| 18/03/2009 Hauliers eligible for government loan scheme Road haulage firms are now eligible to apply for funding under the government's Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme, which was launched in January to try to get banks lending again.
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| 12/03/2009 Used truck values recovering Auctioneers Manheim says its three-year market analysis shows that truck values recovered at the end of 2008. The firm says average used truck wholesale values recovered in the last quarter of 2008. ...
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| 10/02/2009 Sharp rise in UK heavy goods vehicle crime The past 12 months have witnesses a steep increase in lorry crime, according to the latest data from Truckpol.
According to a BBC report, the freight intelligence unit revealed that there were 2,28...
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| 27/01/2009 CV show cancelled This year’s Commercial Vehicle Show has been cancelled. The Commercial Vehicle Partnership (comprising the SMMT, RHA and SOE), and the CV Show Committee, have chosen to axe the 2009 show rather than h...
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| 19/11/2008 GPS tracking to be required for livestock transport On 1 January 2009 existing European legislation will extend the requirement to have GPS tracking systems fitted to all vehicles (rather than just vehicles first used for in-scope animal transport from...
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| 28/08/2008 New Mirror Regulations for Lorries The European Union has introduced new regulations designed to increase lorry safety by improving the standard of mirrors on vehicles.
Under the new directive certain vehicles over 3.5 tonnes will b...
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| 21/08/2008 Jail for Distracted Drivers Who Kill The SMMT's Week in Westminster bulletin reports that changes to the Road Safety Act 2006 came into force on Monday 18 August. These will mean that causing death by careless driving when distracted, f...
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| 10/07/2008 Strong Market Outlook for Commercial Telematics as ABI Research Forecasts Point to $11 Billion Market in 2013 NEW YORK, Jul 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With cost pressures steadily increasing, fleet managers are being challenged to get more productivity from their vehicles and drivers so that customer satisfa...
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| 10/07/2008 Strong Rise for UK Commercial Vehicle Market The June commercial vehicle market was up by more than a third on last year, according to figures from the UK Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Despite the problems of the housing market...
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| 26/06/2008 Restaurant Technologies, Inc. Increases Delivery Efficiency with the ORTEC Optimization Solution for Outbound Bulk Distribution “We now have a world class routing solution”
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ORTEC announces that Restaurant Technologies, Inc. (RTI) has been able to gain significant savings with ORTEC’s Bulk Forecast...
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| 12/05/2008 Foreign Lorries are "Side Swiping" £52M on UK Roads According to analysis by Accident Exchange, one of the UK's leading accident management specialists, the annual number of crashes on UK roads involving foreign registered lorries could be as high as 9...
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| 29/04/2008 Going Green in the Supply Chain by David Schimi-Levi, Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT
Going green is at the forefront of everyone’s mind and nowhere is this truer than in manufacturing and supply chains.
Increasing glo...
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| 08/04/2008 Corporate Manslaughter Act In Force The Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 came into force in England Northern Ireland & Wales on April 6th and in Scotland the Coroporate Homicide Act came into force.It allows for unlimited fines if entiti...
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| 31/03/2008 Fuel Costs Must Be Passed On, Says RHA The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is very concerned that some hauliers, even those with fuel price escalators in their contracts, are finding customers either refusing or willing but unable to accept...
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| 31/03/2008 Government Targets Tired Drivers Government officials have launched a campaign to remind motorists of the dangers of driving when tired.
One in five of all crashes on major roads are caused by tired drivers but research shows man...
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| 06/03/2008 Motorola MC70 is now available with GPS satellite navigation This MC70 provides everything a mobile worker needs to achieve a new
level of enterprise productivity. Designed to withstand all-day everyday use
in nearly any environment, this rugged compact dev...
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