by Juliet Parish • Hauliers have two years to fight for exemption from the Government's controversial road pricing scheme,...

• 0-licences will be harder to get if Belgian proposals to raise standards are adopted by the European Commission. Belgium...

• Waste disposal hauliers could lose out on local authority contracts because the Government has removed its requirement for...

• Truck drivers who spotted a 30-50-year old man hitching a lift between Carlisle and York on 8 January are asked to contact...

Award for Campaign of the Year, led by former features editor Mary Williams CM fought for HGV drivers who unreasonably lost...

• Kent police will target vans in roadside checks in Dover over the next five weeks, after discovering a number overloaded with...

• The TGWU is considering Pickfords' refusal to give its 2,500 drivers a pay rise and has adjourned talks with sister firm BRS...

• A worldwide study into how roads will cope with anticipated increases in traffic is being undertaken by the Organisation for...

• National stalemate remains over hire-andreward wage deals; the only success was reported in the South-West, where drivers'...

dozy—take a break" campaign last week, encouraging drivers to take a 10-minute r es t after every hour and a half of driving.

• Hauliers who are delaying truck purchases until Leyland Daf's future is secured are being blamed for a 10.7% year-on-year...

by Karen Miles • Evidence that distribution companies are taking advantage of the recession emerged this week as both Tibbett...

• Management buyouts at Leyland Daf have been thrown into jeopardy by the receiver's failure to secure components vital to van...

by Karen Miles • The prospect of reductions in bulk fuel bills emerged this week as operators benefit from major oil companies...

• A Nuneaton driver who slipped on his cab's step, injuring his knee, has won £30,000 damages and costs in an out-of-court...

• East Sussex bodybuilder Refrigerated Vehicles is now issuing a 10-year warranty on all its new insulated truck bodies,...

• All street work should now be better lit, signposted and guarded, under a new code of practice issued under the new Roads and...

• Employers may have to adopt a "hire-and-fire policy", says the Confederation of British Industry, claiming redundancy is...

• The quality of Scottish roads will be boosted with a £290m cash injection for major trunk road construction and the upgrading...

• Production of CFCs used in reefers will be phased out by the European Community towards the end of 1994; less environmentally...

• The Government says it will spend £550m on maintaining trunk roads and motorways in England for 1993-4— up 15% on previous...

and more to come • Ford has just launched the revised Transit range, but this British registered model shows there are more...

III French axle manufacturer Jimecal of Fontenay le Comte has developed versions of its discbraked axle to suit trailers with...

• Heavy haulier Parrys of Shawbury has put the first righthand drive Renault Major 6x4 heavy-haulage tractor in the UK into...

By Karen Miles • Many of the recovery operators used by police forces in England and Wales could lose work following a report...

• Chances of a bonanza for tipper operators faded last week as Buxton Lime's contract with British Rail expired, but its annual...

• Twenty of the 100 drivers at Linkman Tanker's Middlesbrough depot staged an unofficial morning stoppage last week in protest...

• A driver who did not give enough food and water to livestock on his vehicle has been fined a total of 000 with £280 costs by...

• The licence held by Llanelli haulier Wynford North, a company I) J "teetering on the edge of survival" has been revoked and...

licence was in use. The others had either been sold or scrapped. The company would be happy with a licence for 23 vehicles and...

• Gravesend-based Stallion Tipping Gears has developed a range of mid-chassis tip-gears suitable for rigids and trailers up to...

• Ncville Charrolcl has revised its range of tipping trailers with a European specification suitable for all markets including...

• New high-volume drawbar and artic combinations have entered long-haul service with international operators David Croome and...

by Bryan Jarvis • Last week's Paris bodywork show is almost a mirror image of the IRTE's annual event; it looks like becoming...

• It's too easy to become a road haulier— true or false? Ask any gathering of longestablished operators this question and...

could well be a contender for one of the longest and probably the most difficult journeys to CM's Truckfest, which takes place...

an earlier design to a new model or at least some of the major components. To change everything at once is normally considered...

