Les Hughes and Son has begun to replace its fleet with a new Renault Lander 6×4 drawbar. This is in order to help with its timber haulage operation, and is using it to replace one of its Fodens. The firm is based in Newtown, Powys, and specialises in timber haulage. The director of the company [...]

Last week, the haulage industry was prepared to credit Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, for his staging of the fuel tax raise until January 2011. Darling announced that the 3p/litre rise would be staggered – one in April 2010, one in September 2010, and one in January 2011. This was met with a sense of mild [...]

Mini Clipper Logistics, the Bedfordshire operator, is looking for additional warehousing space after a 20% volume growth over the past month. The Leighton Buzzard based company has said that its upturn has been among its key accounts through its Pall-Ex business. The areas of growth in volume are in medical, safety and environmental products, as [...]

Crewe-based Prima Distribution has offered to help the failing fashion retailer Ethel Austin by confirming it will bid for a logistics contract if the company comes back from administration. Prima Distribution has been delivering to Ethel Austin stores since February 10th – two days after Ethel Austin appointed MCR as their administrator. This was also [...]

Firms that escort abnormal loads have defended their right to record jobs and then post the footage on the internet. The director of Rayliable Transport, a Lanarkshire-based firm, puts clips onto the popular video site under the pseudonym ‘Eurodaily’. Ray Kennedy says that it is good for business, as it publicises the vital job of [...]

Hill Hire is an LGV / HGV rental company with major depots in Avonmouth and Glasgow. They have invested in 600 new vehicles to replace some of their rolling stock and to expand its spot-hire fleet. The deal is for vehicles from Renault Trucks, Scania, Mercedes-Benz and Iveco, and is scheduled to increase with more [...]

In an attempt to create credit for smaller firms, Darling has agreed with Lloyds TSB and RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland) to provide £94bn of new business loans over the next year. Both of these banks are owned by the tax payer. The Freight Transport Association says that the staggering of the duty rise [...]

Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, outlines plans to stage the UK fuel duty increase in his Wednesday budget. The increase is above-inflation, and so Mr Darling has scheduled the rise to be 1 pence in April 2010, another 1p increase in October 2010 and a final 1p in January 2011. The 3 pence increase caused controversy [...]

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) wants mandatory annual MoTs for Class 7 vehicles. Class 7 includes 3 tonne to 3.5 tonne goods vehicles. RMIF wants this to be from the date of their first registration; as it stands that they don’t have to be done until the vehicle has been registered for 3 years. [...]

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says that it is perplexed by Eurocrat’s plans to give the UK a database of the worst offending foreign operators without any information of vehicle registration plates. The FTA are saying that VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Servicing Agency)’s ability to enforce road transport legislation in the UK is being hindered [...]