Cowie Cuts Rental Sites

• Cowie Interleasing is disposing of more than half of its eight commercial vehicle rental depots. At least 14 staff have been made redundant and more jobs are likely to go.......

0-licence Halved

• Willowbridge Transport of Bury has had its licence authorisation cut from 20 to 10 vehicles after failing to inform the Licensing Authority of convictions going back to 1983.......

Hill Seeks Buyer

• Bulk haulier RH Hill, which went into liquidation last month, is looking for a buyer for its site at Fledborough, Nottinghamshire, which is licenced for 18 vehicles. The......

Bus Firms Team Up

• Eleven bus operators have joined forces with Cleveland County Council to agree on a voluntary code of conduct, which is designed to remove the worst excesses of competition in......

Winning Truck

• Renault's AE tractive unit has won the 1991 International Truck of the Year award.......

Cummins Cuts

• Cummins Engine is to shed 600 jobs in the UK, mainly at its Shotts and Darlington plants. The company blames the cuts on a 30% drop in the heavy truck market and says it......

New Deals

• Cossington Commercial Vehicles of Leicester has joined the Mercedes-Benz dealer network. It also plans to build a truckstop at its Cossington site. Valley Trucks of Hoddesdon......

Strike Over

III Greater Manchester Buses' 3,500 drivers have ended three weeks of oneday strikes by accepting a 7% pay increase.......

Freezwest Formed

• The Transport Development Group has completed the reorganisation of its controlled-temperature division by merging Freezwest and Western ice to form a new operation to be......

Angers Away

• European Commissioners have decided not to investigate the French government's £19m aid package for Scania's new truck plant at Angers. The grant represents almost a tenth of......