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French Launch Amb War Truck Attack
• France's farms minister Louis Mermaz has promised British meat hauliers full police protection from French farmers protesting about lamb imports. This week agriculture......
• Police Are Warning Meat Hauliers To Be Vigilant As...
Over the past three weeks there have been three attacks on operators in Kent alone. The most recent victim was the Danish Bacon Company, which had firebombs planted on three of......
Lower Roof To Cut Fuel Consumption
• A device said to reduce a box van's fuel consumption by lowering the vehicle roof when running empty is in line for an industry award. The Variable Height Vehicle was......
General Rate Rise Will Hit Hauliers
• General Accident is raising its truck insurance rates by 9% from 1 October, following a 14% increase six months ago. Insurance companies are compensating for falling interest......
Beacon Goes Out
• Beacon Tippers of Stone, Stafford, the specialist manufacturer of small tipper and municipal bodies, has called in the receiver. Th business, including a freehold site,......
Road Forward • The Uk Will Fall Behind Its Community
partners in the Single Market unless at least four more major motorways are built, warns the British Roads Federation. It wants an east coast motorway, a London orbital outside......