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HOY testing fees went up from 11 August. VOSA says the Increase is to help finance a major refurbishment of test stations....
A Bristol-based haulier is believed to be the first UK operator to have a truck impounded for the non-payment of stowaway fines...
provide their drivers with ladders or extended mirrors to check their vehicles roofs to avoid paying stowaway fines. Mr...
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• Haulage giant Eddie Stobart has broken with tradition by asking drivers to virtually name their hours in a bid to woo good...
• A murder investigation Is under way following a truck theft that left a driver dead. Ian Jones (right), 44, from Hawkhurst...
• VOSA will be given the power to stop vehicles for roadside checks in a pilot scheme taking place across England from...
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• by Jennifer Ball A Diss haulier has slammed Customs & Excise for pursuing a civil action against him for fuel duty evasion,...
• TUG has been accused of burying news of the closure of its depot in Paisley at a time when most people's attention was...
• John Vasey, the truck driver held in a French prison after .£2.5m of cannabis was found on-board his truck, will have his...
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• Heavy hauliers will be spared the wasted hours of waiting for police escorts from the beginning of next year, when they can...
Don't you just love technology? From the sublime to the inevitably ridiculous, what is it about high-tech kit that makes...
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• by David Craik Scottish hauliers are bracing themselves for hem losses if a ferry strike, which would cripple services...
a The number of transport businesses failing in the first six months of 2003 has risen by more than 9% compared with the same...
• Truck operators are predicting a better second half of the year after a slow first six months, but firms remain concerned...
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Until very recently football club Chelsea was, relatively speaking, struggling. Although occasionally challenging for success,...
• Martin Chapman: United Pallet Network "I think they have stolen a march on the other parcel networks—there will certainly be...
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• John Fuller: Spandlers, Great Yarmouth "I'm absolutely delighted—more money was needed and this takeover will provide it. To...
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TIPTON JOINS PALLETFORCE West Midlands-based Tipton Transport has joined Palletforce and will cover the DY postcode....
• by NY ShoPliard A union leader says drivers at haulier James Irlam & Sons will not stand for another imposed pay deal when...
signed a recognition agreement with Scottish firm Whitburn Car Transporters, still believes many traditional hauliers are...
• Directors of Superfast—which launched the Scottish ferry service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge last year—have admitted they...
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W Speed cameras could soon help detect overloaded trucks in ajoint initiative between enforcement agencies. The Weighing In...
• International operators keen to avoid paying the planned German motorway tolls should invest in a driver's lunch, according...
uote was "anti-truck" • The AA has moved to head off a potential row with the haulage industry after one of its officials was...
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• by Whin Barnett Following CeWs recent review of the Clean Air Partners (CAP)-Hardstaff joint venture to convert...
now in place. MAN ERF EuroService 2415 the group's new roadside assistance service, operating out of a new call centre at...
II The continuing rise in commercial vehicle registrations shows no sign of abating, with another record month recorded in...
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• by Colin Barnett It's not often that we see the debut of a completely new truck brand in the UK, and it's fair to say that...
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The licence held by Heather Brown, trading as Wrexhambased Browns Mini Skips, has been revoked by Welsh IC David Dixon. She had...
311 Consideration of disciplinary action against a South Yorkshire haulage frm has been adjourned for six months to give it a...
Feltham-based David Fiockhart, trading as Phoenix Motors, has been fined 1400 and received three penalty points for permitting...
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A public Inquiry into a Merseyside skip hire firm has been adjourned to allow the company and its transport manager to obtain...
A Midlands haulage firm whose boss claimed that tachograph charts went missing during a raid by "30 armed policemen" has had...
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Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago: 14 August 1928...
Our thanks this week to Frigoscandia Distribution for the most endearingly pointless press release of the week. The gist of it...
the mistake occurred. The trunk of the tree and surrounding land outside CH's offices does look like a wastebin, doesn't it?...
A big round of applause to staff from UCI Logistics' Derby depot who have raised over £3,000 for the County Air Ambulance. The...
No 256 in an occasional series. When this photo from the Worshipful Company of Carmen dropped onto our doormat we couldn't...
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staple transport of builders, tradesmen and cowboys alike. Currently undergoing an increase in popularity as more people...
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corrosion protection systems are now taken for granted by many operators. Cabs are painted on-line in the operator's choice of...
• Don't overcomplicate. Too many words or small typefaces lose impact. Your message has to be read from a distance and at...
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• All the paint manufacturers are moving towards coating systems that will allow distributors or paintshops to mix a wider...
produce the retro-reflective or conspicuity tape used to outline trailers and emergency service vehicles. It helps other road...
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is done using self-adhesive vinyl. This material has transformed truck and van liveries, making it cost-effective for even the...
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the truck, van or body in vinyl. This technique offers the benefits of an eye-catching livery but allows you to preserve the...
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contradiction. On the one hand, it is the epitome of a traditional famlyowned and operated transport company. Family members...
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10 stone in weight but truck manufacturers, dealers and drivers all know he's a force to be reckoned with as fleet engineer of...
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firm in Bradford: "It was then that I realised it was far easier to operate a truck rather than to drive one," he laughs....
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These regulations implement the European Horizontal Directive on working time, bringing non-mobile workers in the transport...
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industrial relations for centuries, The Training Code of Practice for the road haulage and distribution industry is endorsed by...