

• The Department of Transport wants to know what operators think of the Traffic Area Offices. A market research company will...

by Guy Sheppard • NFC is poised to withdraw from unprofitable contracts, sell some sites and cut more jobs following the...

• Driver training schools who want to block book test dates will have to pay a premium of £5 for every test, and pay in full...

• Exec Logistics has signed a five-year/£5m deal with specialist parts and accessories supplier Dana Distribution. More than...

• Transcove Systems of Ryarsh, Kent has become UK agent for the American Donovan range of sheeting systems. Two versions are...

• Drum Engineering has extended its Cobra range of small underfloor hydraulic tipping gear with models for 13,15 and 17tonne...

by Bryan Jarvis • Walker Snack Foods' need to improve load access, speed up vehicle turnaround times and ensure weather...

by Noel Millier • Mercedes-Benz and Leeds coachbuilder Optare have jointly launched the Prisma, a 12m city bus based on the...

• A disciplinary inquiry for Carry. phone Transport of Rochdale was adjourned so that it can produce inspection records for its...

• The licence held by East London-based B.1 Scaffolding has been revoked and the com pany has been disqualified indefinitely...

• A bid for a new international licence by Braintree-based haulier Mervyn Charles King has been refused following opposition...

O (Aver the past few weeks I have been reading with interest and utter disbelief some of the proposals being put forward by the...

firm Moffett has been named Irish Exporter of the Year by the Allied Irish Bank and the Irish Exporters' Association. The...

I t's a funny old world when a dealer working half way round the globe in derivatives for Barings can bring down the bank of a...

• When the German Federal Republic set an 8hp/tonne power-to-weight ratio back in 1971 Mercedes-Benz was forced to produce...

hauliers are generally a careful and cagey bunch—and well they might be, for it can be a minefield and a bad purchase can blow...

W hatever the size or type of your fleet, or the sort of distribution you operate, safety is a serious consideration. Two weeks...

Contrary to popular belief the British are not a nation of fish lovers. We like a fish and chip supper now and then, but most...

mines dotted the landscape of Cornwall. Now there is just one, South Crofty at Redruth. From here, raw ore is mined and...

every tourist's picture postcard vision of Cornwall: lush fields, hedges, and the Lamorna valley gently sloping away toward...

the back of his workshop. He has every right to be. The nerve centre of his Penzance haulage empire cost a princely .C30 to...

its biggest job to TNT, it laid off eight drivers. Within a week it took them all back on, determined to replace the job—a...

‘ T he growing public concern over commercial vehicle safety is something that should worry every one of us in the industry....