VOSA's testing strategy is under attack again this tim Key industry associations: the RHA, the FTA, the SMMT and the BVRLAlsee...

CM COVER STORY taura.haitstonearbi.co.uk THE CALL BY THE industry's trade associations for an abandonment of VOSA's Authorised...

CA COVER STORY roger.browniarbi.co.uk 1BT DISTRIBUTION will continue to trade despite parent company MRS Distribution going...

TRUCKPOL SAYS GAS attacks on sleeping drivers remain a myth, despite claims the problem is worsening in some European...

roger.brownfarbi.co.uk TDG'S NEW MD David Bermingham (pictured, right) says the company is focusing its efforts on its...

TIMBER HAULIERS could face tough new penalties it they are found transporting illegally-harvested timber. Following the...

GOLDHOFER TRAILERS has unveiled a highly specialised 62m flatbed semitrailer for transporting wind-turbine blades. The...

iari.tunKiniaroi.co.ulk luck and van sales figures will emain depressed for the rest of :010 and for a portion of 2011,...

BIBBY DISTRIBUTION has teamed up with CTC (the UK cyclists' organisation) and personal injury specialist Russell Jones & Walker...

TRANSPEED SAYS rr has "turned a corner" following a Traffic Commissioner's (IC) decision to haul it before a public inquiry...

cilris.tindatlfarbi.co.uk THE DVLA SAYS it is still considering amending UK medical standards for IIGV drivers diagnosed with...

YORKSHIRE HAULIER Brian Yeardley Continental has returned to profit during "difficult and interesting times" following its...

A QUESTION mark has been placed over future of the Metropolitan Police Commer Vehicle Unit after March 2011, due to govt....

roger. browntarbi.co.uk N I - RN ESSHIRE HAULIER D&D Fraser las been ordered to apply for another 0-licence ifter it was found...

PARCEL FIRM Yodel and CM have joined forces to make the day of a young truck fan. David May, training officer with charity BC...

I HE LAI EST TIML-waster app tor t i Phone centres around a truck driver call Jack who is in hot pursuit of blonde bombshi...

WOULD YOU LIKE to write for Commercial Motor and Motor Transport? If so, now's your chance, as we have a vacancy for a...

justin.stantoniarbi.co.uk OPERATORS ARE finding it harder to secure new work at an acceptable rate than they did a year ago,...

The trade unions representing VOSA staff remain uneasy about the future of the agency's testing strategy. VOSA Trade Union...

Changing 40-year-old brands isn't easy, but life-long haulier Dominic Yeardley is doing just that, bringing a new company, and...

Foundation, which cares for children with special needs. Yeardley met one of its organisers through a local business leaders'...

The Freight Operator Recognition Scheme has been quietly accumulating members since its inception in 2008. CM investigates what...

Natural food manufacturer Daniels Group joined FORS in January 2039. It is a bronze member and on average has four of its...

Should we be penalised for not fitting backload model? I FELT I HAD to respond to Andrew Tink lees repeated calls for an...

HAVING READ your artic 'Stobart calls for empty runnii tax', I am moved enough object to his proposal and ti coverage it...

Thanks for the letters on what we know is an emotive and controversial subject. Dave, for the record, we certainly don't...

The haulier was fined after a vineyard owner was killed while helping to unload a delivery of bottles. DEVON HAULIER Gregory...

TNT to increase UK workforce by 20% TNT POST UK wants permission to base 25 vehicles and 20 trailers at a new operating centre...

GOLDSTAR TRANSPORT has applied • to base 10 vehicles and trailers at the DB Schenker site at Wakefield Europort in Normanton....

C BUTT is looking for permission to operate two vehicles and four trailers at a new facility in Whitwood. Castleford.

MSP TRANSPORT wants authorisation to run four vehicles and the same number of trailers at a new operating centre in Blackburn...

i i VOS LOGISTICS Jedburgh is looking to run 18 vehicles and 28 trailers at a new operating centre located at the Charleslield...

• A public inquiry will be in Edinburgh on 20 Augt, consider a variation appl from, and disciplinary ac against Mac Haul, baser...

