• by Emma Penny Commercial Motor has scored a breakthrough in its campaign to have international operators fairly treated. As...

IA The ongoing dispute between the United Road Transport Union and haulier James Irlam &Sons looks set to rumble on after it...

• Bristol-based logistics firm the Lane Group has suffered a major blow following the decision by its biggest customer to take...

The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the Transport Select Committee's recommendation in its Urban Charging Scheme...

III by Guy Sheppard Logistics giant TDG is to axe at least 50 drivers' jobs after losing a long-established contract with...

by Chris Tindall Acentractors left out of packet after a freight prwarder found itsetf on the verge of insolvency . 13...

i Road transport and traffic congestion remain ell down the political agenda, according to the iteSt OeHavilland Survey of...

• More than 50 tractors and trailers have been seized in raids across the UK by Customs officers investigating a huge alcohol...

• Thousands of small and medium-sized hauliers in the East of England are being recommended to pay their drivers an extra...

• by Tim Maughan A Midlothian tipper operator has branded Edinburgh's forthcoming congestion charge a "slap in the face" after...

Trucks travelled a total of 500 million kilometres more last year than in 2001, according to Department for Transport...

Ever wondered how your MP earns his daily bread? Or what he does for you as a truck operator? If so, the latest survey of...

by Guy Sheppard dice arrested 26 people and recovered up to 200,000 worth of stolen property during a dayng blitz on truck...

I Police are hunting a group of Dbbers who threatened a lerman truck driver at unpoint before making off with art of his load...

by Miles Brignall Hauliers running bulk tippers look set for a big increase in work following the government's decision to...

The haulage Industry should use the challenges posed by the Working Time Directive and Compulsory Training Directive (CT!)) to...

• Livestock hauliers are demanding to be given the same rights as farmers moving animals less than 10km, after the announcement...

MI A West Midland truck dealer claims the region desperately needs its own 'roads tsar' because existing measures to ease...

Shell UK Oil Products has dropped Wincanton as Its malt fuel distributor. The companie say they have deckled by "mutual...

Gist has signed a ElOOm fiveyear deal with CarlsbergTetley to carry out Its primary distribution. The group will transport...

Taylors of Martley has won an Investors in People accolade for its committed approach to training and developing staff. The...

There have been two promotions at the Road Haulage Association's South & Eastern area. Tony Weedop has recently been appointed...

Insurance company The Davis Group has launched a new websIte. As well as Informatior about products it also features...

The Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council has accredited Willenhallbased Nightfreight Training Services as an Approved...

to National Logistics to mane* Its material distribution across the UK. The operation services 6,000 engineers and involves...

Ile government has admitted that its 10-Year iransport Plan has failed, and congestion will rise iy a fifth over the next seven...

TRAFFIC TSAR Alistair Darling (right) has announced plans to appoint a "Traffic Tsar" to oversee traffic In the UK. The...

Durham was the first UK city to introduce congestion charging, and has seen a reduction in traffic as a result. From 17...

certain routes; the M6 toll route will open In 2004. Drivers will be required to pay a fee every time they travel up and down...

by BO% by 2010. However, this plan has been put on a back burner after its move to slash more than 1300m from the Strategic...

the M6 between Manchester and Birmingham from three lanes to four and the provision of truck lanes and junction improvements on...

lby Cohn Barnett le 2003 model-year Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is iw on sale in the UK, and Commercial Motor has lanaged to obtain...

• During our recent visit to Worth (page 15), we had our first look at the new Actros in right-hand-drive form. UK operators...

This Bosch-derived ESP refines the existing ABS/EBS system by adding steering input and yaw (lateral acceleration) sensors to...

• Trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull has revealed ambitious UK plans In the run up to the CV Show. The company outlined its...

• Every sector of the commercial vehicle market got off to a flying start to 2003, according to the January registration...

• You could be forgiven for expecting Formula 1 truckles to be a bunch of prima donnas, especially those from one of the...

lectric hybrids power the perfect shoot scoot vehicles. US company Stewart & tevenson tells CM why they are the basis fits bid...

It's been over a year since the MoD published its original tender document, says Ted McQuinn. Clarification of some of the...

e refusal of the North astern DTC Mark Hinchliffe to lease him from an undertakg that his brother would have rthing to do with...

given a nal warning about his future aerations. Haggle, trading as linburgh Woodlands, had been ailed before the Scottish DTC...

