Yorkshire Protest

Independent oil companies from across Yorkshire staged their own fuel protest In Leeds on 13 October. They are protesting against the pricing policy of the major fuel firms that......

Diledi Claim

The Welsh arm of green campaigners Friends of the Earth has accused hauliers of using a - paper thin" argument to try to win fuel concessions. Friends of the Earth Cymru claims......

Fuel Forum

Four members of the fuel forum plus the RHA's John Bridge and Roger King met with Treasury Minister Stephen Timms last Monday. They told him that the help given to hauliers in......

Motorway Chaos

There was traffic chaos on the M42 in Staffordshire after an artic ploughed into the supports of a motorway bridge at Junction 11, shutting the northbound carriageway. The......

Excise Duty

The British Chambers of Commerce has called for a cut in Vehicle Excise Duty rather than fuel duty in its Budget submission to the Chancellor.......

Britdisc Is The Favourite For Chancellor's Budget Plans

• by Dominic Perry The "Britthsc" has emerged as the most likely concession to be offered by Gordon Brown at his autumn statement on 310ctober. National press reports indicate......

Uk Refuses To Harmonise Taxes

European Commission plans to force the harmonisation of petrol and diesel taxes across the European Union received a set-back this weekend. Britain refused to back the move at......