Small operators can save time and money by signing up to the VAT flat-rate scheme. CM explains. Words: Steve James NO-ONE...

• Turnover: the flat-rate scheme covers all turnover, including zero-rated and exempt items such as rental income. This means...

Red diesel has always been legal for use in off-road vehicles, and only those hauliers caught using it on the roads face...

Red diesel fraud is a major problem in Northern Ireland, where duty-paid fuel-diesel and petrol is smuggled from the Republic...

• Laundering treating red diesel and kerosene wi chemicals to remove their markers and dyes to mak , identification harder. •...

For details of what you can bring back to the UK fn another country within the EU: http://bit.ly/imports For details of what...

Getting an 0-licence application right first time can save a lot of hassle in the long run. Words: Peter Woodhouse ALL...

If you are new to the industry, or have had licensing problems before, the IC will want evidence that you know what you are...

This week we bring you 600 tonnes of truck, as five heavy haulage tractors are given a gruelling test in Germany. Words: Frank...

The BigMove fleet is a co-operative of heavy iransport specialists. It has access to some 220 tractor units and 400 special...

not just during the summer peak, ut all-year round for its special events. rhe summer provides a huge boost to holiday iark...

The Pontins business consists of five holiday parks at Brean Sands in Somerset, Prestatyn in North Wales, Southport in...

Good communication about what is happening in the parks is vital to the smoothrunning of the business. Large event organisers...

Pontins' supply chain will have to support much greater volumes than previously once plans to expand and modernise its parks...

The past few days have seen lveco and Mercedes-Benz reveal their in-house electric vans. CM takes them for a spin. Words:...

as - zero-emissions", this IS only true at the point of use. Good news if you live in Oxford Street. not so good if you live...

probably What are the most popular truck liveries.., among collectors? We asked truck model supplier Search lmpex to find us...

The summer can be a great time for driving, but it pays to look after yourself in the heat. Words: Louise Cole Apologies if...

Pollen counts have been off the charts this summer causing streaming eyes. sneezing and wheezing. Keep windows closed if you...

summer. Being that time of year when the weather is hot, we thought we'd delve into the secretive sector of ice-cream vans....

Bryan Whitby completed his apprenticeship as bodywork specialist at JH Jer flings in Sandbach, Cheshire, and later plied his...

Congestion is the bane of the road transport industry. We asked the FTA to help keep you off the road to nowhere. Words:...

Party conference season attracts tens of thousands of visitors to aties and, while this is unlikely to create road chaos...

6-30 August —The Edinburgh Fringe Festival won't be a laughing matter for those making deliveries in and out of the city as the...

"I rumpton's resident carpenter Chippy Minton and his apprentice son Nibs have one of the most unusual light commercials we've...

Colt Seavers (played by Lee Majors) was a Hollywood stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter. And in the early 1980s his...

is one of the most unlikely vehicles you'd expect to have a starring role in a James Bond film, hut that's exactly what...

The film that launched the Farrelly brothers' careers features one of the most unusual vans ever to grace our screens — a...

Which one, we hear you ask? After all there are actually three worthy candidates to choose from. First. there's the Sicurem...

00% of British bank robbers used Ford Transits as their getaway vehicles (presumably the other 10% used Mk2 Jags), and as a...

Machine is exactly that, a complete mystery. Although the makers of the 2002 movie What's New Scoohy-Doo? gave the starring...

Clifton) and his black-and-white cat Jess first appeared on our screens in 1981, they were delivering mail to the folks in...

to be a Reliant Robin, the 'Trotters Independent Itading Co' transport is, of course. a Reliant Regal. The incredible success...

I be original A-Team van. wh was owned by BA Baracus, 1983 GMC G-Series. It was heavily customised by the Universal Studio...

If anybody knows what a haulier wants from a second-hand truck dealership, it has to be Glyn Davies. Words / Images: Steve...

concentrating on retailing trucks that range from one to three years old, and is increasingly finding that operators who have...

Isuzu Truck UK appoints a new dealer for the Isle of Man, based solely on the island. Words: Colin Barnett ISUZU TRUCK UK is...

"Buying and selling trucks is a simple business. Well it should b want a truck you know is in great condition and you don't...