Euro Road Ta Ikes Running Costs

by Nicky Clarke • UK operators will have to pay up to ..C1,000 a year for every 38tonner they run into Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark. The charges,......

• The Road Haulage Association Has Dismissed The Findings Of

a major transport employment survey which says 8% more hauliers will be taking on staff compared with industry as a whole. Hauliers are still "holding on with their fingertips"......

Cave-wood Leaves

• Geoffrey Cave-Wood is about to leave the High Wycombe-based haulage firm which made £200,0( profit last year. He will Iv' with truck manufacturer vehicle specifications anc......

Vat Action

• Italy is to be taken to t.1 European Court of Justia over its failure to refund payments promptly. Briti hauliers are owed thousai of pounds, according to ti Road Haulage......

Panic Resignation

• Ernie Lindsay has resigned from Panic Link the third time, according chairman Eric Norman. I: his last stint Lindsay was sales and franchising director for the parcels......

Truck Merger

• Truck manufacturers Renault and Volvo are believed to be moving nea to their long awaited men in which Renault is expec to hold 65% of the new group and Volvo the rest.......

Black Box • Computer Giant Icl Is Teaming Up With

four hauliers to see if there is a need for an aircraft-style black box to integrate dat including fuel constunptic and reefer temperatures.......

Fighting Back • Five Kent Hauliers Are Planning To Meet

their loc police next week in a bid I thrash out effective anti-ti measures for the county.......

Applied Order

• Maidstone-based Appli Distribution has placed it first order for trucks whit are not Leyland Dafs: it hi ordered 17 Volvos: seven FL1Os and 10 F12s, to joir fleet of around......