by Sally Nash • GB Express has become the industry's first major casualty of the new year, calling in the receivers just weeks...

• Rosier Holdings has bought two tanker firms: Sandbachbased Roger Bettley Transport and Bristol-based Chemic-Haul. The...

more than 700 new Leyland Dafs, boosting its fleet to 230. Newport police are seeking a tanker driver responsi ble for a on...

by Rob Wiflock • Extensions to the 44 - tonne haulage limit seem to be on the way. Brussels is consulting on a higher limit for...

• Cash-strapped hauliers could face yet another hike in costs if the railfreight lobby wins Government support for a...

FAT LADY IN FINE VOICE W hen Commercial Motor welcomed the New Year last week with a warning that the cull of UK truck...

• A Doncaster owner-driver is being held on remand in a French jail on suspicion of smuggling more than 500kg of cannabis....

by Sally Nash • A 24-hour Government hotline to "name and shame" directors who run phoenix companies has been launched after it...

• Birkenhead haulier Kilco Dairyfarm Chemicals has been fined a total 23,900 after admitting a catalogue of tachograph and...

• Four lorry loads of illegal immigrants were caught in the last week of 1997 as organised gangs used the Christmas holidays to...

• The M25 is officially the Road to Hell, but you're unlikely to get there on time, according to a new study. The London...

by Ian Wylie • The FolkestoneBoulogne freight ferry service has been reprieved and might even be expanded following Falcon...

• Red Star staff will "almost certainly" get a pay rise this year for the first time since the company was privatised,...

By Bryan Jarvis • Improved productivity is the aim of a new Australian log carrying trailer system being assessed by Tasmanian...

• Weightlifter Bodies has bought Peterborough-based tipper body specialist PPG Fabrications. The PPG name will be retained, and...

• A new pallet truck is available from Pimespo. The SIROTA Rider has a 2,000kg capacity and is capable of 71cm/h. It can...

• The RAC is stepping up pressure on hauliers to cut pollution by urging other road users to report smoking trucks to the...

by Steve Banner • Nene Trailer Services and Global Truck Equipment have teamed up to build a semi-trailer with a 2.5-tonne roof...

• Two of the UK's first 6x2 95XF drawbar rigs have entered service with office furniture manufacturer Senator International....

• Econ Engineering, which builds winter highway maintenance equipment, has developed an on-board data collection system which...

• Newly formed United Trailers has shut Bridge Bodies' plant in Sutton Bridge, Lincs and switched production to WBS's factory...

• North-Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe has formally warned a Humberside haulier about his maintenance...

IN The poor maintenance record of Thomas Miller Junior, trading as White Cart Freight, of Paisley, has led to the authorisation...

• Jonathan Seward, the director of Cardiff-based Jayward Transport, which has gone into liquidation, was disqualified...

• Using an untaxed vehicle and the fraudulent use of an excise licence cost Loughborough-based Jaggard Transport, and its...

• A Telford operator who had Sal December to arrange an overbeen given until the beginning of draft facility of at least...

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nue to our members' concerns that the Recovery LI Industry Focus Group had lost its way, along with the concerns of our...

W e have this week been invited to quote for a delivery contract for a third party. It should be a great opportunity to expand...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

5 hese two tractors have recently been purchased from New Holland by the HALO Trust to help with the dangerous job of land-mine...

O n occupational hazard of a spiritual nature was uncovered when Father Jacek Trochim of Kidderminster was found to be nearly...

g rom the country that introduced Sumo wrestling to the world comes a priceless example of the pot calling the kettle black. It...

2 oak at all that smoke.. it must be a bit of a drag—literally, for this Leyland Daf truck is taking part in a quarter-mile...

No one wants to be a driver anymore. Applications to HGV training schools have halved this year alone, putting existing drivers...

TRACTORS on TRIAL Commercial Motor tests more trucks than any other magazine—around 40 every year. During 1997 we took a dozen...

Hauliers who fail to send their tax return in by the end of this month face heavy penalties under the new system. Let CM'S...

Some drivers believe reversing aids to be expensive luxuries. Happy not to invest, many operators are quick to agree. But sales...

Mind the gap! Every truck operator should prevent accidents at work. Besides the disruption they cause, accidents can lead to...

lz-The right to say In an important test case a driver who refused to take out an unsafe vehicle and was dismissed has...

The Beer Seller wholesales booze, particularly Real Ale, and soft drinks to outlets up and down the country, claiming to move...

Love them or hate them, most of us make one resolution just before we break it. CM checked out some of this year's crop of New...

BULLETIN VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 JANUARY 1998 1998 and beyond... Moves to clampdown on tax dodging, operator-licensing for light...

BULLETIN NEWS Customs and Excise: Product exclusions ilen-Generalised System of Preferences rw 1 From 1 January 1998,...

Driving Manual The Driving Standards Agency has published a revised edition of The Driving Manual. Manuals are available from...

N mon Minimum wage bill The National Minimum Wage Bill has had its first reading in Parliament. If enacted, it will provide the...

Fire safety The Home Office has published a consultation paper proposing a simpler fire safety regime. It will consolidate...

contributions 3 The Department of Social Security ()SS) has announced the new National Insurance Contribution (MC) rates for...

The Lord Chancellor's Department has published a consultation paper proposing changes to the current small claims procedure....

The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) has joined with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...

Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh has offered fleet managers a tip on encouraging drivers to look after their trucks...

B y the start of the new millennium we will witness many changes, due to today's accent on parity and harmonisation with...