Master Hauliers

months. Chairman Richard Llewellyn of Econofreight says: "Eventually we would like to see most of the RHA's 11,000 members achieving a masterhaulier badge." The RHA has also......

New Tragedy Spurs On The Cm Campaign

• Two men died last week when a runaway HGV wheel smashed into their van on the A34 in Hampshire, the latest in the recent spate of wheel loss accidents. Readers continue to......

Fixed Costs

• Volkswagen has launched one of the first fixedcost vehicle-maintenance schemes from a light CV manufacturer. The service, which will be extended to MAN trucks in the next......

Cowie Manager

• The businesses of Cowie Interleasing Car and Truck Rental, and Cowie Rental are being merged in response to the downturn in the CV rental market: 17 branches will offer Cowie......

Production Slump • Sales Of Trucks Above 15 Tonnes Have

been hardest hit by the slowdown in the UK economy, with February production down by 55% compared with 1989, to 13,334. Export producTion fell 48% to 4,650.......

Budget Ved Switch

A 10% increase in fuel duty, a massive simplification of the VED system, and a further increase in the duty paid on rigids compared with artics provide the highlights of this......