Scania Loses Mimms Men

• Scantruck, Scania's whollyowned distributor in the SouthEast, has made its South Mimms branch manager Nigel Base redundant, along with two fitters and a sales driver.......

Esso Driver Wins The Ldoy Prize

• Patrick McCallan of Esso Petroleum in Belfast has won the 1990 Lorry Driver of the Year competition, held at the Birmingham NEC last weekend. Second place went to Jim Matthews......

Roll Over Mobil

• A Mobil tanker with a full load of petrol overturned and leaked fuel at a roundabout on the Aylesbury ring road, Bucks on Tuesday (21 August). People were evacuated from shops......

Auliers Face Fresh Ban Barrage

• The web of restrictions on truck movements is tightening with news of two more truck bans by local authorities. In Birmingham, the council wants a complete daytime ban on......

Group Goes National

• A new national hauliers' pressure group has been set up following the decision by the North Midlands Hauliers Association to adopt a constitution and accept members from......

Permit Pain To Spain

• The supply of Spanish permits at the International Road Freight Office has dried up and the Spanish authorities are alleged to be dragging their feet over coming up with new......

Detroit Tests In Mystery Trucks

• Following the first UK showing of its four-stroke Series-60 truck diesel at last November's Scottish Motor Show, US engine builder Detroit Diesel is now at a fairly advanced......