to 30 September fell 174% to £17.1m while turnover rose 17.8 0 /e to £4112m. The firm blames fuel prices and a downturn in...

• by Dominic Perry The European Parliament has given the clearest indication yet that twill back down over controversial...

I The Traffic Commissioners are to turn up the heat on drivers who break the hours rules and are warning them the old "my...

• by Mike Gordon Striking Exel Tradeteam drivers will refuse to work more than four days a week, will refuse overtime, and...

General and bulk liquid haulier James Moffat and Sons is distancing itself from any formal association with Jim Hay, the man...

• by Guy Sheppard Hauliers who contract out their maintenance may unwittingly end up with a string of MoT test failures which...

The Vehicle Inspectorate says compulsory tacho head checks will start in April and checks to ensure speed limiters are set...

• Okehampton-based Brya Haulage has had its 0-ficenc for 45 trucks and 50 trailer revoked and the company's foe directors...

11 The first regional pay deal to be agreed for next year will boost hourly rates for hire-and-reward drivers to £7. The...

IR Farmers' co-operative Zenith Milk has sold its 106-strong milk tanker fleet for £2.76m to TIP Tanker Services. Zenith says...

Iby Brendan Nolan , tragic mix-up could have led to le death of the eight stowways in a container in County i/exford, Ireland...

"Transparency" is a much overworked word. It simply means that everyone knows what's going on. So we await the proposed updated...

I The impounding of illegally 'aerated trucks will be unveiled n a blaze of glory in the first reek of January—but only if he...

• Last week's High Court ruling that the government's civil penalties scheme, which fines hauliers found with illegal...

• In response to the court ruling, Freight Transport Association chief executive Richard Turner says: 'We are very pleased....

• Home Secretary David Blunkett has issued a statement saying he is "concerned that once again the courts have intervened...

• How much has actually changed for hauliers operating across the Channel? Peter Denby is managing director of Denby...

waste fat to bio-diesel for its UK distribuon fleet, ready for service trials in Iril 2002. Sheffield-based Exceiar is...

for a new consultancy set up to reduce the risk of death or injury through tiredness. Awake is the commercial arm of the sleep...

loading height. Centrum of Eindhoven has ordered 25. .41F has a new 9.0-tonne Intradisc self-tracking axle and new ventilated...

I by Kevin Swallow V registrations for November were 4% up on 000, leading the Society of Motor Manufacturers nd Traders to...

• DaimlerChrysler and Hungarian manufacturer RABA have set up a joint venture to develop a range of high-mobility trucks....

• On-board weighing specialist Red Forge has developed the first full-body weighing system to gain certification under Class...

• Fassi's latest hydraulic lorry loader features 'electronic moment control", designed to prevent operator errors including...

North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has expressed concern at continuing reports of hours and safety offences by...

lE=1 Interfering with his speed limiter cost Cheshire driver John Rice 1420 in tines and costs when he admitted the offences...

Port Talbot-based Raymond Joseph Engineering has been granted an increase in its licence authorisation from one to three...

its drivers for hours and echo offences has been tdjourned until next April by ,lorth Eastern IC Tom Macartney In June Kenneth...

licence to a company formed by a bankrupt Worcestershire haulier's wife on receipt of confirmation from the county court that...

I am pleased to be able to report that my charity transport show in June went very well and raised 23,000 for prostate cancer...

Have the authorities lest the plot completely in proposing that road deaths be classified as murder? Or is it just a cynical...

Having only recently joined the industry and reviewed the various magazines on offer, I am very disappointed to discover that...

I was horrified to read the article "Road deaths seen as murder" (CM, 6-12 Dec). I sincerely hope that Commercial Motor and...

So John Speller says he'd like to help improve roadside facilities (CM6-12 Dec). Very nice . But important though it is for us...

There wasn't a dry eye in the house when Juan Miguel Higginbottom, President of the International Amateur Fretwork Association,...

recently when he dropped into Jersey for a review of the Island's haulage scene for our Christmas issue (CM20 Dec-02 Jan) Our...

This week the Greek prime minister said that his government was prepared to deploy the army, navy and air force to stop illegal...

W hen you go into business and begin employing people, whether as direct employees, self-employed subcontractors or agency...

One such area is the operator's liability for the actions of his drivers if they break the law on speed limiters, overloading,...

There are a whole host of actions or inactions a driver can be responsible for which can leave an operator at risk of...

In terms of driver licensing it is advisable to: II Make it a term of the contract of employment that the driver immediately...

LEGISLATION The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2001. CIF 1 November 2001. Introduce new fees payable...

• New FJJ drivers' hours rules. The European Commission has published proposals for updating regulation 3820/85. These...

tested it in 1981, but 20 years on it, and its Vauxhall Arena clone, had definitely gone a decade too far before their demise....

most hauliers' minds than "go away and write me a business plan". Cashflow forecasts, predicted profits, return on...

Index Start with a cover and then a contents page—remember, first impressions count. Intrix The introduction should state...

them to a leasinl company and then renting the vehicles back. As Steve flame reports, the benefits of such schemes are out...

All we need to do is inspect and grease it every six weeks." John Shepherd act in the early eighties, John Shepherd answered...

Careful specification of bodywork can pay dividends in enhanced productivity. On rigids it can be as simple as selecting...

NImilountable bodies come th faster turnaround of vehicles and more efficient use of drivers. Each truck or trailer has one or...

or refrigerated transport operaors, the route to increased producivity has been via dual and triple ompartment bodies, allowing...

What happens if business partners fall out? Make sure you have structured your company to prepare for the possibility, or face...

Related Road Safety Task Group, which is co-ordi nated by the government. The point of this particular committee is to examine...