Uk Trade Gap Widens

• The value of Britain's heavy truck imports rocketed by 50% to £354 million in the first five months of this year, exactly in line with the country's overall 50% motor industry......

Trio Goes Up The Front

• Trio Containers, the waste disposal rental fleet operator, has added Boughton front-end loaders to its fleet. They are designed to fit all current European eight-wheel chassis......

• Brick Haulier John Gornall Of County Durham Has Bought

a 32.5-tonne GVW Foden 6x4 drawbar rig from North Riding Garages of Middleton St George. It has a 21-tonne payload and is powered by a Caterpillar air-to-air after-cooled 224kW......