Graham and Kevin Ward, ave appealed against the avocation of their 0-licences nd their disqualification from aiding such a...

Derek Rennie has led to heir licence being suspended or a six-week period. Trading s Minera Building Supplies, hey were called...

The return of an impounded vehicle has been refused by the Eastern Traffic Commissioner after he decided that an attempt had...

A County Durham haulage firm which had been called to its first Public Inquiry in 36 years of operation has escaped with a...

A Cheshire operator whose truck had only received one safety inspection in at least four years has had his licence revoked....

A Newton Stewartbased haulier has appeared at a Dumfries disciplinary inquiry to explain his failure to produce tachograph...

Conduct and misconduct: What is it? Misconduct is an issue of behaviour; it is about what the employee did, or omitted to do....

It is the employer's responsibility to set standards of expected behaviour. The employer should think about the business and...

:ommunication takes place at many lifferent levels, such that the different evels reinforce each other. Typically, the...

his is the policy set out by management overing broad issues of conduct (and nisconduct). It should explain: I how gross...

Typically. the Employee Handbook sets out irocedures to be followed to meet the tandards detailed in the Discipline Policy. For...

These are the lower levels of communication, and include verbal and written warnings. When the employer gives a warning about...

Why do we start with oral warnings and then move to written ones in a progressive warning situation? And the answer is not to...

First, let's be clear what the warning procedure is not for it is not there to prove whether or not you dismissed someone...

There is no legal definition of gross misconduct—it is serious misconduct which goes to the heart of the relationship between...

The procedure should also spell ot: behaviour which will lead to lesse sanctions which, if not heeded, may i turn lead on to...

Road haulage is a high-profile busines and one that is sensitive to public opinioi An operator who does not take safei...

The first and obvious line is to ensui compliance with Drivers' Holt] Regulations. That largely lies within yot enforcement...

It is true that it would be fifficult to know either way ,vhether this rule had been :omplied with, but if you do find that...

k duty to allow testing is )erfectly permissible, and you would ieed to get this in as a term of the :ontract against the...

'our employee does a particular route to nd from one of your customers, a hemical works. Smoking is forbidden at he chemical...

This is a big topic in itself, so we will break the subject down under the heading of natural justice (see tint box, right),...

All disciplinary procedures should be designed and written to give effect to this legal principle. In any situation where an...

At any hearing which might result in disciplinary action, the employee is entitled to a companion. This can be any trade union...

I PRICE AS TESTED: 03,532 (ex-VAT)*. ENGINE: 4.25 litres, 134hp (100kW). GVW: 7,490kg. PAYLOAD: 3,605kg. AVERAGE SPEED:...

It would be incorrect to talk about the Valle cab's styling—it doesn't really have any. It's definitely more functional than...

improve your operational efficiency. There's even help from the truck makers. Sharon Clancy reports on factory-fitted...

Daf, Daimler Chrysler, MAN, Renault, Scania and Volvo have all agreed to adopt a common protocol that allows third parties...

The Derbyshire Peak District may seem an unlikely spot to find a sizeable fifty-truck haulage outfit. But such an operation...

a Murder Manual which sets out the procedures to be followed by police in a murder investigation. In much the same way, fatal...

• The VI plans to have one mobile Vehicle Examination Unit for each of its 23 areas. Used primarily as support for collision...

• Commercial Vehicle Auctions saw a flying start to 2003, disposing of 223 trucks and trailers worth almost £1.4m at its...

• When a manufacturer's truck market share and sales volume plummet nationally, how does that affect its dealers? That's the...

• Renault dealers could soon be selling a wider mix of all makes of used trucks, predicts used vehicles director Bruce...

Hino's newly-launched common-rail diesel Euro-3 Ilx4s should provide Heddesdon dealer Valley Trucks with a boost, according to...

New European legislation may cause many truck dealers to stop selling older used vehicles, says Glass' Information Services....

London Ford and lveco Ford dealership Alperton is in receivership. The company has ceased trading, and most of the staff have...

of used vehicle sales and remarketing at Scania. He replaces Graham Broughton, who has left the company. Ross was formerly...

dedicated van sales at Blackbushe saw over 400 light commercials come under the hammer. Vendors included Leaseplan, Lex Defence...

Independent dealer Smith Brothers Services is gradually returning to normal after a presumed arson attack in November gutted...

Despite stock market jitters and the prospect of war with Iraq, the used truck market is starting 2003 in buoyant mood. That's...