by Lee Kimber • The Government is considering lot roducing lower vehicle excise duty rates for vehicles fitted with...

• A report charting the future for the UK's van and truck leasing industry by research organisation Marketline predicts...

• Operators at last weekends Midlands and Western Regional Conference of the Road Haulage Association, called for a militant...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers hit by the collapse of one of Scotland's largest slaughter houses are waiting to learn the outcome of...

• New Government maps charting the growth of traffic into the next century show chronic congestion and gridlock for large parts...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? L et's be honest. At first glance, John Gummer seems an unlikely choice to play Fairy Godmother. But...

by Miles Brignall and Lee Kimber • The Department of Transport has pulled back from cutting the number of Traffic Area...

• Hauliers to Switzerland should soon be able to take advantage of a more relaxed approach by its Government to the control of...

• The man behind livestock shipments through Brightlingsea has been found guilty of dangerous driving after being accused of...

• Construction waste, organic soils and timber are set to be taxed at £7 per tonne under the new landfill tax, say industry...

• A Welsh driver was injured and his common-law wife killed after his lorry left the road, struck a railway bridge and...

by Amanda Bradbury • The Department of Transport will decide whether to bring ports in line with rail terminals and allow...

Southampton-based !litter Brothers laid off five drivers last week blaming poor trading conditions sparked by growing...

• Tanker operators working on the Yorkshire Water drought relief operations collectively made over .C27 million during the four...

• Hauliers look set to face one-way tolls of at least £16 to cross the Humber Bridge, according to plans under discussion this...

CONFERENCE REPORT by Miles Brignall • The Freight Transport Association and the Department of the Environment have produced a...

by Derren Hayes • Hundreds of tanker drivers could lose their jobs following oil giants BP and Mobil's decision to merge their...

tilAn Essex haulier whose drivers committed nearly 70 tachograph, drivers hours and maintenance offences has had its 0-licence...

• The future of 51 meat delivery drivers looks uncertain this week following the news that Ipswich-based Harris Group's meat...

the purchase of British Rail's bulk freight businesses about safety, following allegations that Wisconsin Central has an...

The great transport debate is not unique to Britain. Debates on what is becoming known as the "transport problem"—congestion,...

• Three Somerset lorry drivers, and their employer Glastonburybased Gerald and Suzanne Cox, were ordered to pay fines and costs...

• Scottish TC Michael Betts has refused to accept the surrender of Kinglassie Auto Salvage's licence, and has given the firm...

• Operators in the North Western Traffic Area will increasingly be called to account if their maintenance standards are seen to...

• A North Wales driver, convided of drivers' hours offences and drinking and driving, was held to have sufficient repute to be...

by David Harris • Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond has backed a bid by a Scottish haulage firm to win the 0-licence...

• Newport-based Cardiff Transport escaped with a severe warning, when the company appeared at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry...

With a 32% lift in the number of exhibitors compared with last year, and a 40% increase in the amount of stand space sold, this...

• Rugby Borough Council has put the UK's first natural gas-powered domestic refuse truck into service. The Dennis Eagle Elite...

• Les Wilson Haulage of Heanor, Derbyshire is using the first Iveco EuroStar tag axle drawbar outfit in Europe. The conversion,...

• Mazda will scrap its ageing B-series pickup by the end of the year, leaving only a revised E-series panel van in its light CV...

• As revealed last week, Lucas Kienzle is launching a cornputerised tachograph analysis system. Tagged Fleetware, the...

• Boalloy is to expand its Fastrack concept, offering inhouse bodybuilding on Leyland Daf chassis based at the Leyland Trucks...

Commercial Motor has driven VW's latest Transporter. It looks much the same but there are a number of worthwhile chassis and...

• 23 March: Vehicle Preservation Movement Conference. 01945 870716. • 26 March: BTAC Annual Seminar, Coventry Posthouse, 01708...

s a boy,the Hawk began a stamp collection but it never amounted to more than a few colourful Australian numbers steamed from...

B ringing the art of collecting into the modern era is the "Carcoon", a kind of bubble wrap that enables collectors of classic...

Y our report on unlicensed operators: "Industry greets DOT survey with derision" (CM 22-28 February) certainly does not...

A s a regular reader of your magazine for over 30 years and being a holder of PCV and LGV licences I was horrified to read...

Things are no easier on the used truck front for dealers in Northern Ireland than they are for those on the 'mainland'. It's...

We must be a generous nation. Each year we pay billions too much in tax and next year, when selfassessment is introduced, we...

In the old Ti range, the 80hp-engined variants outsold the 100hp by two to one. Now, with an enlarged power gap, will the...

Improving the fuel efficiency and decreasing the pollution of small diesels is a never-ending task. Direct injection is seen as...

A distinctive livery can reap substantial business rewards, says Frank Whalley, former PR manager at Seddon Atkinson. 4 ea,...

Hanging on to hope Northern Ireland faces troubled times as the politicians strive to repair the shattered peace process....