CM COVER STORY christopher.waLton@rtn.co.uk SOME 5,913 additional operators will find themselves in the red Operator...

Road transport champions win and Lose on polling day c hristopher.waltonrarbi,co. uk POLITICAL CANDIDATES FROM from the road...

UPS rings fleet livery changes UPS HAS RE-BRANDED its 3,000-strong UK fleet with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games...

Ceva to take over Ideal Standard's logistics division laura.haitstonel'arbi.co.uk CEVA LOGISTICS HAS confirmed it will be...

Minorplanet gains winding-up adjournment for UK operation TELEMATICS PROVIDER Minorplanet Systems is continuing in its...

Driver claims UKBA Locked him in a room A DRIVER CLAIMS that he was locked up at Dover Eastern Docks while waiting for his...

dormnic.perryiar b Lc°. ui< EARLY ESTIMA 1 LS PUT the deficiency of collapsed Frome haulier BDR Logistics at Elm, according to...

Second police force launches a 'spy-truck to catch law breakers CM COVER STORY AVON AND SOMERSET Police is the second force...

Show goes on despite hotel fire TIP-EX IS UNAFFECTED by the recent fire at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. In previous...

Durham City Transport takes NDI:s place at United Pallet joanna.bourkelarbi.co.uk DURHAM CITY Transport has joined United...

New CV sales rose in April CV REGISTRATIONS rose again in April, according to the latest figures from the SMMT. Overall...

Grocontinental increases driver efficiency with MAN telennatics STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION firm Grocontinental has seen its...

up, but revenue static Lriri5to ph .2 r.wa onla rb i.c 6.0 CONTROLLED-TEMPERATURE distribution specialist Langdon Group has...

Laurie Dealer gets wind of more used truck tests in future The Boy Swallow, Road Transport Group deputy technical editor and...

Road Haulage Association halved pre-tax toss in 2009 THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RH.A) halved its pre-tax loss in the year...

Steve Hobson, editor of sister publication Motor Transport, has been tapping up the truck manufacturers to sponsor his Cycle...

chris.tindattfarbi.co.uk PAY DEALS IN THE road transport sector are running at "much higher levels" this year compared with...

Reward your industry and be in with a chance to win a trip to Italy THE TRUCK & DRIVER/Iveco Stralls DrIver Choice Awards are...

Tell us how your business is faring... DOES THE TRANSPORT industry really have a bad image? And if so, how can it be improved?...

big to rryblogragoog temait. corn BUILDERS' MERCHANT Travis Perkins is testing a number of fall-prevention systems on its...

GREGORY DISTRIBUTION has hand-picked five West Country-based athletes to support on their quest to make it to the 2012 Olympic...

Small firms take more risks Aris.tindattrarbi.co.uk SMALLER HAULAGE companies are more likely to employ drivers who risk...

Germans trial LHVs THE GERMAN FEDERAL government has announced it will begin trials of longer and heavier vehicles on domestic...

Slip sliding away... STOBART DRIVERS looking for an example from their MD should turn away now, as this picture shows William...

CM was granted exclusive access to spend a day with the Central Motorway Police Group and found that life isn't easy for those...

If operators are more compliant, Nairn and Rounds are free to focus on what they really want to crack down on: freight crime...

London's streets will soon be teeming with even more bikes as two cycle initiatives go live in the summer. But how wilt this...

For any operators wanting to take immediate steps to safeguard their drivers, the Freight Transport AssocIation's Natalie...

"The Mayor and TfL launched a Cycle Safety Action Plan earlier this year that highlights the actions we are taking to improve...

Of greater concern is TfL's Cycle Hire scheme, which launches on 30 July and enables anyone to hire a bike for as little as £1...

Is the introduction of the London Cycle Superhighway a sensible option? following observations with CM readers. • Having seen...

TO COMBAT siphoning of diesel. there is first a need to reduce the amount held in the tank overnight, so till up at the start...

Fateh Logistics wins new 0-licence bid, after calling in a consultant to set the operation straight. A HAULIER CRITICISED at a...

iip TANKER specialist Redway European is looking to increase the authorisation at its '' existing operating centre at the West...

jil Acumen Distribution is looking for authorisation for seven vehicles at a new centre at Haydock Storage in St Helens,...

ill Manchester-based T Hill Transport is looking to remove its operating centre in Tyld' esley in the city from its licence. It...

(. 'oilier Haulage (South Wales) has been v • L , .iven authorisation to run two vehicles and • -. the same number of trailers...

Bibby Distribution has been granted permission to run eight vehicles and 15 trailers at the Aeron Valley Cheese site in...

fo In Flint on 20 May, a public inquiry will take place to consider disciplinary action and repute of the transport manager at...

A leading road transport lawyer says that most of those who appear at public inquiries are not "cowboy operators", but...

Suspect that filching is going in your warehouse? Be careful how you monitor staff, or you could face a tribunal accused of...

Despite the long-predicted demise of the printed word, a healthy if very slowly declining-demand for the road transport...

Operating on a smaller scale is FH Roberts & Sons of Southampton a business grown out of a newspaper wholesaler, working mainly...

Ever since the flight of the newspapers to Wapping in the mid-1980s, led by News International (NI), the big name in newspaper...

Get it right and print work may tick all the bottom-line cost-efficiency boxes by ensuring maximum vehicle and resource...

They say print is dead, but try telling that to Essex-based C&H (Hauliers): it delivers reels of paper to News International...

The trailers that arrive at Broxbourne bear the hallmarks of specific modification and product development. The man behind the...

C&H is part of the Charles Gee Group, which was started by Charles Gee in 1887 as a shipbrokers in London. In the 1970s the...

The Aylesford Newsprint site in Kent, just off the M20, is at the back end of a trading estate. This is where the process to...

serious injuries in transport, CM looks at a new system for fencing-in drivers. Words: Brian Weatheit Images: Tom Cunnin...

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to everyone working at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause...

Tinsley says a series of upgrades to the extendIng ladder incorporated in the Safety-GARD fat-prevention system has enabled it...

Any working at height risk assessment should include the basic questions as to how and why drivers access their vehicles....

As the used truck and van market gets back on its feet, CM looks at who is selling used vehicles and what they are offering....

Buying and browsing online has become the most important tool for the trade to air their wares. Most dealers will have a...

If you have found the truck of your dreams, or one that meets the financial constraints of your wallet, then you have to set...

IVECO-DEALER Guest Trucks has expanded its franchise network east from the Midlands with a new site in Leicester and three...