• Look in any newspaper and you'll find a financial pundit. The opening story in last week's Sunday Telegraph City & Business...

• Hauliers' operating costs will rise by an average of 1.1% this week following a Budget which freezes VED but adds a massive...

by Gail Ashton • Transport secretary John MacGregor has been asked to investigate a freight and driving tuition firm accused of...

• Arbitrators have been called in to break a deadlock between unions and the Road Haulage Association over regional pay claims...

• The jobs of Redland Distribution's 30 drivers are in danger, says the TGWU, which claims the transport company's parent is...

by Amanda Bradbury • The Government is prepared to bypass EC employee transfer rules which could have stopped hauliers winning...

• A duel for Leyland Daf's Chorley parts warehouse began this week as management there announced plans to buy the business,...

Reefer specialist and major Leyland Daf operator Hargrave International has criticised a letter from Renault VI UK's managing...

• A crackdown on drivers' eyesight in the West Midlands last week is believed to be the first roadside eye test in England and...

• International operators are likely to face increased costs when they are charged for road use in the EC countries where toll...

by Karen Miles • In what is believed to be the start of a campaign to crack down on drivers' hours offences committed abroad,...

• A report into the transport of animals has called for better training for livestock hauliers. The study also recommends that...

• The Transport & General Workers Union will meet P&O Roadtanks this week to discuss a 2% pay increase the tanker operator is...

• Renault and Volvo's joint cab and engine development programme has stepped up a gear following contrasting financial results,...

• Little known specialist vehicle manufacturer Bucher-Guyer of Niederwenigen, Switzerland has won an order for 2,000 Duro 4x4...

• The first Volvo Bus B6 3139 seat midi bus/coach chassis will roll off the line at Irvine next week. Equipped with air...

EXCLUSIVE • Six months ago Scania unveiled its integral retarder for PCVs at the Rai Bus Show. The hydrodynamic secondary brake...

by Karen Miles • in an apparent move to cut costs and simplify its distribution arrangements, Carnaud Metal Box is axing small...

• Former Deadman Holdings directors are to launch a management buyout package for the business next month. The deal would...

• Gilbraith Tankers is looking for a partner to invest in its temperature-controlled subsidiary GS (Storage & Distribution) in...

by Juliet Parish • More than half of Billinghambased R Durham and Sons' 97 drivers have voted to take industrial action unless...

• The United Road Transport Union is to mediate in a rate-cutting dispute between Archbold and 40 owner-drivers sub-contracted...

by Juliet Parish • British Steel has shelved costcutting proposals to use a single haulier instead of 17 for its Teesside...

• Used truck specialist Chaddesley Commercials (Kidderminster) is aiming to boost its second-hand business by up to 50%...

• "Grossly incompetent" Kildonan MacBrayne Haulage had its licence authorisation chopped by half at an Edinburgh disciplinary...

• The North Eastern Traffic Commissioner has cut three months and two vehicles off Notts-based Fernwood Transport's licence...

• A court has pardoned a driver punished for using a vehicle in a dangerous condition after his artic shed both nearside wheels...

• A six-year saga of convictions and prohibition notices against the Lewis family which runs Newport-based SJ Haulage & Storage...

• A man who took over his dead 6 employer's business without realising he needed a new Operator's Licence, has been ordered to...

Fewer vehicles • Maintenance problems led to Blackwood-based Adams Haulage's authorisation being cut from eight vehicles and...

Tax disc convictions • North Eastern 436 Traffic Commissioner Keith Waterworth may take away Roy Richardson's 0-Licence, on...

Green pressure groups have called on the transport industry to act more responsibly to protect our environment. But who should...

SPECIFICATION Model: Volkswagen Polo Fox van. Engine: Volkswagen four-cylinder OHC petrol, with fuelinjection and catalytic...

• CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate to become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or...

otor industries charity Ben announces its annual golf classic, which will be held at the Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club...

ahese are some of the children recently helped by parcels operator Elan when it provided free delivery for four consigments of...

For the competition readers are asked to suggest further useful gestures which they would like to see in lights. Lam happy to...

I2ccidents are caused by other people. That's the illogical belief of most drivers, says an AA report Risk and Safety on the...

ahe Hawk is aware that many readers retain an affection for buses and public transport so I was pleased to receive a copy of...

f the first major revision of the Highway Code for 14 years is to be believed, vehicle headlights are no longer necessary at...

Swift Transport 's engineering boss Colin Miles faced a tough task when he began to spec up a dual-height artic to make the...

Wimbledon farmers. These are the people who have kept the fourwheel-drive sector in a frenzy of activity in the past few years:...

MONEY MATTERS No operator in his right mind would fail to insure his vehicles, loads or premises, but many do without income...

To most people truck noise means exhaust noise, or possibly engine noise. But as engines get quieter the tyre manufacturers...

The BSI has published a draft version of its longawaited standard for wheel fixing. The final version is due to be published...

The sacking of trade union activists at Nolan Transport in Wexford, Ireland, has led to acrimony between a tiny band of...

And so another truck manufacturer could be heading for the obituary column. When are the people of this country going to get...

I have a Department of Transport booklet which implies that offroad driving does not count as driving because it can be marked...

I hold a group A driving licence issued in 1976. For the past four years I have driven a charity welfare bus used as free...

g1 n a recent issue covering the Brussels show, CM posed the question: Are British bodybuilders missing the European boat?"...