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Sick Driver In Bond Row With Arc
II A Welsh owner-driver forced to retire through illness has accused ARC Northern of preventing him from employing a replacement driver by holding on to more than £4,000 he paid......
Heaton Tells Las To Blitz Cowboys
• Licensing Authorities must crack down on illegal operators, Road Haulage Association chairman Bobby Heaton has urged. At the RHA's annual dinner last week he said: "They must......
Date Set For Cv Theft Case
• A Northumberland haulier is facing charges of stealing a £40,000 Volvo truck. Victor Thompson, 49, of Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, appeared before Ainwick magistrates......
Severn Toll Protest Threat
• Furious van owners are threatening to blockade the Severn Bridge over Bank Holiday Monday in protest against a 180% hike in tolls. The tolls for vans shot up from £2 to £5.60......
Rail Sale • A Scheme To Sell British Rail's Freight
and parcels divisions will be revealed in a Government white paper later this year.......
Green Rewards • Exel Logistics Has Achieved Fuel Savings Of
8% on its fleet of 3,000 vehicles since introducing a green policy a year ago. It says it is on track to cut another 7% within five years.......
Tgwu Crisis • The Biggest Truck Drivers' Union, The Tgwu,
faces a cash crisis and may have to rent out half its London headquarters.......
Environment Mark • Leading Transport Companies Including...
TNT have set up a working party to draw up an environmental standard, BS7750, for the industry.......
Dee Delay • Publication Of The Transport Tribunal's...
overturning John Dee Ltd's 0-licence application have been delayed until next week.......
First Sale • London Coaches Has Been Sold To A
management team led by managing director Pat Waterman. It is the first of 12 London Buses subsidiaries to be sold.......