• This week marks the official end of the recession — or so the Government would have us believe. In March, Chancellor Norman...

General cabotage • New plans for the "generalisation" of road cabotage throughout the EC are to be unveiled by September at the...

• A local authority body is calling for flatbeds to be banned from transporting hazardous substances to avoid accidents like...

• A truck driver was found not guilty and was awarded costs after he defended himself against an allegation that he pushed over...

• The Law Lords are expected to make a decision this week on whether to give London local authorities power to force hauliers...

• Tidd Trailers chairman Hector Tidd has taken over the dayto-day running of the troubled company. Managing director Neil Dick...

West" • Commercial Motor Truckfest Southwest at the Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet this weekend is set to be a...

• Drivers' union URTU has launched a national campaign to change drink/driving law relating to HGV drivers. The union has...

El Higher recovery rates from the AA have been welcomed by breakdown operators who will now be able to charge mileage...

• A truck driver working for Sutton Transport of Hereford escaped from Yugoslavia last week after his truck was set on fire...

• Up to 20% of commercial vehicles on London streets are breaking the weight limits, says the Association of London...

• National Express Group, the inter-city coach giant, is being taken over by private bus operator Drawlane Transport and a...

• A £2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the recovery of a yellow sixwheel Foden 3250 tipper, which was...

• Scania has postponed the UK launch of its bonneted T113 tractor until the truck market recovers. At least 50 orders would be...

• An HGV driver with 21 years experience has been jailed for six months for causing death by reckless driving on his first day...

• Swedish truck maker Volvo has developed a fully automated gearbox called Geartronic for its F12 38-tonne tractor. It is based...

• Cummins is to launch a range of 10and 14-litre engines to meet the 1992 EC emission regulations. The new engines are said to...

IN Finnish truck builder Sisu aims to expand into Continental Europe. It had been considering the UK but appears to have ruled...

• Goodyear has introduced a radial tyre designated the G391. Its design follows a trend set 10 years ago by Goodyear's G291...

• A revised version of the 3000 Series tractor, a 24-tonne urban artic and a more "road friendly" version of its doubledrive...

• A device to stop loads rolling around in the back of a van or truck is in the running for a top inventors' award. The...

• A Detroit Diesel dealer is putting a third truck fitted with a Series 60 engine into service (CM 28 Mar-3 April). West Coast...

• MAN is fitting its ECO engine range in its G90 7.5-tonners. MAN's entire family of truck now has the "environmentally...

• United Carriers has sold its Z41m-turnover logistics division to Japanese shipping giant NYK to ease the group's debts. The...

• Foden Trucks is stepping up its export activities in a bid to overcome the devastating effect of the recession on UK truck...

• Rates will be the key factor in persuading hauliers to use the Channel Tunnel, according to a new survey. Most operators...

base from London to Chicago, which it intends to use as a hub to develop its worldwide removals business. Going down IIII...

• Job prospects in the transport and distribution sector are improving slightly, according to the latest quarterly survey by...

• BRS has emerged from its big shake-up (CM 6-12 June) to place a massive order for 550 trucks worth £15m to update its spot...

• ERF (Holdings) has tumbled into the red, losing £4.47m for the year to 30 March. It blames the economic recession which is...

(Commercial Vehicles), the Transport Development Group's contract hire company, has changed its name to Unilink. Joining up •...

• North Western LA Martin Albu has given Bangor-based Thomas Williams six months to show that he can maintain his vehicle...

• Burscoughbased Elaine Creegan, trading as Creegan Distribution, has tripled her fleet authorisation at a Manchester public...

• Leigh Magistrates have adjourned hearing a series of charges against the partners in Liverpool-based Carberry Haulage...

• South Wales Oki LA John Mervyn Pugh has re newed Cardiff Transport's licence and says he will not pursue a wheel-loss...

• Warrington Crown Court has quashed fines imposed on Pavilion Transport (Whitworth), and driver Thomas Whaley for using a...

• Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant engineers...

• The licence held by Auchinleck-based James Liddell, trading as Liddell's Coaches, has been renewed for two years only by...

