laura.haitstoneldrbi.co,uk VOSA'S LONG-AWAITED contract for Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs) has been published this week,...

CM understands the Steeton VOSA test station in West Yorkshire will close on 31 March. Labour MP Ann Cryer, along with local...

Al COVER STORY By Chris Tindatt DENBY TRANSPORT reveals that VOSA has stonewalled its requests to erase the prohibition...

Stafford-based Stan Robinson says it is "as committed as ever" to getting its longer, heavier vehicle (LHV) onto the road, and...

christopher.waltonfarbi.co.uk EUROTUNNEL, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, has defended itself against accusations that...

New Transporter debuts in UK VOLKSWAGEN'S NEW Transporter range is now avalable in the UK, It features revised external...

Daikeith switches pallet networks MIDLOTHIAN-BASED Dalkeith Transport SE Storage has left Palletways after a 10-year stint to...

Sy Chris Tindall ABOVE-INFLATION test fee increases have not been ruled out as VOSA pursues its plan to close its own testing...

Owner-operators are back on one of their favourite subjects again: the cost of fuel. One topic on the forums not only shows...

CM COVER STORY . oanna.hourke@rbi,co.uk WINCANTON HAS given the heads of seven of its business units the task of bringing in a...

Stobart Group on track to beat last year's performance STOBART GROUP SAYS it will not only meet its year-end pretax profit...

Search Impex to display model behaviour at CV Operator Show DERBYSHIRE COMPANY Search Impex will have more than 100 trucks on...

RHA wins at unfair dismissal tribunal brown@rbi.co.uk THE ROAD HAULAGE Association (RHA) has successfully defended a claim...

Ford: Transit MoT failures are no cause for concern FORD HAS DISMISSED the annual vehicle test failure rates recently released...

By Chris Tindall A PERMANENT LORRY parking solution for hauliers caught up in Operation Stack on the M20 in Kent is no closer...

DRINKS DISTRIBUTOR Nectar has taken delivery of two Isuzu 7.5-tonne trucks with curtain-sided bodies from the Bevan Group for...

kevin ,swa Row r rb 1,co.0 SAINSBURY'S HAS USED economic muscle to secure a better deal on new equipment for subbie Turners...

A 'hole' Lot of misery for the UK IS YOUR SUSPENSION taking a hammering? Are you bouncing up and down in the cab? The weather...

January's survey asked operators about the balance of their business: how much is your biggest customer responsible for? The...

Is Renault Trucks finally stepping out from behind its Swedish sibling in the UK? Commercial Motor talks to its British boss,...

There's no better exemplar of the French manufacturer's heavy truck identity than the Magnum. Renault's heavy truck DNA has run...

Fancy losing your biggest customer and having to appeal against the loss of your 0-licence? No, neither did LE Jones, but the...

In fact, despite the haulier's legal difficulties and the publicity that came with it, Hughes says most of its customers stayed...

1 will miss Bryans Haulage I'VE JUST found out that Bryans Haulage has become another victim of the recession. I live down...

IT IS a shame that the archive picture illustrating Ian Norwell's feature 'Under starter's orders...' (CM 14 January) didn't...

CM REPORTED that the Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage Association have "refused to comment" on policy formation...

The DTC is confident that the firms involved will behave in future now that he has been forced to act. TWO ASSOCIATED...

A COMPANY escaped with a formal warning after it remedied maintenance problems, including the poor condition of trucks in...

A SKIP OPERATOR escaped action against its 0-licence after it gave undertakings that were linked to safety inspections; brake...

Drivers have some leeway to exceed their hours in bad weather, but operators must ensure they understand the limitations....

Rigorously high standards of compliance might seem too costly for many hauliers, but the experience of Maxi Haulage suggests...

it forgoes any flashy gimmicks and crafty marketing campaigns more commonly associated with other products on the market. It...

specification to meet the Euro-5 emissions levels and kept pace with its rivals in the automated transmission market, thanks to...

Health and safety is about identifying and minimising risk. But it is crucial. to know what to do should something go wrong....

Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) is a set of regulators that anyone storing or handling significant quantities of...

If you spotted a gritter over the past month or so, the chances are it was supplied by Yorkshire-based Econ Engineering....

Trials of a CPS-based spreading system suggest local authorities can save 30% of their salt supplies when treating icy roads,...

There are two techniques for applying salt to Britain's roads: pre-wet spreading and pre-mix salt spreading. The pre-wet salt...

We get behind the wheels of two examples of the new 'green range of Daily and EcoDaily vehicles, and find out if they will...

Operators delivering to German town centres have to have an Umwelt Plakette before they can go about their jobs. What are they...

out to be d goldies' Even with proper maintenance programmes and comprehensive service histories, high-mileage trucks can be...

Operators concerned about price hikes on new trucks are, instead, turning to late-registered used examples, which will bump up...

Road Range's Paul Diamond is paying a little more for stock and is concerned that prices might start soaring to the dizzy peaks...