Motorway service stations do not offer drivers value for money but are not behaving anti-competitively, says the Office of Fair...

B by Keith Nulthal and Melanie Hammond The deadlock over the introduction of the working time directive for hauliers has...

• The government is trying to revive the original intentions of its flagging Reduced Pollution Certificate (RPC1 scheme by...

• by Brian Weatherley Volvo's takeover of Renault VI and Mack has been approved by the US Department of Justice. The move has...

• Two haulage bosses who were given suspended jail sentences followng a fatal accident have failed to clear their names in the...

A massive contribution to road safety and a step towards a more solid road transport sector—or a set of shackles that will...

• When Roger King took over at the Road Haulage Association in April, he surely couldn't have known what he was getting himself...

• by Toby Clark It was around CV Show time, back in March last year, when we got together with Renault Vito set a competition...

• JDS Trucks started out as J Douthwaite and Sons, dealing in Dodges before taking a Renault franchise. It's now the largest...

live on following a buyout by former Wilcox Group sales director Marcus Layton. Layton's successful bid to receivers for the...

The tailgate door is replaced with double doors, while the loadbay can now be lowered to the ground from the cab on the Phase 4...

II Vauxhall has announced the on-the-road price for its new mid-van sized Vivaro well ahead of the vehicle's official launch...

US MUT Mercedes-Benz has shown off the Unimog in the US for the first time at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. The...

OVERLOADING NG to abide by undertakings A Liverpool haulier that failed to comply with undertakings given at a public inquiry...

Difficulties over maintenance led to the licence held by Leigh, Lancashire-based Atkinson Brothers being curtailed from two...

m You can now check out the latest Vehicle Excise Duty rates on road transoortnet—the web site operated by Commercial Motor,...

op i l A Somerset man's application for a standard national Operator's Licence has been adjourned until February because...

Newton Stewart based Martin Jolly Transport has lost its appeal against the revocation of its licence and the disquahfication...

Drivers' hours and tachograph offences have cost a Bolton haulier and three of his drivers £12,980 in fines and costs. Liaquat...

I have read your articles about new drivers and the problems that they have had with needing two years' experience. Most HGV...

On the subject of your campaign to recruit more drivers into the industry, I have to say it is probably the only side of...

le Many hauliers, trainers and drivers are backing our Driver Drive 2001 campaign. We aN knew there's a driver shortage, but...

I would like to congratulate you on your sterling efforts throughout the year, particularly your Driver Drive campaign. It's...

V9'Ith reference to your feature headed "Disc World" (CM14-20 Dec), surely the real issue is not whether we should be charging...

Morse and his Jaguar, The Hawk and his Reliant Robin— some partnerships were just meant to be. Take Ken Lewis and his Bedford....

This is guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes! In Taiwan, practitioners of the art of qigong—the ancient Chinese tradition...

Proving he can still make 'em laugh, Sir Norman Wisdom is seen here taking delivery of a new [DV minibus on behalf of disaster...

■ 11111111110•11■11M1111■ Now this is what I call a room with a view! Come February punters in Peckham, south London, will be...

• Corporate killing—a phrase guaranteed to send a chill of fear down any company executive's spine. And rightly so, because...

Special Provisions Review Customs & Excise has announced a review of the administration of the Special Provisions on the...

recently as last month (CM 7-13 Dec), so here we'll concentrate on our experiences with this specific example. Despite having...

• ith only a few weeks to go to the test date, it became apparent that Mercedes would not be able to provide a contender....

s wearing its reputation as the drivers' favourite, and while MAN's /0(l. beat the Topline on paper, hi performance and...

T o get a better idea of the German driving experience, we decided to forego the pleasures of air travel for this running of...

R eaders with keen memories will recall that in the previous 1000 Point Test, for 420s with 'second-best' cabs, the Mercedes...

things could start to go pearshaped this year. At the end of last November the government approved a 05.6m grant for improving...

• I am relatively new to truck driving and have been given different advice about the break-fromdriving rule. Even my boss and...

• I was driving an artic loaded with steel when I was pulled into a weight check. The Ministry man said I had to drive over the...

I PRICE AS TESTED: ,E33,040. Includes £21,990 for base vehicle; £2,750 for "luxury" pack (electric front seats, heated seats,...

cold winter months bring extra dangers—adverse weather can be testing for man and machine alike. Steve Banner passes on some...

Even the most conservative haulier would admit that reform of the vehicle excise duty scheme for trucks has been long overdue....