Limber Ban Plan Will Fell Hauliers

• Up to 20 hauliers could be 'bleed out of business because a local authority wants to ban their lorries from its roads. The firms shift timber from Keilder Forest in......

Perkins Plans A Detroit Merger

• Perkins Engines of Peterborough is involved in preliminary merger talks with the Detroit Diesel Corporation, and .1 e two companies are already lanning to rationalise their......

Volvo Buys Leyland

• Leyland Bus has been bought by Volvo Bus Corporation for a sum believed to be in excess of £20 million, less than 15 months after Leyland Bus went through a £4 million......

Hauliers' Costs Are Rising Fast

• Haulage costs rose by 2.86% in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from the Road Haulage Association's Commercial Committee. The increase is......