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Cost Warning On Retrofit Limiters
• Operators who retrofit speed limiters to their HGVs could end up paying twice as much as for a limiter installed on line, warns the Road Haulage Association. It is making a......
Transport Honoured In The Queen's List
• Garry Turvey, director-general of the Freight Transport Association, has been awarded the CBE in the Queen's birthday honours. Turvey joined the FTA's predecessor, the Traders......
Minimum Wage Is Dropped
• North Eastern-based haulier Glendinning is suspending the guaranteed minimum wage for its 70 drivers to avoid cutting jobs. The Consett-based general haulier and car......
Little Interest
• Fewer hauliers than hoped for have taken up the offer of Saturday truck inspections (CM 30 May-5 June). The Vehicle Inspectorate says that of the 17 testing stations offering......
End For Rtitb
• The winding up of the transport industry's official training body is to take effect immediately instead of September as planned. The Road Transport Industry Training Board,......