Strikes Create Transport Chaos

• Operators will have to contend with strike-bound ports, despite the end of the two-day civil servants' strike. That was the threat from the Society of Civil and Public......

Lim Demands More Lolly Tax

• The next Chancellor of the Exchequer should hit operators of heavy lorries by greatly increasing the excise duty for vehicles over 11 tonnes, while decreasing it for vehicles......

Leyland Daf Fights Off Iveco Ford To Stay On Top

• Leyland Daf is maintaining its grip on the UK thick and artic sector above 3.5-tonnes ahead of Iveco Ford Truck, according to the latest registration figures from the Society......

Tnt Hits Out

at US rival • TNT UK managing director Alan Jones has fired a salvo against Federal Express, claiming that the Americanowned rival parcels carrier cannot match TNT's own......