a lot of time talking to operators at various functions, and I'm shocked at what I've heard. I already knew that it was tough...

STOBART GROUP has shaken up its board of directors for the second time this year, in a move that sees Avril Palmer-Baunack...

TRAILERS is set to unveil its first car transporter semi-trailer at the CV Show next week. It claims the trailer is more fuel...

on the rise By Chris Druce THE NUMBER of people taking an LGV test and passing increased last year, bringing a six-year period...

has appointed lawyers to pursue Lloyds Banking Group for compensation after it was sold a financial product designed to protect...

SAY the decision to order two former directors at Northern Ireland haulage company Boyle Transport to pay £1.8m under the...

dismissed an appeal by a former driver for own-account operator Food Partners, who was sacked after driving his vehicle into a...

exhaust manufacturer Bosal (UK) has closed its manufacturing business after joint administrators Duff & Phelps could not find a...

Hayes VOLVO TRUCKS has poured cold water on proposals by a cycling lobby group for the introduction of a bin wagon-style LGV in...

a rebate on fuel duty for operators in the Republic of Ireland (Rol) may tempt operators in Northern Ireland and Great Britain...

has purchased nine Welcome Break sites in a deal that takes its services area portfolio to 18. Extra, which opened Cobham...

engines nine months before Euro-6 emissions legislation is fully implemented at the end of this year. When it unveiled its...

from the British public for road transport industry and its hauliers Words: ii...1111=,L.,1 uLe aim ItupIIeu vvauon WOULD YOU...

of financial products. As the first examples emerge, CM asks how many operators could be affected Words: Chris Tindall HAULIERS...

Harrogate tipper show is being led by Richard Bennett Words: Justin Stanton / Images: Jonathan Moore TIP-EX 2012WAS a...

wrong crimes AS I READ the latest edition of Vosa's Moving On email, I could hear the tap of the undertaker's hammer putting...

I WONDER whether your readers could answer the following: why did the government spend millions of pounds on widening the Ml?...

(CM 14 March). No union has ever created jobs for drivers, but they have lost plenty. Some hauliers who got sick of being told...

suspended after it used a modified forestry locomotive to move timber for customer By Roger Brown met Norbord's purchasing...

at The Crestway in Whetstone, Leicester subject to the following conditions: • there will be no operation, movement, loading...

• Map Haulage, based in Dunmow, will make a new application at a PI on 8 April. • An inquiry on 12 April will look at...

count as an operating centre? It isn't crystal clear Words: Patric Cunnane / Images: Tom Cunningham The definition of an...

of our weekly guide to the Operator CPC, this week we look at road charging: national and international tolls and fees, and...

years has been hard but hard work and persistence can sometimes pay off, as family-owned Midland Container Logistics has...

Germany's autobahn to find out if the new system really will save you money ,voras: Will Shiers Mercedes-Benz made a rather...

big productivity plus for UK operators, but are poorly matched roof-fairings frittering away some of the gains? Words: David...

and components, there are some obvious themes at this year's event — not least the appearance on the market of a number of...

now fast approaching, driver training will be a major theme at this year's show. Driver Hire (4G69) will be promoting its eFED...

show. Digitach suppliers Stoneridge (4F111), Tachosys (4J30) and Continental / Automotive (5F49) will be 7 launching smartphone...

show is the return of so many major truck makers. Among them will be Daf (5C81), with the world premiere of the new Euro-6 LF...

has started to affect the manufacture of multistage vehicles in earnest now — and forward-thinking bodybuilders have...

a plethora of exhibits to help those charged with servicing and maintaining CVs, many of which will appear in the dedicated...

Load retention is a major consideration for every fleet and catering to this objective will be Load Choker (5J114) with its...

also be well represented. Ford (5G10 and 5G20) will have more than 15 vehicles on display, including the 1 all-new Transit,...

theme of the show and visitors will be spoilt for choice this year, from the new Kinglifter truck-mounted forklift making its...

The use of onboard vehicle cameras is another growing trend. Among those promoting such systems this year will be !drive...

graduate DHL Supply Chain Joined company: September 2011 What do you love about your job? The variety: no two days are the...

success of its inhouse apprenticeship programme, City Link is rolling out the 12-month scheme to 80 new recruits, aged 18-25,...

WEEK'S top truck is a 2008-registered MAN TGX 6x2 prime mover with Wilson tri-axle drawbar trailer. The 08-plate TGX is...

about as common as 38-tonne Sinclair C5s," wrote CM's technical writer Brian Weatherley in February 1986, after he was unlucky...

Drivers who are being told by employers that they are going to be made redundant are also being told that they can continue to...

7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego has slipped back in the pecking order The launch of the new Euro-6 Mercedes-Benz Atego range at...