An enterprising advertising wag once came up with the tag line ‘try something new today’ – and in the world of road...

By Chris Tindall UNITE IS compiling a file on an East Anglian haulier that it believes has been regularly breaching working...

GOING ONCE, going twice, sold for €150,000! The first new Volvo FH was sold on eBay to the owner of Ducournau Transports in...

By Chris Druce MORE PARTNERSHIPS are “inevitable” as hauliers look to find further efficiencies within an increasingly...

HMRC HAS sought to clarify its position regarding claims for travel expenses relating to the Driver CPC, after it emerged last...

FAIRFUELUK (FFUK) took part in a roundtable discussion with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last week as part of the OFT’s...

A FLATBED truck, containing a concealed tank built into the chassis designed to carry thousands of litres of suspected...

By Ashleigh Wight THE NUMBER of LGV drivers who had their licences revoked over the past year for health, sight, alcohol and...

GOODYEAR HAS revealed its revolutionary self-inflating truck tyre technology concept. The firm’s Air Maintenance Technology...

POLICE IN Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, have warned LGV drivers to be wary following a number of diesel thefts in the area,...

By Derren Hayes NEW REGULATIONS came into force this week to outlaw cowboy clampers in England and Wales. Under the Protection...

TO CELEBRATE the launch of the Commercial Motor Archive – archive.commercialmotor. com – CM is offering new subscribers a...

By Chris Druce PALLET GROWTH is providing a lifeline for hauliers but rate pressure remains ever present, network bosses have...

Jeremy Bleazard of West Yorkshirebased XL Business Solutions liquidator. Established in 1989, the company specialised in LGV...

(LRUC) for not doing enough to level the playing field between UK and foreign operators. In a blog on its website the largest...

follow signed diversions where roads have been flooded in bad weather. It said drivers had ignored official diversions to take...

new hubs at West Thurrock, Avonmouth and Hythe to add to its existing Grangemouth base as part of a re-launch later this month....

WITH EUROPEAN Commission Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA) set to become law from 29 October, Cartwright Group director Steven...

By Robin Meczes THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has thrown its weight behind calls from UK hauliers for a marked...

R MCDOWELL HAULAGE has acquired a £750,000 warehouse in Keighley and launched a ‘pickand-pack’ service as part of a...

Goodyear made the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover last week seem like child’s play by building a full-scale...

Don’t stress if you didn’t get to Hannover this year for the IAA show, CM was there for you – and brings you all the...

As head of research and development at MAN, Bernd Maierhofer’s job is about identifying the most cost-effective technologies...

Trading Standards is investigating firms offering LGV training that have had complaints from would-be drivers Words: Chris...

Kevin Fleat was unemployed and desperate for work when he came across an online training firm offering fast-track employment....

WHATEVER YOUR VIEW on the Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC training), the fact remains it will become...

WHAT A GREAT ARTICLE on classic van adverts ( CM 20 September). Please consider doing some more in the future and also maybe...

THE NEW Commercial Motor archive is a great effort. I have quite an extensive transport library including bound volumes of CM...

TC bans LGV driver for three years, saying he showed a disregard and contempt for road safety By Roger Brown A GLASGOW-BASED...

The TC said Richardson had engaged in certain activities, such as failing to keep a true record of his driving and to take rest...

TRAFFIC Commissioner (TC) for Wales Nick Jones has revoked the O-licence of MLJ Turf and Soil Supplies after the business...

TRAFFIC Commissioner (TC) for the West Midlands, Nick Jones has revoked the O-licence of J&J Harkin – a haulier in...

Harkin Group was found to have operated vehicles this year under the old J&J Harkin licence, despite the fact that it did not...

A wholly unsatisfactory operation with regard to road safety was revealed. The haulier avoided contact with the Vosa vehicle...

CEMEX UK MATERIALS has had conditions attached to its O-licence in relation to its facility in Ure Bank, Ripon. • Authorised...

HOWARD LONG TRANSPORT can base 20 vehicles and 30 trailers at a unit on the Galaxy Business Park in Newburn Bridge Road,...

• A public inquiry on 9 October will look at disciplinary action against AL Campbell (Haulage) based in Lanark. The transport...

whistle blows Whistleblowing cases are costly and timeconsuming but, if you can prove allegations are false, you have nothing...

Unless you are in the armed forces, intelligence services or are self-employed, UK employees are protected by the Public...

Whistleblowing cases are expensive and time-consuming, but with the right processes in place you can save yourself a lot of...

nothing gained What are the key issues for a haulage firm to bear in mind when setting up a joint venture agreement with...

Take legal advice covering operator-specific matters, such as any changes to, or new, O-licences that may be required. This...

Depending on the structure, there may be several other legal documents required, and legal advisers will be able to help you...

In the first of a new series pitting vehicles head-to-head, CM puts two of CJ Bird’s 18-tonners up against each other Words:...

The third generation is at the controls of family firm Arthur Spriggs & Sons, and is intent on leaving it in great shape...

Rossetts Commercials and Arthur Spriggs & Sons provide the road transport function for the latest project masterminded by land...

Haulage is just one part of the Arthur Spriggs & Sons story. Appropriately, given its favourite brand of truck, it has a...

the times Moving-floor trailers are doing their level best to break into the aggregates and asphalt business, but their...

Length: 10.8m Capacity: 33m 3 (43 yards 3 ) Weight: 8.8 tonnes Axles/brakes: BPW ECO Plus axles with disc brakes. Axles 1 and 3...

Fuel-sipping futuristic trucks are all well and good, but what are we going to do while we wait for them to arrive? Words:...

on things Rental, contract hire and fleet management company CVS started to remarket its own assets three years ago and has...

CVS operates from three sites: its head office in Ilkeston, Derbyshire; Grays, Essex; and Southampton, but that is about to...

Every vehicle that comes through CVS and remarketed via its used truck operation, Q2 Trucks, has a service history generated by...

THE MOST searched for trucks on Commercialmotor.com to date are the Scania R-Series and the Daf XF105. Since our used trucks...