Briefs

• Months of Joint Industrial Council in Scotland have ended with drivers accepting a 2% increase on basic pay and a 1.9% increase on overnight subsistence, backdated to April......

Support For Jail Victims

by Eugene Silke • Pressure for action to help truck drivers wrongly imprisoned abroad is finally mounting, following new moves by several powerful political groups. • EU trade......

Curfew On Cowboys

• Yorkshire Police are cracking down on hauliers who they suspect are deliberately running their least roadworthy vehicles at night to avoid day-time checks. The move follows a......

Second Blow To Car Transporters

• Car transporter specialists have been hit with the second blow to their business in a month. Peugeot and Citroen distributor Gefco UK has begun shipping three times a week......

Second Tender For Waste In Aberdeen

• Waste disposal contractors have slammed Aberdeen City Council after it redrafted tender documents for its .lent, fiveyear street cleaning and refuse collection contract in the......