How secure is your business – and how well do you and your staff know your business? This week several stories raise those...

By Chris Druce OPERATORS HAVE been warned to be on their guard after a spate of tanker thefts in recent weeks by criminal gangs...

By Laura Hailstone NICK SIMPSON, director of Scarborough haulier Simpson Transport, is warning operators and their drivers to...

BEVAN GROUP SAYS it can help UK bodybuilders who are struggling to cope with the introduction of European Whole Vehicle Type...

By Chris Druce WELSHPOOL-BASED Speed is set to almost double its turnover this year after moving away from its traditional...

FIRST PICTURES AND details of Vauxhall’s collaboration with Fiat to create the new Combo van have been released. Based on the...

DERBYSHIRE HAULAGE company SMC Transport has gone into administration. Ian Rose from Doncaster insolvency practice Silke & Co...

By Chris Tindall SISSON & FRENCH, the Ilkeston, Derbyshire-based haulage company bought last year by businessman William...

MERCEDES-BENZ appears to be creating a new niche for itself to ill. Our spies have spotted this Sprinter 6x6 undergoing...

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) has defended its decision not to suspend the Dartford Crossing toll charges, after a broken-down HGV...

By Chris Tindall THE DVLA HAS conirmed that it will cover the cost of individual medical assessments (IMAs) for diabetics...

By Roger Brown TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER (TC) for Scotland Joan Aitken has issued an O-licence curtailment and suspension to two...

PRINT DISTRIBUTION specialist Bedfords Transport has strengthened its relationship with The Mail newspapers by buying seven new...

A RAFT OF PROPOSALS intended to reduce tachograph fraud and cut operators’ administrative burden by millions of pounds has been...

By Laura Hailstone NIKKI KING, MD of Isuzu Truck (UK), has made changes to her business as a result of appearing on Channel...

Ahead of our summer sizzler issue on 25 August, we’d like to take time to discover your views on a range of issues. In the...

Has Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson inadvertently solved the UK road transport industry’s carbon emissions problem? On last...

July’s Trucking Britain Out Of Recession survey reviews operators’ performance in Q2 By Justin Stanton THE SECOND quarter of...

CM has written many articles about London’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ), including our comprehensive guide published with the 30...

Framptons Transport Services director and general manager Richard Fry is a transport man through and through, but is he ready...

Founded in 1898 , Framptons started life collecting and grading eggs from local farms. More than 70 years later the operation...

A fast-track extradition system is being used to arrest lorry drivers for minor offences – in one case for an incident that...

Unless you are able to prove you were in jail or a coma, it is almost impossible for a judge in this country to oppose an...

I WAS DISAPPOINTED in the letter on Driver CPC (CM 21 July). Anyone who is surprised by the slow take-up of training has...

I WOULD LIKE to say a very big thank you to the whole team at the Welford Cafe truckstop in Welford, Northamptonshire. After...

The latest comments on Roadtransport.com Driver CPC training costs could rocket, warns SfL (Roadtransport.com 22 July) “Not...

Northumberland County Council fined £13,400 after a crane jib struck a 20,000 volt overhead power line By Roger Brown...

NFT DISTRIBUTION wants authority for 100 vehicles and 140 trailers at a site on the Stakehill Industrial Estate in Middleton,...

R SWAIN and Sons is looking to base 80 vehicles and 120 trailers at the Manchester Freight Terminal in Worsley. At the same...

SUTTONS GROUP wants to station 12 vehicles and 30 trailers at the Air Liquide UK site, in Irlam, Manchester, as well as seven...

OWENS (Road Services) hopes to get the go-ahead to base 50 vehicles and 100 trailers at a new operating centre in Margam, Port...

TD WILLIAMS (Brynamman) has been given the green light to base 20 vehicles and 30 trailers at a new operating centre in...

● Disciplinary action against Liverpool-based Brasenose Container Services, trading as BCSL, will be considered at a PI on 15...

Two years on since the launch of Driver CPC has the industry come to love the new standard for drivers? It seems not, judging...

Chris Roe MD, Alert HGV Training, Leicester Chris Roe’s firm has been accredited by JAUPT to provide Driver CPC instruction....

started the ball rolling regarding Driver CPC training. “Most drivers have done their first day of training, or seven hours,...

John Hunt has decided the advent of the Driver CPC will herald the end of his 25-year career in road haulage. “I’m just not...

at pains to stress that he is not anti training. But he struggles to see how the Driver CPC is going to raise the quality...

Burke has yet to undertake any of the 35 hours of Driver CPC training and is far from encouraged by what he hears from...

sub-standard training on offer for the Driver CPC is a lost opportunity to make a real difference to industry standards, Martin...

firm has JAUPT approval for a number of Driver CPC courses. But take-up has been slow. “It’s not taken off yet and I think a...

The industry is consolidating rapidly and metal recyclers must invest big bucks or go out of business. CM went along to...

Investment is key to running a professional business CM has seen a few business sectors that have shown themselves to be...

Words: Roger Brown / Images: Nigel Spreadbury There’s just no stopping Stan Robinson – he’s now running a successful vehicle...

After 18 months as a DP, CM Downton has made the transition to become an authorised testing facility at its Gloucestershire...

Stockport Truck Centre opened the first purpose-built ATF last year and was the guinea pig for the controversial VOSA contract...

The recession has hit hard and the recovery is still fragile. CM looks at the state of the industry in Q2 2011 Words: Louise...

State of labour market is major concern The Ofワce for National Statistics (ONS) says the claimant count in March 2011 for HGV...

Iveco dealer Stormont Truck and Van has opened a new site in Essex complementing its South-East coverage, which stretches from...

Norfolk Truck & Van previously held the Iveco franchise in Loughton and is still there selling Renault, Isuzu and Hino vehicle...

Derek Jones, the former Scania dealer, is back after nine years Words: Kevin Swallow FORMER INDEPENDENT Scania dealer Derek...