The Conservatives are to make John Prescott the main focus of their autumn fight-back after polls suggested that voters see...

A Walsall Council refuse collector who received a final warning after his lorry rolled away into a school has kept his job. A...

The Road Haulage Association has appointed Steve Ellis as area manager for its Southern & Eastern region.

Ericsson and Scania are to cooperate on the development of wireless Internet communications for road transport.

Police have failed to identify one of two men who were killed in a head-on collision between an A-reg Vauxhall Nova and a lorry...

Securicor Omega Express has launched an on-line booking service for its Sameday courier services. It is at www.securicorcom.

Mercedes-Benz Atego 1823 has gained its Reduced Pollution Certificate, making it eligible for a VED reduction from £1.600 to...

Rush-hour traffic was brought to a halt in Cheltenham. Glos, last week as firemen climbed 80ft up a building to rescue stranded...

by Miles Brignall Steven Norris has quit his job as director general of the Road Haulage Association after losing a power...

not see eye to eye and it's clear both had different views on how the organisation should develop and how best to fight against...

• A truck carrying British beef finally left UK shores this week following the EU's decision to lift its 29-month ban. The...

MAN has told the Financial Times that it would consider a merger with another truck company. Chairman Rudolf Rupprecht said...

II by Miles Brignall The Freight Irarisport Association is launching what tt hopes will be a ilm advertising cam paign to...

to 10 new "priority lanes' on roads across the country have been dismissed by the Highways Agency. The speculation has centred...

Busy, busy, busy. The industry's two trade associations have certainly been busy. The Freight Transport Association's planned...

• by Sally Nash Long waiting times for new Volvo trucks are forcing operators to turn to the nearly new left-hand drive market,...

• Dover-based international operator Mike Beer has asked CM to point out that it is the UK police and not the Dutch which are...

NI A further eight drivers employed by Okehampton-based Bryan Haulage have pleaded guilty to drivers' hours offences at...

• Operators avoiding crippling UK diesel prices are fuelling expansion of a Belgian haulier that is extending its...

• Deputy Prime Minister and senior Transport Minister John Prescott has condemned criticisms of his department published in the...

• by Sally Nash Hauliers should brace themselves for more diesel price hikes as the cost of crude oil continues to soar, warns...

The winner of the Haulier of the Year award, Stan Robinson, has had an application to expand his Stafford premises turned down...

pallet delivery network, has been awarded a contract to deliver all NuAire's pallets throughout the UK.

has won a contract with the Unipart Group of Companies to service its operations in Northern Ireland.

a dedicated delivery service for jointventure Unipart Yukata Systems, running five daily deliveries between Unipart's Cowley...

contract with Adidas to provide a dedicated fleet and in-house management service to the sportswear manufacturer's national...

palletised freight, has added three new members to its network—Carrolls Transport covering postcodes KT, SW and TW, 1st Choice...

supplier of fasteners to Volvo Trucks' European production units in a contract estimated to be worth SEK1.2bn (£92.4m) in total...

• by Melanie Hammond French authorities are stepping up the hunt for the ringleaders responsible for trafficking illegal...

• Somerset-based DF George is following in the footsteps of Ralph Davies International by contesting the right of Granada...

• An liGV driver was trapped in the boot of a car for six hours last Saturday after being forced from his vehicle at gunpoint...

About 2,300 lorries face being re-routed through Newbury following the revelation that the A34 bypass needs resurfacingjust 10...

• by Melanie Hammond Computer problems and staff illness have combined to play havoc with annual test bookings in Kent. At...

• Autologic Holdings boosted pre-tax profit by almost 9% to $6.3m for the first half of the year, despite the UK car market...

The health of a British truck driver held in a Belgian prison for a crime for which he was initially cleared in 1997 is rapidly...

• This year's vehicle taxation changes have made 6x2 tractors a tempting proposition—the extra up-front cost is offset by...

all but its automotive operations to satisfy creditors, as General Motors continues talks on a shared future. Meanwhile, LDV...

Mitsubishi 1.200 Double Cab pickups are now supplied with "Easy Select 4WD", which allows twoor four-wheel drive to be selected...

Loading equipment maker Paffinger has extended its scope with the purchase of the French Guima brand. Guima is the world's...

Next year's combined CV Show at the NEC has already attracted 365 exhibitors, up nearly 50% on this year's event. Stand space...

after September 1 will come with two years' warranty, with an optional extension to five years.

CMsends its best wishes to Rod Collett, Volvo's demonstration vehicle guru, who is recovering from a heart attack.

• by Colin Barnett The barely disguised anger at Scania after Volvo launched its bid to take over its fiercest rival has...

