Ec Bounces Debts Plans

• Plans to force companies by law to pay hauliers more quickly were rejected at the European Commission last week. A bid to issue a directive was overturned although the case......

Ibstock Plans Promise Work

• Brick manufacturer Ibstock Johnsen is planning to increase the ratio of owner-driver brick deliveries to client collections in a bid to boost sales. The company is considering......

Joloda Forced To Call In Receivers

• Joloda, the Liverpool-based truck loading system and material handling equipment manufacturer, went into receivership last Thursday. Manchesterbased receiver Leonard Curtis is......

Broadbent Is Back In The Business

• Gerald Broadbent, former managing director of truck bodybuilder Boalloy, is back in business. He is running a load restraint consultancy, Tautmaster Consult, based at his home......

Rvi Committed To British Offshoot

• Renault Vehicles Industriels has confirmed its commitment to its UK subsidiary, Renault Truck Industries, but warns that there will be changes at the Dunstable factory. At......

Record Traffic Through Ports

• UK freight traffic through ports reached a record 495 million tonnes last year, up three million tonnes on 1990, according to the latest figures from the Department of......