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toanna Avison reports on the latest moves between UK stalwart :ddie Stobart and French giant Norbert Dentressangle. DDIE...
. 10% PAY RISE was being .':Iebrated by 700 Carlsberg raymen this week. The deal, negotiated by the ransport and General...
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THE GOVERNMENT has given the go-ahead to the construction of a El 0.5m link between the Al (M) and the A19 in Durham, designed...
Online MBT, formerly Mike Beer Transport, has joined the Pallefforce distribution network. The company used to work with Pall-Ex.
Volvo has bought Nissan Diesel for £540m. Volvo will postpone its first-quarter interim results until 11 May to coincide with...
Isuzu Truck has expanded its UK workforce by 10% as it gears up to introduce a range of heavier vehicles next year.
The FTA has updated its software analysis applications to account for the new EU hours regs. Projects and product development...
Tension curtain supplier Structure-flex is to sell Italian firm Autocar's products to UK bodybuilders. The deal will focus on...
Knorr-Bremse reports that when referring to the high quality of remanufactured parts (CM 29 March) it was talking about parts...
THE DET HAS withdrawn the domestic version of the drivers' hours legislation from the parliamentary rosters where it was due to...
new plant carrier with a 19-tonne payload in a hurry for a new contract, Mansfield's SHAWtrack Services came to the rescue. A...
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ihe shortage of secure truck parks has been highlighted by two night lttacks on arks in lay-bys on the A14. Roanna Avison...
[HE PORT OF Felixstowe is ntroducing a Vehicle Booking ;ystem (VBS) similar to the one ;outhampton Container Terminal oiled out...
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Euro-4 hit CLIPPER LOGISTIC:S' pilot scheme to offer retailers at Sheffield's Meadowh all shopping centre an Accelerated...
in LGV registratiot last year, according to the SMM And the latest figures from tf Department for Transport (Dfl show that the...
This week's topics on TruckNet UK range from guaranteed pass/job training offers to memories of 'coffin cabs'. Rikki Chequer,...
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Truck drivers going about their business, keeping the wheels of this industry turning, deserve to be permitted to go about...
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efore the Chunnel, proposals were put to the government for a !1-mile bridge across the sea to France. Roanna Avison reports....
THE BOSS OF a Nailsworth, Glos haulage firm pleaded with the Solihull magistrates to help save his business after being accused...
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KNIGHTS OF OLD has expanded its fleet of 120 trailers with two new trailers built by Peterboroughbased Lawrence David. Both...
NORTHERN IRELAND trailer manufacturer SDC has set up a company in India to investigate a joint venture to make trailers for the...
OPERATORS HAVE been asked to avoid sending their vehicles through Towcester, which is on the A5 in Northamptonshire. and...
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The Buncefield Major incident Investigation Board has called for a "programme of revisions" to minimise risks within the oil...
IORE THAN 30 officers from iiltshire and Dorset police excited a search warrant at the remises of Dorset-based transort and...
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TECHNOLOGY designed to detect overweight trucks as they drive along the road is to be used in Scotland for the first time....
CLEETHORPES MP Shona Mclsaac told Parliament last week that satellite navigation systems were sending trucks down streets with...
THE SCOTTISH Executive is spending £3.7m to reduce the impact of timber transport on its roads, including £2.5m on a forest...
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he disqualified driver, who was caught at the wheel f a skip-hire vehicle after a row with its driver, is iiled for three...
HEALTH AND SAFETY Executive (HSE) inspectors are to drop in unannounced on retail premises in Norfolk to check that deliveries...
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Jreen light for E90m terminal which will double container capacity at the 'ort of Liverpool and is set for a 2010 opening....
on a Renault Master 100.35 chassis. It was supplied through Renault Distributor JOS Trucks. The Renault Master chassis-cab has...
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THE USE OFARABLE crops to make biofuels could force up the price of food by putting crops in short supply, according to the...
'HIE NORTH-EAST Assembly plans to produce a five-year strategy designed to help the region's transport operators do their bit...
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group has been formed to bring order lut of the chaos of delivering in the capital • and these Londoners are happy to follow le...
goods transport for the City of Paris Transport Department. He briefed the FOP on some of the measures Paris has taken to cope...
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- jood news from operators in the latest FTA quarterly survey: costs )re down and business is increasing. However journey...
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On his third day as regional business development manager at Fortec Pallet Distribution Network, Andrew Harrison talks to...
