week as engineers in Sheffield closed the northbound carriageway of the busy M1 Tinsley viaduct and the A1331 which runs below...

EXCLUSIVE II by Emma Penny Senior Traffic Commissioner designate Philip Brown is urging the government to tread carefully over...

• The Freight Transport Association has called on the government to appoint a "10 'fear Plan Tsar to oversee its £180bn...

French truckers attempts to bring their country to a standstill appear to have failed as CM went to press, with blockades...

EXCLUSIVE • by DOIlliniC Perry A furious row has broken out between pallet network Pall-Ex and one of its longest-serving...

• Ford is facing renewed allegations of racist recruitment policies after advertising for four truck drivers at its foundry in...

II by Mike Jewell The directors of Devon operator Bryan Haulage saw their appeal against disqualification blow up in their...

• A Northern Irish haulier claims that he has almost been forced out of business by the Customs' policy of truck seizures....

• Hauliers must remain vigilant in the fight against crime if they are to counter threats ranging from illegal immigrants to...

• The Road Haulage Association has warned that minister's demands for truck drivers to cross firefighters' picket lines in an...

Is the proposed merger of the Traffic Area Offices and the Vehicle Inspectorate really something to get worked up about? Surely...

by Sally Nash Hauliers have called on the government to stop talking about congestion on the M25 and get on with doing...

We like to hear the stories readers think we should be followng. CM is happy to preserve the anonymity of readers who provide...

• A fitter died after a truck rolled over him as he carried out maintenance at a West Midlands haulage depot, an inquest has...

• Mothercare admitted last week that problems with its Daventry distribution centre, run by Tibbett & Britten, might force it...

• Hauliers are being warned to check their drivers' sight after research showed that one in four motorists don't meet the basic...

* by Emma Penny Operators should prepare for pay claims of 10% or more this year with drivers demanding the same pay for an...

• MEPs at the European Parliament have voted to give temporary workers the same statutory rights as full-time staff from the...

• Retirement and a downturn in work are behind the closure or downsizing of three haulage businesses. Removal and distribution...

M The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders says It will keep taking to the Insurance industry in a bid to persuade It to...

• Residents alongside the A9 from Perth to Inverness have launched a campaign to have the road upgraded to dual carriageway. A...

• A truck driver's road rage cost him a £200 fine from Solihull magistrates after he threw a bottle on a busy motorway—and hit...

• Pig farmers have picketed Asda's distribution centre near Wakefield for the second time over the supermarket chain's alleged...

The European Commission wants to ban cod fishing in waters surrounding the British Isles. As a result fish hauliers in Scotland...

er Robin Meczes leading motor transport ryer has warned that comnes implementing telemat systems could InadverMy be putting...

Transport Minister David Jamieson has promised to look Into the grants enjoyed by Spanish fleet operators who invest in...

• The adoption of lsotrak hand-held terminals (HHTs) on trucks based at Exel's Bawtry depot has helped reduce fuel bills by...

• by Robin Moczos The lack of gas-powered trucks has been cited at a recent conference as a key reason for peer take-up of...

gas-powered vehicles at maximum weights is Esso CNG, which is understood to have approached Scania about converting existing...

• Following CM'S recent report on tanker prices (CM 31 Oct-6 Nov), Bernard Gilmont of the European Aluminium Association points...

• !ouzo has introduced a long-wheelbase version of the 3.0-litre Diesel Turbo Trooper Commercial off-reader with more than...

delivered to help the Europea rollout of Microsoft's XBox games console. CMP Events w use them in a roadshow, pub conventional...

▪ Stertil Koni vehicle lifts have been specified for the workshop of a new vehicle servicing outfit, OAS, based in Fitton,...

• Drivers of refrigerated trucks, coaches and hospitality vehicles can check the safety of their 400V three-phase mains supply...

garage or a new service vehicle, check out PAP Systems Workstations first, PAF produces a modular range of workshop benches and...

E UK-based Gist, formerly BOC Distribution Services, is tackling the acute shortage of mechanics with a new training...

• The latest oil storage regulations require all drums over 200 litres to be bunded while in storage or in use to prevent spilt...

vans and small trucks. They are rated at 50. 70psi; a set of four retails at £5.38. Contact: 0871 2205285. BEDTIME HEADING...

Pembreybased Beynon Davies Civils being cut to five vehicles and then suspended completely for two days. The company appeared...

Telford-based Highway Logistics has had its fleet irill halved for a three-week period at Christmas after its maintenance...

A Humberside company has 10St its Operator's Licence for four weeks after its transport manager operated Its one artic with a...

An Edinburgh employment tribunal has ruled that the TUPE Regulations did not apply to a situation where one haulier had taken...

A Nottinghamshire operator has lost his . 1 appeal against the revocation of his I Operator's Licence with a year's...

Eddie Stobart. Britain's favourite road haulier (TM), makes more out of merchandising than it does from transport. Considering...

time to order some festive truck cards! Road transport artist Alan Spillett has come up with three new designs this year,...

examples of long-serving readers following a letter from Frank Petch (CM 7-13 Nov); we're delighted to report that a reply has...

Our new column in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, comes around. 75 years ago 29 November 1927 "A very...

the Brussels Show back in 2001 expectations were running high. It had to come up with a new model—but one that wasn't radical...

horns from your wind section? Yes, don't worry, you are still reading Commercial Motor. But all hauliers need to know their...

group of like-minded operators from several regions were gathered together, bemoaning the fact that their customers were...

and stationery. Years ago the firm chose to involve itself in hire purchase deals but, as Jez Abbott reports, things are very...

* Whether they're on their rounds or barging acri landfill sites. RCVs have a tough existence. The cha In particular is tested...

NC The concept of outsourcing tyre management is currentl! interesting a lot of big fleet operators, but what are the rea...

A number of large, high-prof fleets are currently using Bandvulc KPI system, including Argos, Ai Foods, Baker Group, Freightlin...

Independent tyre retreader Bandvulc produces over a million remoulds a year at Its Ivybridge, Devon factory, including 450,000...

Unusually the weekend hasn't included any work, so it isn't necessary to start the day by checking the post and e-mail to see...

• Manufacturers are still placing unofficial obstacles in the way of independent importers who wish to source trucks from the...

Demand for used Iveco, Oaf, MAN, and Mercedes-Benz 1.5-tonners Is brisk, with trade prices close to or slightly above book...

• Liverpool-based Mercedes-Benz dealer Road Range is planning to set up a purpose-built depot at or near Queensferry, not far...

Nigel Lucas, MO of West Yorkshire lveco dealership Northern Commercials, warns that a new breed of highly qualified 'super...

• Commercial Vehicle Auctions is playing host to some of its biggest sales to date, says managing director, Chris Wright. "At...

• Independently owned truck dealers have a rosy future. despite the pressures besetting them, according to Henry Dilloway, MD...