Row Over Tachograph Check

rie by Pete Swinger A major haulier is considering spending £500,000 on now Volvos instead of Scanias after claiming in court that it was "let down" over a maintenance contract.......

Fleetstar Aims To Slash Costs

• Trafficmaster claims that its new fixed-cost fleet management system will result in reduced vehicle maintenance, servicing, fuel expenditure and mobile phone bills. The new......

Vauxhall Backs Uk

5 Vauxhall has signalled its confidence in the UK motor industry by opening a new Engineering Centre in the Millbrook Technology Park based at the Millbrook proving ground in......

Piece Of Cake

Livery specialist Supersine Duramark (SSDM) has established an Internet-based ordering service to speed up delivery of "battenburg" livery for police cars. The system is said to......

Hagan Buys

Sandbach-based haulier Hagan Limited has bought four Foden Alpha 380s, and reports that it is regularly getting 9.5mpg from the Caterpillar C10powered tractors—the company's......

New Innur Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Pied Has Been...

chairman of Scania's board of directors following VW's purchase eta substantial stake in Scania. Lothar Sander and Detlef Wrttig of Volkswagen have also been elected to the......

Pace-makeis

Contract hire firm TLS has just bought 46 Seddon Atkinson Pacers for its new refuse truck spot-rental service. The vehicles are a mixture of narrow-track 4x2s, 6x2 twin-steer......