by Sally Nash and Nicky Clarke • Drivers at four Scottish Courage depots are threatening strike action over job losses caused...

• Applications for HGV and PSV driving licences last November were 20% below the September forecast at 4,357. The 1997/98...

• Danzas' road transport division, Eurocargo, has admitted it is not making enough money and has brought in a new manager to...

• A letter has been sent by Essex owner-driver Steven Bryant (pictured) to the UN Commission on Human Rights, on the fourth...

• The new men at the helm of Mercedes, Renault and Volvo have all promised to come out fighting in the UK truck market. After...

• A Woolworths driver was trapped for five-and-a-half hours in his cab after his truck crashed through a barrier and toppled...

by Miles Brignall • The Government wants UK transport workers to be covered by the EL: Working Time Directive. This could...

• A dispute over responsibility for two lost wheels has flared up between an owner-driver and a second-hand truck dealer after...

DEATH BY HAULAGE his week CM received a phone call from an owner-driver previously profiled in the magazine. After launching...

by Sally Nash • Commercial Motor is receiving reports that the scourge of UK transport firms using cheap foreign labour abroad...

• The Irish Government has decided that from next year increased road taxes are to be spent exclusively on upgrading the...

by Ian Wylie • P&O and Stena Line will merge their cross-Channel ferry services next Tuesday (10 March) after their joint...

• Random roadside testing with tougher penalties for truck drivers found guilty of drink-driving should be part of the...

• More than 20% of the vehicles spot-checked in the Vehicle Inspectorate's Fleet Compliance Check carried out last year...

III A union official who returned to the haulage industry after a 12-year absence says the attitude of employers has worsened...

• A Liverpool haulier is accusing BP of bullying tactics for insisting he has an expensive bank guarantee in place before it...

• New and used trucks can now be bought at the touch of a button. More than 20 companies are listing their vehicles for sale on...

• Westminster City Council became the first local authority to fine drivers for emissions last week when it began a programme...

by Miles Brignall • Small haulage firms are set to lose out to larger competitors as the industry becomes more reliant on...

by Sally Nash • Suffolk-based Taylor Barnard says it may appeal against an industrial tribunal decision which ruled in...

• Lane Group has won a £6.5m, five-year contract with label producer Raflatac. Lane will have 1 2 vehicles based at Raflatac's...

• International haulier Brian Yeardley is calling for a change in the way VAT is reclaimed on goods bought on the Continent....

• A decision will be reached this summer on whether an ambitious plan to convert the A8 dual-carriageway between Baillieston...

by Charles Young • Renault has launched its new Master and Kangoo vans in the UK; they will be available from 15 March. The...

• RDS Technology of Naiisworth, Glos hos adapted its Skiplog onboard weighing system for use on rear-end loaders. Hauliers of...

by Brian Weatherley • Volvo looks set to quietly drop the long-serving 9.6-litre engine in its FL tractor range in favour of...

• Turkey's main tyre maker Lassa has added three LC/T, LT/1' and LT/A tyres to its UK/European range for light commercial...

• Iveco Ford has extended its EuroTech and EuroStar repair and maintenance packages. The standard Millennium package now...

by Steve Sturgess • Cummins has unveiled its next generation M11 engine due in April. It borrows technology from the Signature...

• Citroen has announced a variant of the Dispatch van with a nominal payload of 900kg-100kg more than current models. The...

MI Fridge specialist Hubbard has introduced its Splitt dual temperature system. This con sists of an evaporator which fits...

• An Essex international haulier admitted not taxing his vehicle because he felt that the taxation system was unfair as his...

trading as City Fruit, of Swansea, was revoked when he failed to turn up at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry. Ashaf had been...

• West Midland IC John Mervyn Pugh is considering calling a Sutton Coldlield company to a further public inquiry after...

• A Pontefract scaffolding firm, said by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Keith Waterworth to have had a rocky relationship...

• Disciplinary action would be taken against operators who did not immediately pay fines in full, because it was an indication...

This year's Commercial Vehicle Show was a definite step up from last year's, both in presentation and in the quality of the...

CH's Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Mot.) , ? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or...

A nylaw which is based on common sense, which is logical, and which does not contradict the laws of science is likely to get...

T wenty-eight years have I passed since I went to a commercial vehicle show. As a wide-eyed lorry mechanic in my final year of...

I was totally appalled to see two news I items following hard upon each other in recent issues of Commercial Motor. The...

spondent, , steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-beat yarns...

question on the Hawk's mind is what does such a fragrant Welsh rose see in the Right Honourable William Hague MP, leader of the...

a he Hawk was hard pressed when it came to figure out the use of this curious hybrid. At first he thought it might be a...

BULLETIN VOLUME 2 NUMBER 6 MARCH 1998 Health and safety and haulage depots How user-friendly is your traffic office? Do your...

Driving test fees The Driving Standards Agency is proposing to increase driving test fees from 1 April 1998. The following...

The Home Office has now published the Data Protection Bill, which will implement the 1995 EU Directive on Data Protection...

Drug misuse guide The USE has revised its Drug Misuse at Work: A Guide for Employers which provides information on identifying...

The Inland Revenue says it will allow certain self-assessment forms which were sent in on time, but with the odd oversight, to...

n The DSS has launched a new freephone Business Anti-Fraud hotline (Contact: 0800 788887) enabling employees and legitimate...

The DTI is consulting* on proposals to improve consumers' rights over unfair contract terms. The proposals would empower...

Freedom to drop and pick up loads within the EU makes good economic sense—but is it as straightforward as it sounds? FROM JULY...

STRONG APP EAL European manufacturers seem to vie with each other to come up with the longest options list. Judging by Hino's...

For years scientists have been working on environmentally friendly refrigerant gases. Ironically they could have bought the...

Next time the jam from your Tesco doughnut drips down your chin, don't blame HE Payne (Transport)—the Wyboston,...

on the trail__ ..... Private investigators don't just work for suspicious spouses. Operating out of Liverpool and Hull, two...

Phoenix companies continue to be a source of irritation to road hauliers. The irritation for the trade creditors is in seeing...

hauliers bury their heads in the sand and don't seek to work with rail operators, they will miss out and may even go to the...