• ERF has introduced a 12m single-deck dual-purpose chassis for the Far East, which could be adapted for the UK market. There...

/ Tayside Public Transport, which has just been taken over by a management-led employee team, is planning to expand out of bus...

/ Nottingham-based coach company Skills has sold its Sheffield bus operation, which has subsequently been renamed Don Valley...

/ Mazda has introduced a range of passenger conversions for the E-Series van it upgraded two years ago. Conversions have...

depot in Leeds for re-development and moved 50 of 80 minibuses based there to the town's Tone Road site. The 30 remaining...

• Renault will launch a facelifted Extra in January 1992. The company's market research shows that as well as high body...

• The facelifted Transit, first revealed in Commercial Motor nine months ago (20-26 September 1990), is likely to go on sale in...

• Sales of light commercial vehicles have continued to decline in the first half of the year. Vehicle registrations to the end...

• Peugeot-Talbot is to introduce a purpose-built high-volume Express in the UK. The J5 Maxum is already sold on the Continent...

• Tico Cranes, the UK arm of Swedish truck crane manufacturer A B Tico, has moved from South Killingholme, near Grimsby to...

• Seddon Atkinson is opening a company-owned dealership next to its parts distribution centre at Preston. General manager will...

• Highway RescueX is a new exhibition for the road recovery industry, which will be held at the Donnington International...

• The University of London's Birkbeck College is inviting applications for its part-time certificate and diploma in transport...

• Sally Line is putting a new freight-only ship on its Ramsgate to Ostend service. The Bazias 4 can carry 93 trailers or...

• The Bus and Coach Council has published a £5 booklet providing information on the industry to suppliers. It includes tips on...

• Land Rover has opened its 8km "jungle track driving experience" off-road circuit where customers who have bought a new Land...

• Sheddick Transport of Newport, Gwent, has been awarded quality standard BS5750. Contact (0633) 281181.

• Al-Ko Kober of Leamington Spa has introduced a range of lights for small commercial trailers. It is also producing...

lj ormer Truckworld owner Graham Marshall has swapped filling truckers' stomachs for filling their lives with a little...

ril orry drivers could soon face sniffer pigs at UK Customs, following the success of police porkers in Germany where they are...

H cania's search for its 1992 Transport Trust Awards winners is under way with the announcement of interim winners in road,...

eaders of last week's CM will have been startled to learn that Shell is running a forecourt promotion which does not involve...

A xminster Carpets' A xminster Carpets' drivers are floored by the firm's moves to provide personalised number plates for its...

hen P&O decided to sell Felixstowe Port recently it made sure that journalists were able to get the story straight from the...

fiiibbett & Britten's newly formed clothing distribution arm, Fashion Logistics, was the unlikely beneficiary when British...

Bowker is enthusiastic about Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind's recent decision to encourage operators to switch from road...

/The Government's policy of encouraging rail-freight means a haulier who buys a disused railway siding on a main line, ripe for...

• They say that two heads are better than one. On that basis the newly formed Independent Law Group has a lot going for it,...

Many hauliers give up reclaiming Continental VAT as a bad job. But they could be losing thousands of pounds. • Up to 60% of...

Your article on lorry-mounted cranes (CM 30 May-5 June) ended with an incorrect statement. Our two competitors you mentioned...

• Congratulations on Paul Fisher's excellent and timely article "Horror Stories" (CM 13-19 June). Bus & Coach Council, like the...

• Paul Fisher's article on tanker safety headed "Horror stories" (CM 13-19 June) attacks both lazy reporting and the Thames...

Service, the truck and trailer service and repair arm of the York Group. For the past year he has been manager of the York...

Lee Brunning has become southern regional general manager for wet and special wastes at the Redbourn depot of waste management...

IN Barry Bryant has joined Longdon Truck Equipment, where he is responsible for sales of the Zepro brand of tail-lifts in the...

• Former chairman of the Chartered Institute of Transport's Metropolitan Section, Richard Garvey, has died aged 58. He was...