VOSA introduces online booking for HGV tests

Boughey Distribution has praised West Midlands Police for being 'on the ball' and arresting two thieves who have since been ordered to pay the firm compensation. At Warley Magistrates' Court on 20 January, Daniel Hodgkins and Wayne Michael Lewis were sentenced for their part in the theft of £3,800 of chocolate from a Boughey truck parked up in Park Lane Industrial Estate, Oldbury, West Midlands. Driver Paul Neill says he awoke in his cab to see the two men drivin

Telecommunications supplier Odyssey Systems has replaced its ageing fleet of Renault Kangoos with seven Citroën Nemo LX 1.4 HDI vans.The vehicles, supplied by Advanced Vehicles in Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorks, are expected to cover around 50,000 miles per year and can run on a 30% biofuel mixture.Mike Odysseas, Odyssey Systems' managing director, says: "We are determined to maintain our company commitment to green efficiency and in this

Tip-Ex, the specialist tipper and bulk transport show, has been cancelled for 2009 "due to worsening economic conditions". The news follows the cancellation of the CV Show and the TERTS show in Amsterdam.

A transport manager nominated on seven O-licences has lost his repute after it was found he had tricked two of his employers into operating on bogus O-licences. They subsequently reported him to the police.