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5th November 2009
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Stobart drivers take up slack from mail strike

CM COVER STORY By Chris Tindall. and Kevin Swallow THE POSTAL STRIKES have provided an opportunity for the UK's most famous...

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VOSA responds to TSC report findings

ay ChristopneuWatton VOSA HAS TOLD the Transport Select Committee (TSC) that in certain locations it might be appropriate to...

Haulage boss hits out at 'unfair' bridge toll

A HAULAGE BOSS in Widnes has described proposals to impose a toll on the existing RuncornWidnes bridge and the new Mersey...

Tighter controls help Ceva to improve performance figures

CEVA LOGISTICS says it has improved its truck utilisation by 17% this year by conducting operations through a centralised...

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Smaller operators 'likely to be marginalised' by ATFs

By Julian Milne:5 THE MOVE TO privately run Authorised Test Facilities (ATFs) from VOSA testing stations will limit the areas...

Bibby aims to extend overnight service

BIBBY DISTRIBUTION is looking to offer its overnight delivery service to clients outside of the automotive sector. The...

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Haulage sector hit worst by recession...

By David Harris THE HAULAGE industry has suffered more business failures than almost any other sector since the beginning of...

but asset-light operators are better suited for survival

A LEADING transport analyst forecasts a "high risk of failure" for medium-sized haulage firms who burn through working capital...

Size matters this week as L Radley hops, skips and even jumps around an Iveco cab.

I said a few weeks ago that the only good thing I could think of to say about the new version of the Iveco Stralis was that it...

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Citroen celebrates 90 years by releasing new variants

By Colin Barnett CITROEN IS celebrating its 90th anniversary by seemingly coping with the recession better than many of its...

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Minister sees no reason why loM hauliers were ignored

By Chris Tindall THE ISLE OF MAN'S transport minister has admitted he does not know why the contractor behind a...

Four-pronged assault launched Pallet networks to weed out dangerous trucks predict bumper

HAULIERS THAT RUN dangerous trucks are set to come under further pressure from a new effort at co-operation between four of the...

VOLUMES ACROSS all pallet networks are set to be significantly

higher in the run-up to Christmas, compared with the bleak 04 experienced in 2008, the Association of Pallet Networks (APN)...

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Government attacked for lack of cohesive bridge toll policy

CM COVER STORY By Roger Brown HAULIERS HAVE slammed the government for not having a cohesive bridge toll policy, after the...

Gist picked for retailer Eat's distribution

GIST HAS WON A contract to set up and operate a national distribution centre for high-street café chain Eat. The transport...

'Al improvement boosts LHV trial cause'

THE BOSS OF Denby Transport believes the removal of six roundabouts along a 60-mile stretch of the Al has strengthened the case...

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Council denies bowing to MP pressure over HGV road map

By Chris Tindatt CAMBRIDGESHIRE County Council has denied removing a major A-road through the county from a strategic freight...

lveco trio for CS Bull fleet

KENT-BASED HAULIER CS Bull has taken delivery of three new Iveco Stralis tractor units worth £165,000 for use on longdistance...

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SNP MP hits at diesel price

by Lliivid aiflS THE scurrisH National Party (SNP) has continued its criticism of the government over the high price of diesel...

Inquiry into fatal accident

AN INQUIRY INTO the death of a Scottish truck driver was started in Peterhead last week, but has been adjourned until 16...

Entrepreneur buys Kogel out of administration

EUROPE'S THI RD-LARGEST trailer manufacturer Kogel has been bought out of administration by mid-sized German car and truck...

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Entrepreneur scoops 000,000 in prize money

A 25-YEAR-OLD haulage website entrepreneur has won his second business award this year, bringing him more than 1.100,000 in...

T&D goes back to the drawing board to please young readers

CMS SISTER TITLE, Truck & Driver, has launched its 'Drawing Board' page as a blog on roadtransport.com, which brings the very...

Rikki Chequer of TruckNet UK highlights the role of the CVEU in educating all road users about HGVs.

The decision by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to stop funding the only police unit in the country that specialises in...

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We are drowning under too many rules and regs

THE NEW conspicuity regulations are the last straw for me (CM 24 September). The last morsel of respect I had for the...

