SMUGGLER CAUGHT
A LORRY driver who was caught smuggling millions of cigarettes into the UK has been jailed for two years and 10 months after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Border Force officers stopped […]
Year: 2018
TYRE MONITORING
AS PART of an ongoing commitment to improve safety, BOC, the largest supplier of industrial gases and medical gases in the UK, is to fit its entire bulk tractor and trailer fleet with Michelin’s Effitrailer […]
IMITATION WARNING
THE REVERSING and warning alarms market has apparently seen an influx of imitation products that aim to replicate Brigade’s bbs-tek. Operators should be aware that these products do not hold the same accreditations, service support […]
FUEL DUTY FROZEN
THE RHA has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that fuel duty is to be frozen for another year. Commenting, chief executive Richard Burnett said: ‘As a founding member and funder of campaigning group FairFuelUK, I […]
CPC BREXIT CLARIFICATION
TRANSPORT and logistics recruitment specialists, Driver Hire, have welcomed the recent government confirmation that, ‘deal or no-deal Brexit’, CPC training is here to stay. The announcement came in guidance notes issued by the Department for […]
EASIER ACCESS TO LEVY
THE Apprenticeship Levy is ‘fast becoming a tax’. That’s the warning from Road Haulage Association chief executive, Richard Burnett. Speaking at the RHA’s Autumn Conference Centre in Birmingham he voiced the frustrations hauliers have unlocking […]
Huge Obstacles Still To Be Negotiated On Road To Brexit
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THE GOVERNMENT’S technical notices for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit released mid-September will create an array of red tape and paperwork, and still does not provide answers to the key questions being asked by those responsible […]
Riding In Comfort
Trucks On Test
The New XF comes with subtle upgrades that can be easily overlooked. Kevin Swallow took DAF’s flagship around Scotland to see if the changes bolster to its reputation with drivers and owners. LAST YEAR DAF […]
IAA SHOW REPORT
In this issue
Brexit was visibly put aside as the 67th biennial IAA Commercial Vehicle Show opened in Hanover in September with a press day which numbered CV scribes and snappers in the thousands.
DAF new XF Test
In this issue
The New XF comes with subtle upgrades that can be easily overlooked. Kevin Swallow took DAF’s flagship around Scotland to see if the changes bolster its reputation with drivers and owners.