• Industry thanks EU for oil price-fixing probe

    Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013

    Key industry and political figures have welcomed the revelation that a formal investigation is underway by the European Commission into the issue of oil price-fixing. In mid-May, EC officials carried [...]

  • MAN recovery truck helps Manchetts celebrate 50 years

    Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013

    Family vehicle recovery business Manchetts is celebrating more thanĀ 50 years of business – and for Peter and Anne Manchett, 50 years of marriage – with the introduction of a new [...]

  • EC backtracks on cabotage deregulation

    Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013

    Plans to further liberalise the European road transport market by lifting current restrictions on cabotage – the transportation of goods within one country by operators registered elsewhere – have been [...]

  • Fine rise plans for driving offences including smoking and eating

    Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013

    A wider range of driving offences will be covered by fixed penalty notices, which will increase from £60 to £90 if proposals currently under consideration are approved. Besides covering offences [...]

  • Bike Hotspot system scoops safety award for Sentinel

    Published On: Tuesday 11 June 2013

    Gloucestershire-based safety equipment specialist Sentinel Systems Ltd has won a national prize for product innovation for its Bike Hotspot System. The system was developed to prevent accidents involving cyclists and [...]

  • Senior TC to MPs: VOSA ā€˜not targeting the serially and seriously non-compliant’

    Published On: Friday 24 May 2013

    The senior traffic commissioner, Beverley Bell, has raised serious concerns to MPs about perceived weaknesses in VOSA’s transport enforcement regime. Bell’s comments came during an outspoken appearance at a recent [...]

  • Government reviews its Driver CPC exemption guidance

    Published On: Friday 24 May 2013

    Advice previously published by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), regarding exemptions from the requirement to hold a Driver CPC, has been removed from the [...]

  • Ferryspeed fleet grows with 30 DAF tractors

    Published On: Monday 20 May 2013

    Jersey-based freight company Ferryspeed has put 30 DAF tractor units into service to support growth in its services in mainland UK and to the Channel Islands. The vehicles are based [...]

  • Bridgestone tyre monitoring app rolled out across Europe

    Published On: Monday 20 May 2013

    Bridgestone UK says a tyre monitoring app it has developed is now being deployed in other European markets and further afield, having ā€œrevolutionisedā€ the company’s sales process since its introduction [...]