Drivers do the industry proud

I AM writing to thank all the truckers who showed fantastic professionalism while I was riding alone on my bicycle on a charity...

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Tory talks transport

A former farmer and a truck driver, Yorkshire MP Robert Goodwill has a few suggestions for changing road transport in the UK....

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Going Dutch

After years of stalling, Dutch operators will have to get to grips with the Working Time Directive in 2010. CM asks some...

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A LIFE ON THE ROAD

Driver Roelof Heizenberg has spent more than 17 years hauling concrete building elements for construction in the Netherlands,...

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Company fleet cut pending court case

DTC cuts company's 0-licence as an interim measure in the interest of road safety before criminal proceedings. A FIRM FACING...

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icence increase despite convictions

DAIRY OPERATION has ad its applications for a fleet crease accepted, despite the affic Commissioner being amed about several...

Driver fined £415 for using wrong card

A DRIVER WHO used someone else's driver card and falsified a digital tachograph record must pay £415 in fines and costs. Scott...

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Customer facing

Drivers are often described as ambassadors for their company, but what does this mean in practice? We focus on the key things...

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The right to party

Are you throwing a Christmas bash for your staff? If you are, be aware that the authorities and the taxman have some stringent...

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Christmas parties are staff entertaining. However, there is no benefit-In-kind

tax charge for employees, and no national insurance liability for employers, if such an event is open to all employees, or all...

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Long-distancei.,

drivers normally receive a payment for each period spent away from base. The payment includes a subsistence element and...

Capital allowances are allowances given for trucks, plant and machinery held by the business and showing on the balance sheet

Since the asset is on the balance sheet, it will not have tax reltef, So the capital allowance system allows a certain...

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Fiat's take on the medium-sized van is designed to meet

the needs of urban and intercity professionals, but does it have what it takes to lure those professionals away from their...

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Ian Tonkin

A large van with a small engine is never ideal, especially if you have to move from job to job in hurry. While the Scudo's...

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When Brussels voted in the EU truck mirror regulations, it

probably thought it would solve the problem of driver vision. Instead, it created a new one. CM examines the blindspots created...

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TRIAL PROCEDURE

How we set up and tested trucks' blind spots From the start, we have to say this is not a definitive test of HGV mirror blind...

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BLINDSPOTS IN TRAFFIC AT ROUNDABOUTS

From the driver's seat, the view at two o'clock (taking straight ahead as noon) is directly into the mirrors. At a distance of...

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A VIEW ON TWO WHEELS

Steve Farrell, senior reporter at Motorcycle News, brought his bike to the test. He says: - It's three years since MCN first...

SUMMARY AND SOLUTIONS

And the action needed... The reason for the test was not to pillory truckmakers in general, or any individual manufacturer,...

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The tong and short of it

With UK 25.25-metre LHVs dead in the water, attention has turned to longer semi-trailers arid 'stretched artics thanks to the...

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ON THE ROAD CM recently gained first-hand experience with an

LST, when we drove the 18m Stralis/Big-MAXX combination at the Millbrook test track. In normal operating conditions, we've no...

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LONGER SEMI-TRAILERS: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

By the time you read this, the 30 October deadline to have your say on the DfT's LST study will (for the time-being, at least)...

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A mixed bag

Voting will shortly commence for the 2010 International Truck of the Year, and IToY UK jury member CM takes you through the...

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MITSUBISHI FUSO CANTER

Very much the 'everyman machine from Daimler Trucks, the new 7.5-tonne M itsubishi Fuso Canter (CM 16 July 20091 features a...

MAN TGL/TGM

The Munich manufacturer's new middleweight line-up has kept faith with its 'Add Nothing' emissions approach by retaining EGR...

SCANIA R-SERIES

With a September launch, the R-Series must be a strong contender thanks to a major interior makeover, which boasts clear...

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Doing your homework

With many small haulage operations being run from home, we explore the numerous tax benefits available for such businesses....

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Steadplan looks to expand its network and operation

Lancashire-based Steadplan, MAN service agent and UK distributor for Belgian trailer manufacturer STAS, wants to expand the...