• Mercedes-Benz is targeting the British armed forces market with a new company, Mercedes-Benz (UK) Defence. The move follows...

four vehicles and 10 trailers at a new operating centre at Span Bridge in the Highlands, the Scottish TO Michael Betts has...

by Strathearn fodder, Scottish IC Michael Betts has warned the company, based at Crieff, Tayside, about its future operations....

Using a vehicle with defective brakes has cost lorry driver Peter Pierce, of Conway, north Wales, INS in fines and costs....

The licence held by John Golding (Heavy Haulage), of Wootton Under Edge, was cut by one vehicle after Western IC Christopher...

Four more men have been fined as a result of Operation flintstone, the Vehicle Inspectorate's investigation into tachograph...

Consideration of disciplinary action against a Manchester haulier was adjourned until he is fit to give evidence, but only if...

The Transport Tribunal has upheld a decision to refuse a new international licence to Mark and Robert Coalter, trading as HMC...

A plant hire operator who had been using an artic without authority has had a trailer authorised on his licence after...

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• Roadlink International has been appointed as the UK's national distributor for Perrot brake components. Perrot, now part of...

suggest the savings for whole life vehicle costs are greater than previously thought. One major UK fleet, which has been using...

• New from Allen Industrial is Flexilec, a highly flexible small diameter seven-core electrical coil. It also has a...

Magneti MareIli Aftermarket has extended its XM Xchange rotating electrics programme, following the introduction of 174 new...

• More than 70 colours are now available in the SmartTone Bumper Coater aerosol range from Ashford Automotive Systems...

• Spaldings has introduced a range of 110 volt Ryobi power tools. The range includes 4.5, 5 and 9in angle grinders with motor...

Specialist fork truck accessory manufacturer Contact Attachments now offers a twoperson version of its access platform called...

II Snap-on Tools offers a new cordless impact wrench, the CTU350. It is suitable for removing wheelnuts and for general...

Motor? Does someone In the Industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down? Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

TLS area sales manager Wendy Lancaster does not look like the kinda gal who usually lets herself be pushed around, but for...

Pictured here is Roger Lambert (left) of Roger Lambert Transport, based in Derbyshire, taking receipt of the keys to a Wilson...

When The Hawk wants to work up a thirst, he grabs Foclen the dog and they set off at a brisk pace for a local hostelry. The...

You wouldn't have thought it was possible for something so mechanical to look so smug. Well this Nissan Pickup King Cab has...

Atkinson can exist in today's tough commercial environment, but above all else, this Oldhambased company is a survivor. Since...

Owner-driver Colin Taylor runs out of Hailsham Industrial Estate in the north of Lincolnshire with his Seddon Atkinson Strato...

MARK JASINSKI "Good, sensibly priced workhorses." Mark Jasinski has run his tipper and low loader haulage operation from...

• Rob Cantrill and Sons, Phil and Ben, base their operation at Retford. For the last ii years dad has been running to Russia...

Mike Panne! of Panne! Commercials, Seddon Atkinson's main dealer located at Launceston, Cornwall, carries 20 used Seddon...

Chris Wright is the managing director of Commercial Vehicle Auctions. He has traded in Doncaster since 1989 and holds...

VERDICT Not a truck for imageconscious operators, but traditional British engineering combining major proprietary components...

to ask the managing director of a removals firm for half an hour of their time, August has to be the worst. The weather is fine...

• Health and safety is a major concern to removals operators. One of the more obvious risks is that, more than any other sector...

• There can be few sectors of the road haulage industry as cyclical as the removals business. Not only does the property...

Space rather than mileage is the priority for the high-cube vehicles used in the removals sector. Sharon Clancy reports on the...

• Luton bodies are usually either grp or aluminium. Tim Maxted, of Essex-based Chelmar Bodies, says using aluminium can save...

A prohibition order can keep a dangerous HGV off the roadbut a cowboy haulier could still use the vehicle. Impounding would...

If your fleet has switched to synthetic lubricants and you fail to manage their use effectively, operating costs will rocket....

ONE carefu l OWNER Hauliers need to cut costs as much as they can. Used workshop equipment is one way to trim spending, hut...

Mudie-Bond. A fraught week is rescued by an invitation to a golf tournament. • if you would like to feature in Working Week...

• Buyers of used tractors now want at least 385hp and sometimes as much as 475hp on tap. What they do not want is 35ohp or...

• Independent dealer Euro Wise of Aylesham in Kent has found out what to do with used 4x2 day-cab 3zohp ex-contract tractors....

• There is a widening gap between the prices realised by used alloybodied tipper trailers signed off as UKASTAfriendly (United...

• Prices for new curtainsider trailers are spiralling ever-downwards, according to industry insiders; and that is bad news for...

Volvo dealership MC Truck & Bus is opening a big new site in September at West Thurrock in Essex funded jointly with the...

• Leyland Daf and LDV dealer Lex Commercials of Wrexham has used e-mail to sell an LDV Convoy van to an American firm, It was...