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• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. No, it was definitely the worst of times. Why so morbid? Our exdusive...
• Unless you're one of the unlucky (or perhaps that should be lucky) ones who are working over the Christmas break you'll no...
GOP more than usual. That's because we've created a special triple edition which will last you right through to 13 January when...
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PERSISTENT DRINKER A 53-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in a Manchester jail and banned from driving until 2005...
complaints about flagged out vehicles being fined. The French take the view that Dutch-registered vehicles on UK 0-licences are...
and local authorities about its plans to streamline road maintenance procedures.
extension to its contract with Texaco Global Lubricants to provide distribution services from Texaco's Stoke-on-Trent facility...
the A40 in West London may have cost taxpayers £20m as 200 houses were bought and then demolished in preparation.
Automotive logistics company Walon UK has signed a deal with Toyota (GB) to provide preparation for all its vehicles imported...
110 reefer trailers with eight Fruehauf Iceliners worth £350.000 from General Trailers. The trailers will be used for frozen...
new TV campaign featuring Santa Claus arriving in a truck. The adverts will air on CNN.
EXCLUSIVE SURVEY IN by Charles Young More than three-quarters of small haulage companies would quit the industry now if they...
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Sutton licence hit over maintenance • by Mike Jewell Leading Hazahern haulier Suttons has had the authorisation on its...
• Haulier Stan Robinson is about to launch his own fan club which will operate "on similar lines to Eddie Stobart's". From the...
• BP Truckstops has promised "Things have deteriorated to improve its network following rapidly," he says. "RP has got a a...
A petrol station in Northern Ireland has been selling rebated "green" diesel direct from its pumps at 55p/lit. Customs officers...
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Trailer Technology Automatic Brake Adjuster The only Automatic Brake Adjuster achieving sixyear average life on trailer...
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• by Mike Jewell Two Welsh tipper operators and a technician who fitted interrupter devices to their vehicles have had their...
Hauliers will soon be abele to pay lower rates of vehicle excise duty by voluntarily downplating vehicles without having to...
• Truck drivers could be called to demonstrate again against long working hours. Last week Europe's transport ministers failed...
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events and traffic blackspots to theft and fuel prices. If you have information for inclusion send it to Commercial Neter, Room...
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fhe Hawk's many friends in the industry and at the same time help a deserving charity...Good luck! S o where are you planning...
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Christmas we come up with a roadtest that's a little out of the ordinary This year we've teamed up with our continental...
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The horse still ruled the road when The Commercial Motor first hit the news stands, but war and petrol power were just around...
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TAX NO T IM Taxation, the General Strike, vehicle insurance and the Second World War provided CM with plenty to talk about...
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ommercial Motor left its readers in no doubt as to what it thought of the 1947 Transport Act, "Having been married in haste to...
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The industry has been transformed since the sixties, when there was no Severn Bridge in existence and hauliers were protesting...
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D When different government bodies contradict each other over the interpretation of the law, it is the unfortunate transport...
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having similar features under the skin, but in the early years of the 20th century there was a bewildering variety of vehicles...
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A t the turn of the cen tury coachbuilders struggled to adapt traditional horse-drawn wagon designs to the newfangled...
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vehicle. .4.1 4 . 6 10 takes a random dip into the archives for a aste of how it used to be lthough the Commercial Motor...
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have occurred during their tour of duty and find that some things never change. ALAN MILLAR (left), CM reporter and later news...
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millennium issue the most enjoyable aspect has been looking at past editions of CM to find out their predictions. Some have...
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nium Dome opens its doors to the pubfic on 1 January, eyes will be peering at a truly awe some structure. Without doubt the...
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look after himself in the cut-throat world of road transport. Tint Maughan crossed the Atlantic to meet an outspoken haulier...
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be ready to live with, and learn from, a haulage community that does business in a Single Market. In this focus some top...
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With more than 2,700 trucks, French operator Ciraud is a transport giant. It has acquired more than 60 companies in several...
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"Here in Sweden we see a development so tremendous that we have 40 export trucks running regular traffic. Besides this we...
are a regular sight on British roads. Here he reveals how he has made his operation pay by designing ultra-lightweight trailers...
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of borrowed trucks 10 years ago. Since then the business has taken off... 1 DENMARK dMIIIM N ot many hauliers begin life with...
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a busy Christ ma& • If you would like to feature in Working Week please fax your details to features editor Patric Cunnane or...