the very heart of the UK's haulage industry for more than 108 years, during which time it's seen countless competing titles...

Wight SCOTTISH HAULIERS could be forced to pay the £10 a day HGV Road User Levy to use roads in the UK if the country becomes...

Transport has taken delivery of the last two Renault Magnums to be sold in the UK. The Magnum 480.25 6x2 tractor units join the...

HOLDINGS has bought the trade and assets of Heywood-based CFT Services. The business, a Pallet-Track member, will continue to...

to double check their drivers are professionally qualified to drive or risk the wrath of traffic commissioners. Their insurance...

from the government to treble investment in UK roads by 2020, the Transport Select Committee has announced a Parliamentary...

has given his backing to a new Driver CPC course teaching emergency first aid skills to LGV drivers. Driver First Assist (DFA)...

haulage firms risk losing their livelihoods because of ignorance over new rules over grandfather rights, a training company has...

M6 toll road this month by Road Haulage Association (RHA) members is being used as a stepping stone towards hauliers having...

MOUNTING CONCERNS over a move by some hauliers towards operating LCVs rather than lorries has prompted Vosa to roll out a...

Mobil has reformulated its existing synthetic heavy-duty diesel engine oil, Mobil Delvac 1 LE 5W-30, to encompass the next wave...

acquired a new Scania G440, capable of transporting a new 36,000-litre tanker, the largest in the Exol fleet. The new addition...

LGV drivers who died in road traffic accidents rose slightly in 2012, despite the lowest figure for total road deaths in 86...

convictions Photo finished Drivers are being wrongly convicted of offences under the Road Traffic Act when their photo ID has...

you are guilty of an offence if you do not have up-to-date information on your driving licence photocard ID. A fine of up to...

SM1 45Z EMAIL: christopherwaltontaroadtransport.com P LETTER OF THE WEEK Driver CPC? Don't insult me, I've done this for 42...

Pargeter (CM13 June); older drivers complain about the Driver CPC as they have to pay a lot of money just to do their jobs. One...

Letters published in the magazine may also appear on the website (wmv. commercialmotorcom). Although we do not publish...

Christopher Walton (CM 20 June). I don't always share his opinion, but on this occasion I couldn't agree more. Stobart is the...

enough, you can find great deals Get change from £10k fora Renault Magnum Welcome to Laurie Dealer's used truck of the week....

often that we get to put an American truck around our test route, but in July 1991 that's exactly what we did. The one-year-old...

to Norwich-based M&K Commercials Words: Steve Banner Times might be tough, but not all hauliers appear to be skimping on...

blooms East Yorkshire used truck dealer Britcom is going from strength to strength with exports a major part of its business...

The plc' favourite At 18 tonnes, lveco's award-winning Eurocargo still enjoys a strong reputation based on reliability and...

Council fined £12,000 over employee fall A Bradford Council employee fell from the cradle of a truck-mounted cherry picker By...

been handed a suspended sentence following an investigation into tachograph fiddling at his company. In a case heard at...

company has been fined a total of £834 for running overweight. In a prosecution brought by the Driver and Vehicle Agency...

Sons LP STEPHENS and Sons can base 18 vehicles and 22 trailers at the Bosvisack Yard in Blackwater, Truro, as well as four...

• A PI on 9 July will look at disciplinary action against Smethwick-based Prestige Transport, as well as the repute of the...

22 trailers at the Atchison Topeka site in Pointon Way, Hampton Lovett, Droitwich.

at Juniper Cottage in Kingswood, Kington, subject to one condition: • the operator will provide the TC with original bank...

Farm, Hopwas, Tamworth. However, a qualified transport manager must be in place for this licence and the firm will apply to...

witness careless or inconsiderate driving could be issuing a fixed penalty notice to the driver Words: Vikki Woodfine Last...

the workplace smoking ban Words: Patric Cunnane Few in the industry can be unaware that smoking in the workplace is banned —...

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Mixed bag idium Renault has just staged a glitzy launch of its Euro-6 truck range but, in the real world, older trucks like the...

hand, not second best A fleet of used lvecos might not be your first choice but it is the perfect business solution for...

for IMS, the exclusive distributors of SAF Axle Systems in the UK and Ireland. He was previously a sales manager at Northgate...

for transport ONE IN five firms in transport and logistics is planning to take on extra permanent employees this year, with a...

director. He succeeds Chris Sharp, who becomes MD of Renault Trucks' wholly-owned dealer group, Renault Truck Commercials....