Auliers Hit B Huge Hikes In Duty By Nicky Clarke

and Amanda Bradbury • Hauliers face a financial hammering over the next four weeks in which they will see they costs soar from a two-pronged attack. The Operators Licence fee......

Hopes Rise On Id Parts • The Future Of Leyland

Daf in Britain looked more secure this week, as a potential buyer emerged for part of the business. Automotive parts and accessory business Unipart is believed to have asked......

Transfer Settlement • The Former 200 Brs Tankfreight...

lost their jobs when Texaco awarded a £15m-a-year contract to Wincanton in 1991 are to get lump sum payments. The out-of-court settlement came after a seven-day industrial......

Gas Cuts • An Axe Is About To Fall On

the transport department at British Gas following last week's announcement that around 3,000 jobs are to go throughout the organisation.......

Three Cases Net E2m Drugs Haul • A Customs Crackdown

on drug smugglers has netted hauliers allegedly carrying cannabis and amphetamines worth £2m in three separate cases. Cannabis with a Lim street value was allegedly found on a......

French Follies • French Farmers Unions Continue To...

against livestock hauliers if the French Government's promise to veto part of the GATT agreement is not kept at an EC Agriculture ministers meeting on Monday (CM 25 Feb). French......

Astravan Recall • Vauxhall Is Recalling 18,000 Astra...

made during and since October 1991 after a faulty brakes scare. Owners should take affected vehicles to their nearest Vauxhall dealer.......

Channel Row • Eurotunnel Has Asked The Office Of Fair

Trading to investigate P&O and Sealink Stena's plans to pool Channel ferry operations before the Chunnel is fully operational in spring 1994. Channel Tunnel operators say the......