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Union Anger At Plans For Tory Truck Posters
TORY PLANS TO encourage hauliers to display election posters on the back of their trucks have been attacked by transport unions. Conservative Party co-chairman Dr Liam Fox will......
Barclays Snaps Up Iveco Finance
BARCLAYS BANK is to pay f66.5in for a 51% controlling stake in Iveco Finance, the truck maker's vehicle financing and leasing business.The two firms will form a new company......
Rocketing Fuel
Desel has broken the £4/gal barrier. Prices have risen 13% over the past year to 88.66p/ lit (E4.03/gallon)— and oil prices will keep climbing.......
Digital Delays?
The European Parliament is about to vote on delaying the deadline for fitting smartcard digital tachographs.......
Safety Survey
The Highways Agency will begin a safety inspection on the A14 Orwell Bridge near Ipswich on 4 June. There will be lane closures in both directions with a 40mph speed limit for......
Banged Up
German truck driver Jorg Dieter Walther has been jailed for a year for attempting to smuggle 1.2 tonnes of tobacco into the UK.......
Cold Phase
Yearsley Cold Storage and Distribution has opened Phase 2 of its Seaham depot in County Durham just eight months after the new £12m depot opened.......
Ferry Story
Seatruck Ferries is to introduce a third vessel onto to its Heysham-Warrenpoint service, boosting capacity by 25,000 trucks a year.......
Hazchem Winner
The Hazehem Network has won The Best Business Newcomer" class in the Rugby Business Awards 2004.......