• The Black Count DevelopmentCorporation has opened the final 800m of dual-carriageway giving access to the M6 and M5. Peter...

by Sally Nash • Furious drivers at Suffolk-based European Road Services, who say they have not been paid for weeks, have taken...

• Winning its members compensation from the French government will be a major priority for a leaner, meaner Road Haulage...

by Miles Brignall • The Government has admitted that it is way behind in its bridge improvement plan so it will be forced to...

• The Government is reviewing how its agencies regulate the road haulage industry and is expected to consider changes to the...

ccording to the Elizabethan sage Richard Hooker: "Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better."...

providing the information they need to stay profitable, professional and legal. But we also like to talk to our readers, to...

by Rob Willock • Government departments are hinting that the Chancellor intends to use tax changes in his March Budget to make...

• RaiItrack has finally simplified its pricing structure for track access after 14 months of talks with freight operator...

• A victim of truck theft says the manufacturer of his failed tracking system demanded £30 before it would tell him why the...

• Conciliation service ACAS has been asked to step into a dispute over wages between Lynx Express and the RMT union. The row...

• Goods in America were brought to a standstill last week as 190,000 workers at parcels giant UPS went on strike. The UK's...

by Rob Willock • Magistrates' rulings on road transport cases are "a complete lottery" and should be subject to more reliable...

• Six out of nine proposed checks to enforce the London lorry ban were cancelled in the first quarter of 1997. And the reason,...

• McGregor Cory carried the torch for hauliers in last week's Manchester to London transport challenge, organised by...

• Transport Development Group plans to reposition itself in the rental market following "disappointing" results in its hire...

by Karen Miles • International operators look set to continue to benefit from the current array of highly competitive...

• Hauliers are being advised to avoid the border between Serbia and Montenegro after reports of Serbian police stopping...

Hays Distribution were last week celebrating new retail contracts which will create a total of 750 jobs. Wincanton has won a...

• Humber Bridge tolls are set to jump by £4.50 over the next year, the Government announced last week. The controversial...

by Sally Nash • North Yorkshire police have launched a campaign to crack down on drivers parking overnight in laybys on the...

• A self-employed lorry driver frotn Sheerness has been jailed for 10 yean; for smuggling 0.5 million-worth of cannabis, hidden...

• The European Court has ruled that the term "waste" includes anything discarded by the owners, even if it has a commercial...

* Dover Harbour Board is expanding its freight services area. The area, due to be completed in August next year, will provide...

• Mercedes-Benz led the UK sales league last month with 399 registrations, according to the SMMT. Leyland DaF was second with...

by Brian Weatherley • Mercedes tipper operators planning to replace their long-serving six and eight-leggers with new...

• ERF has started to deliver Western Star Commander tractors to Australia for use as artics and B-double roadtrains. The...

by Charles Young • Volvo, Foden and Iveco Ford have tendered for the supply of 121 self-loading dump trucks for the Royal...

• Citroen's Berlingo has made a strong impact on the highcube market since its launch last October, overtaking Ford and closing...

mounted sweeper • Scarab Sweepers will launch a truckmounted sweeper at next month's Institute of Municipal Transport show....

by Toby Clark • Biggleswade haulier Auld Bros is taking on ERF with a Fuel Duel of its own. The distribution operator has just...

• I.,DV has launched a factorybuilt pickup dropside based on the 2.8-tonne Pilot chassis cab which offers a nominal payload of...

• The Freight Transport Association, in association with Ford, has published Minibuses—a guide for users and operators to...

• Three specially designed ERF recycled waste collection vehicles have begun work with Crop Oxfoc. Supplied by KL Commercials,...

• Maintenance problems have resulted in the authorisation on the licence held by Derek Cooper (Transport), of Bury St Edmunds,...

• A Hamiltonbased company, which got into trouble after its managing director became seriously ill and his daughter and...

416 • A Liverpool haulier's case was described by North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Jack Levin as the worst he had...

• A former policeman has been jailed for a year after being found guilty of causing the death of a truck driver following a...

• A Cheshire company which operated without a licence since 1995 has been told that if interim authority were granted it would...

• Despite revoking the licence held by Aldridge Warehousing, now in liquidation, Western Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps...

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• imperial Car/Van Panels Lamps, which claims to be the UK's largest motor factor specialising in exterior vehicle parts, has...

• GP Automotive has extended its range of Sidem Steering and suspension parts, which includes references for Scanias and...

• I ISS Hire Service Group has adopted 3M Commercial Graphics' red reflective safety strip across its 400-strong CV fleet. The...

• Following successful trials at its Warrington depot, Safeway has installed satellite tracking systems in all its trucks in a...

• Parts factors who want to supply CV silencers can now acquire replacement silencers and fittings from Truckrnaster Direct,...

• Specialist bodybuilder and repairers Fresmco of Trafford Park, Manchester is taking more than 930m 2 on the Grange in...

• Saturday, 2 August. Cup Race 1: G Korber (MAN). 2: H Luostarinen (Cat). 3: F Kreutzpointner (MAN). 4: N Crozier (MAN)....

1. H Luostarinen (Cat)-292 points. 2. F Kreutzpointner (MAN)---264. 3. M Oestnich (M-13)-224. 4. N Crozier (MAN)-196. 5. G...

• Ell Training Services are conducting a series of twoday ADR refresher training courses for drivers whose current ADR...

• Lynx has appointed three new directors: David Mitchell, engineering director; Neil Bingham, commercial director; and Nick...

• The French chamber of commerce in the UK has launched its 1997/98 CrossChannel Transport Directory. The first section...

ichard Barnett's "Sound Off" (CM n.24-30 July) rightly raises the question of what makes an integrated transport policy, but...

I have read about the ERR Fuel Duel challenge in the press and it seems the ERF people seem to blame the drivers for not...

W ith regard to John Dickson-Simpson's letter (CM 24-30 July) there are a few facts which should be stated. He is discussing...

R i chard Diment (CM 10-16 July) makes the honest mistake of suggesting that most local residents support the nowcancelled...

fan of collectibles himself, the Hawk was very interested in the outcome of this year Corgi Classics Fantasy Fleet II...

0 he blends in beautifully, doesn't she? The "she" I am referring to is Altona Lea Broker Emma, winner of the Supreme Dairy...

driver with Jade Transport of Ashford, has won a 10in colour Euro TV for his cab as the first winner in a series of free prize...

A G AIN There's never been a new truck made that didn't have some teething troubles, and Iveco's EuroTech is no exception....

As usual, after our full roadtest we handed our test truck over to three regular drivers who we met at the BP South Mimms...

parent company, mail order giant Littlewoods, and deals with a further 15 million parcels for other clients. Business Express...

While the buyers and sellers of houses wait on tenterhooks to complete, the removals companies suffer from feast or famine. And...

The Landfill Tax is being blamed for an increase in fly-tipping and a slump in work for the lawabiding tipper operators we...

Just about every haulier in the land has now embraced computerisation. Clever you. But just round the corner is a disaster...

L ast month, the Government named the Road Haulage & Distribution Training Council as one of the country's first National...

st nightmare / t's every operator's nightmare. The telephone rings in the middle of the night. You're still half asleep and can...

6 1 t is extremely difficult to teach grownup people anything. It is, however, relatively easy to create conditions under...