Aulage Escapes Green Threat

• The Government has stopped well short of its threatened crackdown on road haulage in its policy statement on the environment. This Common Inheritance was heralded as the......

School Grace

• Some HGV training schools face severe financial penalties because forthcoming regulations will force them to sell their vehicles. From next April HGV1 tests will only be......

Solo Success

• Five former employees of a Seddon Atkinson, Renault and Perkins engine dealership which went under in May have set up on their own after three months out of work, and have won......

More Jobs

• Job prospects in distribution are on the up, according to a Manpower survey. Only 5% of firms in the sector say recruitment will fall before Christmas (down from 10% last......

Emission Possible

• An emission check for petrol-driven light vans will be included in MoT tests from next year. Maximum levels of CO, will be set at 4.5% for vehicles first used on 1 August......

Trans-european

• P&O European Transport Services (POETS) has created a new operating company, P&O TransEuropean, to oversee its six European distribution and warehousing companies.......

Continental Shift

• German tyre manufacturer Continental has turned down Pirelli's offer of a merger to create the world's fourth biggest tyre company.......

• Geoff Parker, Joint Owner Of Northwich, Cheshire-based...

has added a Renault G330 tractor to his fleet — and it didn't cost him a penny. Parker won the truck in the prize draw, organised jointly by Commercial Motor and Renault as part......

Prison For Driver

• An owner-operator whose truck jacknifed after he tried to drive under a bridge too low for his load has been jailed for causing death by reckless driving. Peter Sagar, from......

Standards 'too High'

• Hauliers are making life hard for each other as they bid to qualify for the BS5750 quality control standard. The Road Haulage Association, North Eastern district reports......