The government will offset the diesel duty hike with a freeze on VED, and it favours vignettes to monitor foreign trucks....

LEYLAND-BASED transmission manufacturer Torotrak has signed a licensingdeal to provideTata Motors with its innovative...

FELIXSTOWE PORT SAYS its two rail terminals are handling record numbers of containers in the run-up to Christmas. During...

OPERATORS Al the CM legal seminar in the Midlands last week were briefed on a number of new laws that will affect the industry...

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) says it turned down the application by Orwell Crossing Lorry Park to build an office on its land...

Transport how — with a laimed 35% el saving. Andy alter reports. AT THE EUROPEAN Road Transport Show (TERTS) later this month...

The Renault Hybrys is a 6x2 with a 320hp DXi7 engine, an Optidriver Plus automated gearbox and an electric MDS (Motor Drive...

Road transport is of critical importance to the UK economy, so the latest fuel duty increase could have dire consequences for...

Commercial Motor has been named the official partner of tipper show Tip-Ex08. Andy Salter explains what that means to you....

A SHROPSHIRE operator and one of his drivers have been tined more than £2.000 between them after a truck was found to be so...

iSUZU HAS CONFIRMED the launch dates for its expanded F-Series range, with the heavier models set to debut at the 2008 CV Show...

UK operators are moving more freight on larger vehicles over longer distances. David Harris reports. UK HAULIERS ARE carrying...

For LGV drivers 2006 was their safest year on the roads for a decade with fewer trucks involved in all types of accident....

Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports on current hot topics at the driver forum. First, a little bit of...

Removing bridge tolls could disrupt deliveries, Scottish VPs are told. Chris Tindall reports. REMOVING TOLLS ON the Thy and...

tot collectors on the Forth Road Bridge about losing their jobs if the tolls are scrapped. The taunts ; which one Scottish...

help operators work more efficiently: in the second part of a new series we find out how the Yearsley Group cut its overall...

Predictions of severe weather conditions across the Atlantic have been blamed for diesel price rises, but Chris Tindall...

The operator I am working for expects me to be out on the road for numerous days in a row. I'm currently in a low-roof sleeper...

am an owner-driver and I'm fed up with the incredibly high diesel prices in this country. I'm thinking of fitting some larger...

Help! What can a fussy eater who's set in his ways find to eat at a German truckstop? My firm has landed a new contract which...

have been contracted to pull a road planer on a low loader onto the motorway so that it can be used to carry out motorway...

Record fuel prices, Northern Rock, credit risk and AdBlue. Just some of the topics covered in an informative discussion with...

I WAS LEFT dismayed and incredulous by the 'penalty' given by West Bromwich Magistrates to Ronald Thomas Armstrong who had no...

REGARDING THE unreasonable and 'ungreen demands placed on hauliers delivering to RDCs etc (CM 27 September), there appears to...

MY NAME IS Ricky Wilson and I am nine years old. Our school and council are always telling us to recycle so I have had an idea...

RE:`OWEN ASKS EC to back plan for A55 truckstop' (CM 20 September). I am writing on behalf of the STAG3 I action group which...

know your rights There are times when you can't avoid getting clamped — but if you think you've been clamped unfairly, there...

Semi-trailer is also held as TC accuses finance company of sticking its corporate head in the sand over reprehensible...

A COMPANY THAT failed to monitor the work of its maintenance contractor or its drivers tachograph records has had its fleet...

LOCAL AUTHORITY claims that a new operating centre would be dangerous have been overruled by South Eastern & Metropolitan...

A TC'S DECISION to grant applications by two associated operators to use an operating centre in Betchworth, Surrey, subject to...

Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mary Kane has granted a licence to Hertford-based Peter Green, but with a string of...

Compensation for a fatal crash was denied because the driver responsible was on his lunch break. Operators need to ensure they...

• You have a duty to advise insurers if anything changes that could influence the cover and terms they offer. Failure to...

• Only those people or classes of people detailed on your certificate of insurance and/or schedule of insurance are authorised...

• If your motor insurance is not on a fleet declaration basis your insurers must be immediately advised of any proposed changes...

After the Northern Rock panic, businesses are asking whether their investments are safe. Only up to a point, says transport...

Under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme investors in commercial banks are entitled to 100% of the first 22,000 saved...

MAX What do you get when you combine a Japanese sourced LCV with a French manufacturer? A Renault Maxity of course. But is it...

works) down on its Nissan Cabstar cousin. In fact all the comparison cab-forward CVs failed to puncture the 30rnpg mark....

indicators In our third business supplement, CM focuses on financial matters, what's been happening to the domestic and global...

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all goods and services produced within a country over a given period, and...

fortune Looking to expand your business but don't know where to turn for funds? A grant could be the answer, says Louise...

A government audit of schemes available to help UK enterprise found there were more than 3,000 of them, so anyone feeling...

Department lorTransport funding comes under the Sustainable Distribution Fund, which allocates £25.5m to two schemes — modal...

Young entrepreneurs may be able to get funding from the Princes Trust; see www. princes-trust.org.uk, starting your own...

Sometimes grant-awarding bodies offer loans instead. Soft loans are provided by the g overnment or a sponsor or g anisation and...

State aid, known as Regbnal Aid, is granted to promote the economic development of certain disadvantaged areas within the...

T he government has made developing vocational skills one of its top priorities and more money is available for developing...

I f you recruit people from New Deal 25 plus or New Deal for Young People you might be able to get extra financial help through...

boat Louise Cole explains the benefits and pitfalls of floating your company on the UK stock markets. p robably the biggest...

The Alternative investment Market started in 1995, aimed at fastgrowing, young companies. Last year, it raised as much capital...

If you have any hesitation about what's required, there are other options. Looking for a business angel, investment from a...

risk losing it as a source of cheap manufactur ing and strong sales? Oliver Dixon investigates. L atin America defies ready...

management Looking to fill an employment gap or get someone in to run a restructure? Dylan Gray looks at the advantages of...

The key is experience. You must be an expert in your field with a strong background of achievement, clear success, and...

front Road transport is a notoriously unforgiving market, but effective management can keep the wolf from the door, and help...

Proposed reforms to planning applications should make it easier for infrastructure projects to get the go-ahead, reports Julian...

greenian Innovate Logistics is overhauling its entire supply chain in order to meet the commercial and environmental d emands...

O nce, long-distance running and nights out for the driver were strictly the preserve of big trucks, Now, many operators use...

Sprinters, including one featuring an OverNighter. General manager Kenny Stanness says: "The van can be running in Spain or...

Management Exhibition over the past couple of years. Visitors and exhibitors have praised the show's convenience, with many of...

2007 COMES OF AGE Paignton in June used to be the staple exhibition diet for the recycling and waste sector, but as Andy...

This show has certainly come of age in 2007, with more than 8,000 visitors over the three days and 450 exhibitors. While...

Saying thank you to drivers is something we approve of. After al!, they are the mainstay of the industry that keeps the UK...

Although demand still exceeds supply, long lead times for new chassis are keeping used truck traders optimistic. Kevin Swallow...

British Car Auctions' Duncan Ward assesses the 75-tonne market and advises that vehicles with a sensible specification and the...