• Scottish Haulier Jb Mcbean Is Among The Operators Who

have already signed on for the 10th anniversary Commercial Motor Truckfest at the East of England Showground, near Peterborough on 3-4 May. Also competing for trophies will be:......

Lpg Crackdown

• Hauliers carrying liquid petroleum gas in Merseyside and Cheshire were hit by five roadside checks this week when Health and Safety Executive officers and police launched an......

Nuttall Hired

• Mike Nuttall, former marketing director of truck hire company Transfleet, is moving to Mercedes-Benz's new contract-hire arm, due to be set up in May.......

Union Hike

• The 120,000 drivers in the Transport and General Workers' Union face an 18% increase in membership fees as the union tries to balance its budget. This will take the weekly......

Erf Club

• ERF is launching a drivers' club offering discounts, with advice on travel, health care and financial investments.......

Testing Time

• Champion truck racer Steve Parrish can drive a truck on the road legally for the first time — the former motorcycle star has just passed his LGV test.......

Urtu Fights Revocations

• The United Road Transport Union is campaigning against a spate of HGV licence revocations on medical grounds. Over the past few months there has been a "catalogue of sudden......

Dip Plan For Truckstops

. The Government plans to open the floodgates on hundreds of extra motorway service stations by relaxing the planning rules. Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind wants to allow......

Mercedes Passes Ift In Sales Race

• Truck sales in January show the recession is far from over. January's total of 2,325 wa: down 23% from January 1991: sales of all commercial vehicle: fell by 17% to 16,677,......