Hauliers Spli In Budget Prediction

II Slightly more hauliers expect to be better off than worse off after the Budget, an exclusive Commercial Motor survey has found. But almost half predict that next week's......

Awd Sells Land To Sainsbury's

• AWD is to receive a £5m cash in:lection from supermarket giant Sainsbury's which has agreed to buy part of its Boscombe Road, Dunstable site. Sainsbury's plans to build a......

Tractor Sales Rising

• Sales of tractive units and eight-wheelers are up for the first 20 days of February, say industry sources. But they advise caution in treating the figures as a sign of a......

Toll Motorway Dropped

• Plans for a toll motorway running parallel to the M6 between Birmingham and Manchester have been scrapped in favour of a £450m extension of the existing motorway to eight......

Bogie Offer • As Predicted By

Commercial Motor (CM 2-8 May 1991), Scania is to offer its lightweight two-spring bogie, launched on its 8x4 tipper at Tipcon last year, on its 6x4 model.......

Track Talks • Kilmarnock-based Locomotive Manufacturer...

with Railfreight Distribution to run trains, driven by its own drivers, on a daily freight service from London to Glasgow,......

Test Confusion • Vehicle Testing Law On The Scottish Islands

is "a complete mess", says FTA north Scotland chairman Murdo Macpherson. Trucks on certain islands do not need a test certificate if their use is limited to that island, but few......

Load Loss • West Country Haulier Walker-trowbridge Has...

appeal against an insecure-load conviction. The firm maintained that its load had come off due to a low bridge, but the High Court ruled that choosing a safe route was the......

Broadland Bill • Lowestoft-based Broadland Van Hire Was...

than 21,000 last week for renting out a van in a dangerous condition — it was one of 24 rental vehicles caught following a Trading Standards crackdown in Suffolk.......

Heavy Talks • A 7.5-tonne Weight Restriction On Greenside, A

road in the Lake District which takes trucks from Kendal to a nearby quarry, will be opposed by transport associations next Monday (9 March).......

Aa Investment • The Aa Is Spending Nearly £2m On

115 Iveco Ford vehicles. The order has been placed through Reading-based Anchor Trucks.......