Lawrence Davis Bu Up Part Of Ray Smit

ADMINISTRATORS FOR the Ray Smith Group (RSG), which shut up shop before Christmas, have sold part of the business to Lawrence David and expect to sell the rest soon. The......

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what's going on ear then? ACCORDING TO the French newspaper Le Figaro, the French police are keeping a particular eye on the country's truck drivers because some of them are......

£5k Reward For Stolen Merc

EXETER-BASED Heaver Brothers is offering a 25,000 reward for a truck stolen from its depot early on 6 January. The Mercedes tractor unit was taken along with its trailer and 32......

Barnett's Fair

At the recent Guild of Motoring Writers annual awards, CM associate editor Colin Barnett was named Volvo Trucks Commercial Writer of the Year.......

Ldv Boss

LDV chief executive Steve Young has resigned to "pursue other interests in the industry". Taking his place is Eugeny Vereschagin, chief financial officer of Gaz's Power Train......

Freight Plan

Transport for London has launched its London Freight Plan, designed to improve and support London's freight industry.......

Recruitment Drive

A Manpower Employment outlook survey for the first quarter of 2008 shows that 11% of employers in the transport sector plan to take on new staff in this period.......

Never Confused

In the 2008 CM Buyers' Guide (3 January) we incorrectly stated that BMC had been acquired by Ashok Leyland, It is Avia that has been bought by the Indian company; apologies for......

Stralis Warranty

The Iveco Stralis now comes with a two-year, unlimitedmileage warranty, not the one year quoted in our roaCtest (CM 20 December 2007).......