'a ced with a protest by French - N fishermen on the quayside at Cherbourg which looked like turning nasty, Stuart Taylor...

argument because there are no railways. People on this Scottish highland peninsula depend on road transport for everything that...

MATTERS T i e Independent Financial Advisers Group estimates that businesses are over-paying taxes by approximately £21m a...

apparent solution to Leyland Daf's problems. But what solutions, if any, might be expected? Much of the media coverage has...

1 g set it time that the UK haulage industry developed a more responsible attitude to scrap tyre disposal by joining the UK...

Welcome to the new look Workshop! It's designed to make the information you need easier to read and use. To accomodate the...

• Type approval of replacement CV brake linings is to be introduced across Europe, an IMechE braking conference heard. The...

• k Alowing tests on re-manufactured CV brake callipers. Lucas has launched a new.for-old exchange service to remove used stock...

111 Compressed air spe Ingersoll-Rand is offering service through its distribu help workshops and body comply with the pressur...

• Around £14 -15m of business will be lost by the Transport Minister's decision to suspend MoT diesel smoke testing, says the...

• Special finishing for gritters, snow ploughs and other vehicles working in corrosion areas are available on line from Foden....

• Dave Graydon of Evans Hailshaw, Sutton-in-Ashfield is lveco Ford's Service Technician of the Year, beating last year's winner...

• New National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in six vehicle repair disciplines are to be offered by City and Guilds. Two of...

ERF has published a new Service Network Guide which now includes several service points in France, two in Spain as well as 66...

electrocoat plant and paint drying system to Trans Mobile, the truck and bus builder, in Pakistan. The precoat plant will be...

Tanknology, the fuel tank testing system operated by PM, has moved to Guildford from Woking. The new contact number is (0483)...

new SDR (specialist in diagnostic and repair) course. The course runs over 18 months and includes 14 weeks in Renault's...

Axle manufacturer BPW has issued a new parts and service directory. Copies are available direct from BPW on (0533) 787875.

17.1m to £31.1m with tyre sales down 10% and turnover down by £20m to £233.6m compared with last year. Kwik-Fit chairman and...

contary to our table in last month's Workshop, it markets both steam and hot water pressure washers.

• The following vehicles are subject to recall campaigns. Leyland Daf F45 Series built in July and August 1992 with vehicle...

• Allied Signal's subsidiary Bendix and Knorr Bremse's worldwide air brake manufacturing is becoming a joint venture....

If oil is the life blood of an engine, you overlook transfusions at your peril. Workshop takes a look at the advances. F A...

R e nault's contender in the 17tonne market comes with a -hoice of 157kW (210hp) or : 2kW (230hp) engines nestling under the...

PEACE OF MIND For the introduction of EuroTech, Iveco Ford is introducing a raft of new aftersales support. A vehicle launch...

• Bosch has launched a high power mini angle-grinder, HWS 5265/125. It has a mains-powered 800 Watt motor which weighs 1.9kg...

• Bilsom International, mainly own for ear protection, has introduced two disposable respirators for filtering out welding...

• Spraygun manufacturer ieVilbiss has added a suction fed gun, the JGHVS, to its HVLP range. The gun requires 453L/min (16c -...

• The Serdi Micro is a portable hand tool that can cut valve seals to the manufacturers original specification. It can cut...

• The new K60 solvent recycling machine from David Clouting is capable of separating solvents with different boiling points. It...

• Triplex abrasive plastic brushes, called Plexibrush, are now being distributed in the UK by Levermore. By using plastic...

• Megalube is a synthetic I cating oil spray which alsi penetrating properties. It c in CPC-free aerosol cans an not run, drip...

• A broadened range of and suspension componen British and European trail being imported by Roadlinl new products come fron...

Removing oil and fuel filters can be a headache but there are new products on the market that might help. R caching filters in...