Tippermen Write For Rise

• Midlands tippermen who met quarry owner Tilcon last week to demand a 15% rate increase heard a discouraging response from the company which blamed the "current economic......

Show Backers In Clash Over Dates

• The backers of two of the industry's biggest events are heading for a clash over dates. The Institute of Road Transport Engineers has confirmed that it will hold its 1993 show......

Unit Aims Endorsed

• UNIT '91, the owner-drivers association founded by haulier Mike Pickering, attracted more than 70 to its launch meeting at the BP Truckstop at Alconbury last week. The meeting......

High Roof For Man F90 Cab

• MAN will be offering a highroof version of the F90 heavy truck cab — first seen on the experimental mid-engined UXT tractor back in 1989 — as an option from the autumn. A......

Truck Thefts Rise By 50%

• North Yorkshire police are warning hauliers to tighten up vehicle security following a 50% increase in truck thefts. Already 14 trucks have been reported stolen in the area......