Vonths after it was saved from administration by private equity firm RCapital, Clearstone has ceased trading. Dylan Gray...

4. LEADING INSURER believes ruck premiums will be forced up his year because of increases in itatutory police charges for...

THE BRITISH Chambers of Commerce (BCC) says its open letter calling on the Chancellor to scrap the proposed 2p/lit increase in...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) wants operators to wile to their MPs about the impact of rising fuel prices on their...

The Conservative Party will resurrect the Lorry Road User Charge, but with no word of an essential user rebate. Brian...

KENT COUNTY Council (KCC) is considering introducing a vignette to charge trucks as they enter the country as a way of paying...

CONFUSION REIGNS over German plans to offer operators incentives to switch to Euro-6. Reports in the German trade press...

PLANS FOR A huge multi modal freight depot on the edge of a pretty Kent village have stalled because developers failed to...

M-B is to offer training for the driver CPC and warns demand for courses will be high. Dylan Gray reports. MERCEDES-BENZ is...

A DRIVER WAS threatened with a handgun when he tried to stop thieves taking 300 TVs from his truck in a Derbyshire lay-by. The...

DAF WILL BOOST production levels at its Leyland plant next month, but the additional 3,500 vehicles that will roll off the line...

Volkswagen has taken the respected Caddy and expanded it slightly the result is as good as the original. Julian Milnes takes a...

Eddie Stobart's development plans for Carlisle airport have gained the support of Cumbria County Council Chris Tindall...

THREE DRIVERS HAVE been awarded a total of nearly £68,000 for unfair dismissal after losing their jobs with Exel Europe....

TRUCK DEALER North Last Truck & Van (NETV) is to launch a refuse vehicle to fill a gap in the market left by the demise of...

DHL HAS TAKEN delivery of the first of two hybrid trucks to be trialled in the UK by its Express and Logistics divisions over...

AMERICAN TRUCK-making giant Paccar has revealed that turnover and profits fell in 2007, although the firm still made the second...

Combining navigation and fleet management services may be an ambitious move, but Trafficmaster chief executive Tony [ales tells...

International hauliers fear that the ban on the use of scanners at the Port of Calais is putting their drivers at risk. Roanna...

WHILE I DO NOT wish to get into a war of words with Mr King, CEO of the RHA, I feel it would be wrong not to reply in my...

ROGER KING WRITES of the 'damned reality' that is talking to the government on the basis of what is achievable and legal (CM 24...

The London low emission zone (LEZ) is now in effect, though TfL is allowing operators 28 days' breathing space. Confused?...

not been a smooth process. Many operators have contacted Commercial Motor and trade associations such as the ETA and RHA...

If you can't find a man, wartime employers were told, look for a `husky' Noman. Find out more in the Road Transport Group...

A change for the start of this week's round-up of TruckNet UK. Last Saturday saw the annual get-together of members of the...

The Deputy TC takes no action against the two drivers concerned but suspends four of the operators' vehicles. Mike Jewell...

AN ELUSIVE operator with a string of licence offences to his name had his licence revoked when he failed to appear at an...

AN OPERATOR with no 0-licence and a reputation for non-attendance at inquiries failed to appear before the TransportTribunal...

A KENT OPERATOR has been granted permission to base four trucks at a new operatingcen tre in Swanley as long as it meets strict...

FOLLOWING SERIOUS maintenance problems and convictions, the licence held by London haulier Brian Morrissey has been cut from...

by people who understand transport Now, a proposed shake-up looks set to get rid of the expertise — along with an automatic...

How the appeal system might look • The Transport Tribunal was originally set up to hear appeals aganst decisions made by...

Despite much advance warning about the Driver CPC, there is widespread concern that the industry won't be prepared for its...

joint website (www. transportoffice.gov.uk) which has details of the CPC qualification required by new drivers, as well as...

There was plenty of variety to be had in the light van category this year with an impressive mix of new and updated machines...

than . ,! - Tee years old there's little deadwood In our heavy van list. Nevertheless a definite hierarchy emerges when...

The year's selection of off-roaders fell neatly into two groups of three pickups and three vans. The first pickup tested was...

We didn't wear out too much of the M4's surface on our Welsh distribution route with just three runs last year. The Midlands...

The used truck test has i;l;ffered in line with the used uck market representative iate-year examples were difficult to acquire...

tractor for operators running at 44 tonnes, we were faced with a dilemma : should we go for functional or flashy, prudent or...

Dylan Gm looks at why aerodynamics are so important on modern commercial vehicles and how the smallest of changes can have a...

Al! CV bodies are vulnerable to bad driving habits or poorly trained forklift drivers. Brian Jarvis investigates the body...

I n the case of leased or contract-hire vehicles, any damage is assessed at the end of the leasing or rental period and a...

eeping abreast of the latest repair technology and relevant training is tu, costly, which is why many CV garages forge links...

soil. Tim Maughan unearths more. S leeper cabs are rare in the tipper world, because most tippers operate relatively close to...

Imperial Commercials has appointed Michael Heeney to the board with responsibility for its parts department. Kevin Swallow...

Vanheim Auctions' commercial vehicle sales director Alex Wright looks back at the close of 2007, when supply and demand led...

According to James Davis. Manheim Group's commercial vehicle manager, the market for optimum-specification. low-mileage, clean...