by David Harris II The Government is coming under attack as it becomes clear that it intends to introduce few firm measures in...

• John Wright is involved in another haulage company just two months after the controversial closure of his previous...

by Karen Miles • United Transport drivers on the company's BP contract are threatening a series of 24-hour strikes, just a...

• The future of the Driving Standards Agency's voluntary register of driving instructors could be in jeopardy following the...

here most be something the "Government response to the Transport Select Committee Report on the adequacy and enforcement of...

by Karen Miles • The future of Derbyshire operator JM Transport hangs in the balance this week as its receivers search for a...

• One in five vehicles checked during a Vehicle Inspectorate operation in Sheffield last week were found to be defective. Of...

• Evidence of further hardship in the road transport industry has surfaced with company failures in the sector continuing to...

by Derren Hayes • The Labour Party will support urban road pricing schemes if it wins the next general election, shadow...

• The organisation of European employers has branded EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock's road transport policy as...

• Britain has the second biggest truck leasing market in Europe, a new report reveals. There are 43,200 leased trucks and...

II The Freight Transport Association is working with local authorities across the country to develop better relationships...

by Karen Miles • Local councils look more likely to impose controls on diesel-engined vehicles following a warning from a...

• No charges are to be brought against Charles Lee Crossley— the man at the centre of dozens of complaints from would-be...

• A huge international rail terminal surrounded by distribution centres is to be built on the site of a former power station...

by Miles Brigriall • Twenty-five people were killed and nearly 1,350 suffered serious injuries last year as a result of...

• Motor dealers are in better financial shape than a year ago, says credit reference agency Equifax. Their credit ratings are...

• Hyundai's H100 panel van will be available in the UK from next September. The forward-control onetonne van has previously...

• Toyota will launch a longwheelbase version of its Hiace panel van next year. It should appeal to carpet tradesmen in...

• Safeway Stores has ordered 126 reefer trailers from Gray & Adams fitted with independently sprung compression members at the...

• Streamlink truck body manufacturer DW Marshall of Peterlee is developing an easyglide tracking system for its curtainsider...

by Colin Sowman • Large hauliers might be used to spending more than half a million pounds on vehicles and trailers. Tell them...

• Following the success of Fruntz wheelarch extensions on Renault Magnums, Spatz has launched versions for the Leyland Daf...

• lipe has launched a 430mm diaphragm spring clutch. The new 430DS has a cast cover which is said to be more rigid under load...

• Lucas Aftermarket Operations has extended its range of diesel starting aids to cover a wider range of vehicles. It now...

• lskra Autoelectrika has developed a range of 85 and 95mm yoke, in-line reduction gear starter motors. They weigh as little...

• Vehicle excise duty offences and the unauthorised use of a vehicle have led to the revocation of the six-vehicle licence held...

• Drivers hours and tachograph offences have cost a Lancashire haulier £2,180 in fines and costs. David Hesketh, of Longridge,...

• RCL Haulage was given a warning about what North East ern Traffic Commissioner Keith Waterworth described as a "small dribble...

by Herren Hayes • A Bardwell based haulier who allowed his 0-Licence to be used on a vehicle belonging to his transport manager...

Malfunctioning ABS T leased a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 'van in September last year and have also suffered the serious braking...

T have just read "Sound Off" CM 12-18 Sept and was saddened by the contents. Why? - Bemuse it is so true. Following a fl fine...

I n reply to Bill Morris's comments regard! ing drivers and their sleeping in their cabs (CM 10-16 Oct), has this man ever...

he return of The Beatles with the Anthology series, three albums of alter native takes of songs recorded throughout their...

N1711 Then you enter the small cabin that serves as an office for Dalkeith Transport, it's hard to believe that this is the...

acknowledge that drinking alcohol and iving makes for a lethal cocktail. But few drivers, professionals included, ppreciate...

T he European Commission is heavily promoting increased use of intermodal traffic with trunk sections of long, international...

a long slumber. After 15 years of minimal industrial unrest—helped along by a barrage of Conservative anti-trade union...

EI AL? T he carefully worded statement signed on Thursday 31 October by the United Road Transport Union and the head of UK...

looking to expand, purchasing another operator can be an attractive option but you need to know the pitfalls. You need a clear...

4 sk almost anyone you meet to A name the most important development of the past 50 years and the odds are that they will...

strong presence in the 7.5-tonne market, which accounts for about a quarter of all trucks sold in the UK. Up until the early...

• MAN accounts fora small slice of the eightwheeler market in the UK. The F90 8x4 seems to be most popular in a heavy-duty...

• When Mercedes-Benz introduced its 1733S/LS at the end of 1989 it was quite a different vehicle from the 1633 which had been...

an 8x4 group test at the beginning of 1993 in France But it was not until the end of that year that we were able to take the...

V E R S MAT E • There was little in the Chancellor's autumn Budget to lift tipper operator's expectations for 1996 so many...