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o NOW WE have it,evidence at democratic opinion is not /orth ajot when it comes to Centro the West Midlands Passenger ransport...
I MUSTTAKE ISSUE with OS Boyes' letter and his belief that the up-to-3.5-tonne haulage sector needs increased regulation (C/14...
L RADLEY makes some good points in her column (CM 22 March), but is guilty of the old political trick of creating a false...
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If the authorities find illegal stowaways on board a truck it can lead to hefty fine — even when the driver has reported the...
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A company that operated illegally claimed not to know that a change of status required a new licence. Michael Jewell reports....
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LANCASHIRE TRUCK driver has been rdered to pay £1 ,450 in fines and costs for falsifying tchograph records. James Knight, of...
CONSIDERATION OFA bid for a new 0-licence by Hengoed-based Beaufort Tran sport, and disciplinary action against the licence...
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A MAN WHO was said to be "genuinely confused" about operator licensing by the Transport Tribunal when it returned an impounded...
a licence for four \rehicles and two trailers to Egap, based at Brickhouse Lane South, Godstone, Surrey, but took into account...
Breaches of the drivers hours and tachograph rules have resulted in the authorisation on the licence held by Isle of Skye-based...
Drivers' hours offences have led to the licence held by Tremadog-based OJ Jones & Sons Ltd being suspended for a week by Welsh...
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Recovery charges can be confusing for hauliers ]rid recovery operators. But, as Adam Hill 'inds out, a new set of charges due...
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Like the emergency services, recovery operators used to be exempt from the drivers' hours rules. But that is set to change on...
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Ireland's roads are on the up and up but the network has one glaring omission — rest areas and service stations. Ann Marie...
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/avid Craik joins a fictional driver on his hunt for free legal advice. driver has just been sacked by his boss because he...
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Forget catkins and daffodils — if CM's annual cab test is here, it must be spring. This time round we are comparing the...
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After coming a cropper with buy-backs in the late 1990s the manufacturers are now more cautious about what they offer. But as...
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0 n the face of it Hanbury Davies has no need to become involved with buy-back deals it has a sister company in the shape of...
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grossing up to 3,5 tonnes, contract hire and fleet management specialist Masterlease makes use of open and closed buy-back...
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Just like individuals, companies have to comply with a number of deadlines. The deadlines depend on . when the company's...
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There was a time when isuzu's Rodeo could do no wrong. But with a succession of rivals entering the market, it has its work cut...
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0 n an unseasonably mild January morning this year, 200 police and financial investigators conducted dawn raids across the...
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the UK had to file their annual accounts within 10 months of the end of their financial year. For public companies it was seven...
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of business failures and increasing fraud are prompting businesses to use monitoring services more. Equifax uses Companies...
sound business sense— but according to Jeremy Unwin, the co-founder of OnStop, this process needs to be supplemented. Unwin's...
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Experian describes its reports for customers as highly accurate. Checks start from £5. Each report includes a credit score to...
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Spring is in the air, ;o get ready for the Dad transport show ;eason. Here are ;ome of the main ?vents over the next . ew...
digested, the main course comes the following week in the shape of the CV Show, held at the NEC on 24-26 April. Stand space has...
The start of the season The jamboree kicks off in Telford on 18-19 April when the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers holds its...
It is 10 years since tippers graced the halls at the Harrogate Exhibition Centre, but they are back this year with a new show...
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so the spotlight moves to Truckfest at Peterborough. which will be celebrating is 25th anniversary. This giant trucking...
Tlie industry has a breather for a couple of weeks after Truckfest, but by the middle of May the carnival moves to the...
conference in Torbay, Devon will be held on 12-14 June. This is the waste management industry's primary meeting place with more...
host the European Tow Show — the main event for the rescue and recovery industry. Like the FPS show, this one continues to grow...
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The latest-generation Ford Ranger has debuted at British Car Auctions, making three quarters of its list price Kevin Swallow...
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New technology has helped Iveco dealership Guest Motors to slash its running costs and mprove the efficiency of its vehicle...
— Kevin Swallow has been speaking to some of the winners. Yorkshire dealership Northside Truck and Van beat 21 competitors to...
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Sales have risen steadily since Christmas at ProTruck Auctions as the new operation settles down and finds ts mark Kevin...
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example. Kevin Swallow reports. I n the shadow of Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham sits an office displaying a sign for unction...