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Dealers Fear No Boost In August
MI Truck manufacturers are hanging their hopes on a J-reg boost in August sales following another dismal set of registration figures for July. According to the latest statistics......
Viea Agrees Ti
/ Following hauliers' protests about the inaccuracy of dynamic axle weighbridges, the Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency (VIEA) has agreed to run another trial giving drivers......
John Dee (yorks) Must Pay Drivers
/ John Dee (Yorkshire) has been told to pay five drivers it made redundant 30 days wages after the Transport & General Workers Union complained that it had not been consulted......
Retailers Keeping The Doors Closed
/ Transport operators face an uphill task in persuading retail outlets to make their life easier, judging by a new survey. The Freight Transport Association commissioned a poll......
Speed Threat
/ The RHA and FTA have both expressed strong opposition to any UK adoption of the forthcoming EC draft directive on speed limits which backs an 80km/h (50mph) top limit for......
Crystal Crime
/ Tools worth E10,000 were stolen from coachbuilder Crystal Conversions' Kirk Sandell factory in the early hours of 3 August — and the thieves escaped in a half-built van which......
Which Blacklist?
/ A survey of Britain's 55 motorway service stations in Which? magazine blacklists Farthing Corner on the M2, Strensham on the M5, and Charnock Richard on the M6.......