by Miles Brignall • The Government has told the Vehicle Inspectorate that it will get a below-inflation increase in next year's...

• The ETA wants revenue from any increases in . duty in March's budget to be channelled back into transport. The Chancellor is...

• Troubled parcels carrier Panic Link has sent a memo to its franchisees, agents and staff reassuring them that there is no...

• More than 100 drivers at Consolidated Land Services of Scunthorpe plan to strike on Wednesday 18 February following a oneday...

by Ian Wylie • Road safety campaigners are demanding a review of the way serious lorry accidents are investigated after the...

• Accountancy firm KPMG has admitted it cannot guarantee that all sub-contractors working for GB Express when it went bust will...

• Exel Logistics' magazine distribution division is being sued for £100,000 by Leeds-based British Printing Company over the...

by Michael Jewell • Parcels giant Federal Express was told to park up all the trucks at its Stanstead Airport depot for two...

THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE ore's one for latin scholars. Address the following passage: 'Null; vendemus, null! negabimus out...

• A London driver arrested in France last July on the eve of his wedding has been sentenced to seven years in jail and fined...

• Thirteen van drivers at Shropshire-based Floor Shield Unit, a division of Laundry Craft Linen Services, have been told to...

by Sally Nash • Two Vehicle Inspectorate lorry examiners, who were arrested last November following allegations of issuing...

• South-Eastern and Metro politan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner has written to the Department of Transport...

• international transport firms are becoming "lost in a tax jungle", according to a new survey on road transport in central and...

• Angry Highlands and Islands hauliers are urging the Government to reduce fuel duty in rural areas so they do not face...

• The level of law breaking among truck operators was again underlined last week when vehicle and traffic examiners across...

• The Government is committing itself to reducing, rather than accommodating, predicted road traffic levels, but its efforts...

by David Graik • An established Scottish operator claims that Taylor Barnard is operating unofficial 90-day payment terms for...

by Rob Willock • Vehicle Inspectorate staff have reacted angrily to a head-office dictate limiting their checks at Poole to one...

• Owner-driver Polly Jones with 21 years in the business has been named "Haulier of the Year" by Singleton Birch Quarry of...

• A Horncostle lorry driver who escaped a drink-driving ban after telling magistrates he got behind the wheel of his car...

• The burden of running a transport firm has become too much for one SouthCoast haulier, who is leaving the transport business...

by Toby Clark • Scania will be at this week's Amsterdam Show with a new range of engines and a revised layout for the cabs of...

• Thermo King has launched XDS SR truck refrigeration units with chlorine-free R - 404A refrigerant, TherMax TM heat and frost...

which incorporate cam-operated pumps. Each injector is individually controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) to allow...

Three variants of Mitsubishi's Canter chassis-cab are now available through Volvo's UK truck dealer network in the first stage...

by Brian Weatherley • Crane Fruehauf's new stateof-the-art "Millennium" spirit tanker not only offers operators more payload...

by Bill Godwin Swiss operators take fewer than 3,000 trucks a year over 3.5 tonnes and the majority of European truck...

II Scottish DTC Richard MacFarlane has reserved decision over what action to take against Milnathort, Kinross-based Road...

• Derbyshire heavy haulier Heanor Haulage and one of its drivers were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £795 after...

• Continunig maintenance problems have led to the licence and community authorisations held by Staffordshire haulier Graham...

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haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky corespondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

ver the years, the Hawk has heard some pretty odd tales, but none quite so bizarre as the Australian bushman charged with being...

D hivering away here in the depths of a cold, grey British winter the Hawk has to admit turning a certain shade of green when...

0 lorry on its way to a cider-making company made i an unscheduled delivery when it overturned outside the home of Tim Reeve,...

U his small but perfectly formed model has been commissioned from the Lledo factory at Enfield to raise funds for BEN—the Motor...

At 7.5 tonnes the Mercedes-Benz Vario 814D is the biggest panel van in the UK. Is it just an oddity, or should truck operators...

BULLETIN VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5 FEBRUARY 1998 Red diesel users under fire Blatant misuse of rebated (red) diesel by hauliers is...

BULLETIN NEWS EC Law: Copyrights, data protection N Databases Employers should advise their employees to be vigilant in their...

Industry has published the Late L Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Bill. If enacted, this will introduce a statutory...

The Department of Trade and Industry is consulting on proposed Draft UK Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations, which...

Self-assessment ▪ The long-awaited self-assessment e 4 Ir system for companies is being introduced for accounting periods...

Hotline (0845 6013546 —charged at local rates) enabling people to "name and shame" anyone who continues to run a company while...

cl) The Health and Safety Executive has published Evaluation of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 with the...

the European Parliament and Council Directive on Company Law Concerning Takeover Bids. These will: • Require companies involved...

Considering the number of accidents (including the average seven fatalities per year) caused by reversing vehicles, it is...

In the five years since Greenergy introduced its City diesel to the UK, it has made an impact on operators, politicians and not...

Bristol operator IR Dunkerley depends heavily on the construction industry which has led to some worrying times in its 50year...

pay... Drivers are so hard to come by that one Scottish-based haulier is exporting drivers to London to service its southern...

strikes, blockades and riots can take out insurance against the risk. But the cost per truck can be high. Guy Sheppard examines...

Savings worth £800m will come up for grabs in April when the electricity industry is deregulated. But it is important to act...

that hauliers are not being paid a correct rate for the job... 'No independent haulier could have justified becoming...