The Transport Select Committee’s message is clear: VOSA needs more power and more investment quickly (see page 6). It has...

By Christopher Walton VOSA AND THE government must ind ways to improve enforcement and compliance among foreign registered...

By Christopher Walton VOSA REVEALS IT is making signiicant progress in implementing the indings of the Transport Select...

ATFs: VOSA should be required to retain a significant network of sites to ensure adequate national coverage. Fees: Any future...

‘Put pressure on politicians’ PETER CAROLL, OWNER of Kent haulier Seymour Transport and member of campaign group Trans...

By Justin Stanton SOME OPERATORS making deliveries in London are reporting reductions of up to 65% over the past 12 months in...

SC Transport Ltd trading ‘strongly’ in North STEVEN CORNER, founder of SC Transport Ltd, with 19 vehicles and six trailers...

By Roger Brown THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has urged hauliers to raise their rates in the face of the third increase in...

CAVEMAN CONSULTANTS, the Stockton-On-Tees irm that trades as The Logistix Group, is to appear at a public inquiry (PI) where it...

The Truck Net UK forums and Rikki Chequer have been fuelling the debate about diesel and credit cards Discussions on fuel have...

Trucking Britain Out Of Recession This week CM launches an initiative that will track the road transport industry’s path to...

Palletline expects a steady build-up to seasonal peak By Joanna Bourke PALLETLINE expects volumes to increase steadily in the...

Highland haulier starts up THREE INDUSTRY veterans have launched a new road haulage venture, Grampian Continental, despite the...

A FREEZE on fees is just one of several ideas VOSA has asked respondents to review in its latest consultation on changes to the...

By David Harris A PLAN TO SHUT the only road south of Fort William every night for three months has infuriated Scottish...

LESS THAN FOUR months since its launch, the Royal Mail’s Safety Concept Vehicle ( CM 21 May) has already scooped its irst...

Royal Mail strike action boosts rival parcel carriers By Joanna Bourke SPECIALIST PARCEL delivery companies are experiencing...

OPERATION STAMMTISCH, the police meetand-greet service for truckers, is on track to sign 23 of the UK’s 43 police forces up...

DUBLIN-based freight forwarder Irish Global Logistics has signed a deal with two UK hauliers to run regular groupage services...

By Christopher Walton TESCO IS AIMING to cut its annual CO 2 output by 10,000 tonnes and save about £5m a year in fuel costs...

Yorkshire warehouse and logistics hub FREIGHT FORWARDER The Woodland Group has opened a 30,000ft 2 warehouse and logistics...

NOT QUITE THE green shoots of recovery, more the green bricks of recovery. Last week, toy-maker Lego reported a 20% UK sales...

SADLY, I WAS forced to close my general haulage operation last year. The letter from Carl Myers (‘Staying compliant with...

I AM the UK representative for Royen Trailers of Belgium and would like to respond to your ‘The Specifiers’ series article...

Conservative MP and former haulier David Davies knows all about life on the road and explains why the government should ease up...

There has been a lot of bad debt incurred this year. We look at how fuel card suppliers and hauliers are coping if payments go...

Series of drivers’ hours and tachograph offences leads to fish haulier being disqualified from holding an O-licence. A FISH...

Recessionary times can mean there are more businesses for sale and bargains to be had for operators who tread with care....

Handheld computers and a qualification for driving a goods vehicle are playing a vital role in maintaining Bristol-based IJ...

The legendary Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once declared: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” It’s...

McMINN WHOLESALERS Keeping up the worklow in a recession A family affair In the second part of our Specifiers series, we...

DRIVER CPC What’s on offer from CPC trainers With the Driver CPC just around the corner, we look at what some training...

SURVIVING THE DOWNTURN How changing practices have affected firms Too little, too late Everyone has their eyes fixed on...

Hauliers warned to keep an eye on utilities contracts Operators are being urged to keep a closer eye on their utilities...

Investments failing to filter through to construction sector WHILE EXISTING PUBLIC sector construction work may appear to be...

Harvesting behind schedule HARVESTING IS GOING ahead, despite the recent run of wet weather, with farmers fearing that any...

THE COST OF THE Severn Bridge toll is putting a huge financial burden on operators in South Wales and the west of England, with...

Customers who don’t pay put hauliers under pressure CREDIT MANAGEMENT is proving to be crucial in haulage, especially...

More than a third of bosses find staff overclaim expenses IT IS IMPORTANT FOR businesses that want to keep control of costs to...

Ford leads the way after the first three months of the government’s scrappage scheme, with 43% of light CV registrations....

The used market is gradually recovering, according to Cedric Carrick, sales director of Iveco dealership NETV, and there are...