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Open House
• About 750 guests attended one of the biggest dealer open days at Scantruck's family event at Purfleet last weekend. The event paid off—several deals for new and used vehicles......
Rapide Closes Site
• Rapide (UK) Freight Services has closed one of three sites it took over from rival West Yorkshire textiles haulier Chris Metcalfe last month. Three drivers have been made......
Celtic Link
• Government ministers in Scotland and Northern Ireland are to hold talks on the possibility of a ferry service to link Campbeltown in Argyll with Ballycastle in County Antrim.......
Standard Slipping • 'ihe Retail Motor Industry Federation...
British Standard quality assurance mark BS5750 fails to lay down criteria for quality.......
Faden Deal
• Foden has appointed Parsons Truck Centre in Hartlepool as a main dealer. Parsons' north-east territory was previously covered by Pickering-based North Riding Garages which......
Scottish Terminal
• Railfreight Distribution says its freight terminal due to open at Mossend near Glasgow next March will allow goods out of Scotland to reach Paris in 21 hours and Northern......
Rivers Bid
• Bids open this week for fleet maintenance contracts worth a total of £2m a year with the National Rivers Authority. Those interestedshould write to its market testing unit at......
Three Remanded On Bail
by Terry Howlett • Three men charged with dishonestly handling stolen trucks worth more than 4450,000 were last week remanded on unconditional bail until 5 October at a London......
Sussex Truckstop Plea
• Hauliers and truck drivers are being urged to sign a petition in support of what could be a farmer's last-ditch attempt to get permission to open a truckstop on a busy A-road......
Hauliers Warned Of French Blocks
• I 'K hauliers travelling through France could face the perennial problem of blocked roads, warns the British Embassy in Paris. The embassy says the French farmers union......