by Kathy Watson • British hauliers claim they are being unfairly targeted by Spanish police with heavy spot fines. Fruit and...

• Norfolk County Council is suing mill owner BOCM Paul for £330,000 for road repairs claiming "extraordinary usage" under the...

• A rallying call for hauliers and drivers to unite to fight "disgraceful" industry conditions was made at the launch of a...

by Mike Jewell • A director of Skipton-based Fewston Transport, one of whose vehicles was involved in an accident at Sowerby...

• The Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators has rejected the AA's plea for an alliance to help safeguard seven newly...

by Kathy Watson • More than half the hauliers stopped during a recent police check in Surrey are to appear in court for traffic...

• Up to 50 posts are to go at BRS as the truck and trailer rental arm of NFC continues its integration with sister company Exel...

III The Government was expected to outline billions of pounds of road building cuts this week as part of a reorganisation...

• Economic recession on the Continent has been blamed for disappointing results posted last week by P&O European Transport...

by Juliet Parish • Home deliveries specialist White Arrow Express is interested in buying Lynx, the lossmaking NFC parcel...

• Renault is investing "several million pounds" this year in its private dealer network to boost sales in the heavy end of its...

• Commercial vehicle operator, hirer and dealer Lex Service announced it was moving fast out of financial hard times last week...

• Northern Ireland-based haulier D Curran & Sons of Bangor is operating one of the first lowheight Volvo FH tractors to be sold...

by Bryan Jarvis • The most recent eight-legger and 13-tonne 4x4 rigids from Mercedes-Benz were among a pack of tippers given a...

• Iveco has appointed Truck Dealers International, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Harris Group, as its importer in Ireland....

• MAN is offering free servicing on all new L2000 models sold from 4 April. The one-year offer with unlimited mileage includes...

by John Kendall • The first new Hines to arrive in the UK will be the FS 6x4 and FY 8x4 rigids; the SH1 tractive units will...

• Pershore haulier Ian Moutrie has complained about the number of times his firm's tachograph charts have been checked by DOT...

• The transport manager of North Yorkshire-based Floyd Schofield Haulage and five of the firm's drivers have appeared at...

• Chorley haulier Colin Lawson and one of his drivers were given absolute discharges after Bolton magistrates accepted they...

• BOC Distribu tion Services must wait to see if North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu will increase the authorisation...

There are lies, damn lies and statistics, according to the popular expression. The latest figures on speeding lorry drivers are...

I t's more than a year since Iveco Ford's SuperCargo took centre stage, slotting neatly between the New Cargo 7.5-tonners and...

As usual, we invited a number of experienced truck drivers to take our test vehicle for a run and give us their views... Brian...

G „ to work in an egg. Well, not quite, but Vauxhall's new Corsavan is the most curvaceous commercial since... the Vauxhall...

I nability to pay debts is one of the definitions of insolvency detailed under the Insolvency Act 1986. The question of...

Fergusons Transport of Blyth has such strong connections with its hometown that it was called on to perform a mercy mission...

e A mid all the talk of recovery and the end of recession the Confederation of British Industry reports that employers are...

6 1 have recently acted in several cases where drivers have been prosecuted for failing to produce charts at roadside...