by Karen Miles • Fraudsters selling LGV test passes to novices will be able to continue cashing in unless the procedure for...

• Legislation designed to combat bridge bashing, due for implementation on 1 June, is to be delayed by up to six months because...

Lynx managing director will leave his post if the NFC parcels subsidiary is bought, as predicted in CM., by Great Universal...

by Karen Miles • Two thousand workers employed by Leyland Daf before its receivership last year are to fight the Government,...

• An agency whose driver was kidnapped by thieves has stepped up security by sending an additional driver on the contract....

• Around 50 driver, warehouse and office jobs could be lost when BOC Interbrand's depot in Leeds is closed in May, warns the...

vehicle maintenance is the most profitable local authority contract to run, according to the Public Services Privatisation...

• Conditional notice of termination of milk collection and haulage contracts go out to Milk Marketing Board subcontractors next...

• Lincolnshire-based haulier Polly-Parrett looks set to fold next month after its directors (.1l in company liquidators....

warehouse operatives will be laid when Placketts Express Parcels completes a move to Telford from Nottingham next month. "We...

by Juliet Parish • Poole-based freight forwarder Transfresh is poised to go into creditors' voluntary liquidation this month....

• The founder of Rotherham based general haulier Gloystarne & Company is set to buy the business he has seen grow by at least a...

by Juliet Parish • The Road Haulage Association is warning union officials that hauliers will pull out of collective wage...

• A 3.6% increase on basic pay. • A £15 increase in weekly sick pay to £60. • An increase in overnight subsistence from...

III A £45m order placed with Ford by Darlington-based Northgate Motor Holdings is likely to be matched by a similar order next...

South Eastern Licensing Authority Michael Turner has revoked the vocational licence held by the LGV driver at the centre of...

• Vehicle distributor Walon is recruiting 70 temporary transporter drivers—an increase of 23%—to meet a continuing increase in...

• An unofficial lorry park for 130 vehicles in Milton Keynes has been given the green light to continue operating by...

contract out its haulage unless its 211 drivers accept a pay cut which drivers fear will amount to 20%. It is understood that...

• A Government U-turn has dashed Thames Estuary tipper operators' hopes of a bonanza in imported building materials...

• Trailer operator B&I Line says the trailer freight service agreement with Pandoro which has operated from Fleetwood to...

• Post Office management has put thousands of drivers jobs on the line at Royal Mail and Parcelforce in a bid to force the...

• ERF will launch its flagship Olympic cab at Truckfest on 1-2 May. The high-roof, twin bunk EC cab is based on the Sovereign...

• Citroen has announced its version of the new Sevel van, the Relay. It replaces the current C25, covering the 2.8-3.5-tonne...

Fiat's new Ducato is being launched in the UK in June. CM has driven left-hand-drive versions of the long awaited van, and we...

As we move into this year's pay round, employers are moving into a tougher negotiating gear. The trouble is, drivers could be...

of Raymond Clarke, of Lyndhurst Days Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, after he failed to appear before Leigh Magistrates to answer...

authority to operate eight vehicles and two trailers from the Caine, Wiltshire, premises of Dalgety Agriculture, an...

adjourned for the fourth time after he told South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh he had still not obtained a...

warning that it must observe the conditions of its 10 vehicle international licence following a complaint about on-street parking.

• BO C Distribution Services has to wait until it has erected an acoustic screen at its Warrington depot for an increase in...

11 • Taking no disciplinary action against Apex Transport Serv ices, North Western LA Martin Albu adjourned the company's bid...

operators failing to return 0-licence identity discs after going out of business. In revoking the licences held by Newton...

• Despite opposition from the Road Haulage Association on grounds of repute and finance, father and son, Thomas and Allan Dale,...

tacho charts to drivers • Failing to issue a tachograph chart to the driver of an eightwheeled tipper, being moved under trade...

by Juliet Parish III Truck drivers are unlikely to recover money lost to this month's tax increases in their 1994 pay...

• Motorway services operator Granada is rewarding regular customers with credits which can be used to purchase goods at its 25...

East Yorkshire-based owner-driver John Scholey tells us why he loves his 15-year-old Mack R686RT. W hen I acquired the truck...

5 he Department of Transport has just squandered £250,000 without a penny of the money being used to improve roads or services...

a ongratulations are due to Heanor lass Julia Wilson who has passed her CPC exams to add to the LGV licence she already...

ave Turvey, boss of Interlink's Crawley depot, is still bathing the blisters after partaking in last Sunday's London Marathon....

ri la in's Sieve Parrish came top of the field at Brands Hatch over the Easter weekend in the first round of the European Truck...

la ransport Secretary John MacGregor has told a worried Norfolk motorist that LGVs can legally drive at 60mph on...

T he article on Debt Collection in Money Matters in 31 March issue caught my eye. My husband is an ownerdriver and has been...

I n a recent article in your Sound Off section the issue of agency drivers and tachograph charts was raised. I would like to...

• A one-day conference organised by the Rail Freight Group and the Waterfront Partnership will highlight business opportunities...

• Automechanika, one of the largest shows for the automobile trade, will take place in Frankfurt on 13-18 September. A new...

• The Freight Transport Association is running an international transport and trading course on 27-29 April and 13-15 September...

• The East Anglia Roads to Prosperity Campaign's annual transport forum will take place at the Posthouse, Cambridge on 13 May....

• Transport Policy and Global Warming is an account of a 1992 international seminar held by the European Conference of...

• In the run up to new EC legislation next January, EP Training Services is running a dangerous goods training course in Great...

• Fleet managers and ownerdrivers are being targeted by the newly launched Ryder Insurance Service. All contract hire needs,...

• J Maple has launched a range of immobilisation systems for brakes, fuel and electrics. The brake immobiliser has been...

• A Warn Winch accessory kit is now available from Ryders of Liverpool. It includes reinforced gloves, a tree protection strap...

• French company Sowiau Diagnostic Electronique will Launch its latest diagnostic station during the Automotive Trade Show at...

• BLA Spilkleen is offering a hand protection solution for dealing with chemical or pollutant spillage. Safeskin Invisible...

• A contraflow has been introduced on the M5 between Poltimore and Hele north of Exeter in Devon for reconstruction from 6...

BAS ICS • The eight-wheeler market increased last year by a massive 60% albeit from a very low 1992 base of only 800 units....

Constructor by any other name, was the most powerful model of a fivemodel range. It offered the choice of Cummins L10 250 and...

r N Road transport is covered by myriad ■ 10 acts and regulations. Offences against ". these result in penalty points or...

Lords decision which held out the prospect of improved employment protection for part-time workers—and vastly increased costs...

Tough new regulations covering the transport of dangerous goods will hit smaller operators hard. Many may be forced out of the...

• All drivers of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes carrying dangerous substances have to obtain a Vocational Training Certificate no...

Apart from the middle of a tunnel or the hold of a ferry, there are few hiding places for a truck fitted with a satellite...

cif = coming into force SI No 298-Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulation 1994.-cif 1 September 1994. Implements EC...

• Operator Licensing—simplification of the '0' Licence system included in Deregulation Bill before Parliament • '0' Licensing...

• Vehicle weights and dimensions—harmonisation throughout EU Commission proposal for a Council Directive on protection of...

Iveco Ford Truck and the RHA, was the brainchild of CM's news editor, Nicky Clarke. "Every Monday morning CM'S news team return...

A healthier breakfast than most leaves CM's lean and hungry gourmet, Steve McQueen, still lean but not hungry after a visit to...