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Lightweight rigids buck the trend in 2018 with strong sales

Sales of light commercials, between 3.5t and 6t GVW (such as the 3.5t Isuzu Grafter - pictured above), bucked the industry trend in 2018 registering a 23.3% year-on-year gain in sales.

HMRC

Haulage company boss gets 18 months

A haulage company boss who was caught smuggling 2,000kg of hand-rolling tobacco into the UK, evading £442,360 in duty, has been jailed for 18 months.

HMRC

Truck driver sentenced for cigarette smuggling

A truck driver who tried to smuggle more than 5 million illegal cigarettes into the UK hidden behind bags of soil, has been sent to prison for four-and-a-half years.

New Mercedes Actros for Ginsters maker

Samworth Brothers acquires 18 Mercedes-Benz Actros

AST Express

10 O-licence applications and decisions that caught our eye this week - 8 January 2019

Commercial Motor picks out some of the latest O-licence decisions issued in the North West of England traffic area.

Money

Minimising the risk: national minimum wage

What are the key issues for the road transport sector when it comes to the national minimum wage?

Keith Sims, HVRS

HRVS on the track to success supplying truck engines for trains

Commercial vehicle dealer group HRVS has diversified into the rail industry, and is supplying MAN D28 truck engines into trains.

Commercial Motor 03 January 2019

A new year and another great new issue of Commercial Motor. Here's why you should get yours today

New trucks, used trucks and a man telling a joke. Here's why you should buy this week's Commerical Motor

Checklist

Keeping good company: financial risk assessments

Operators need to ensure the financial health of customers is up to scratch before doing business, or risk not being paid.

Employment tribunal

Tribunal trouble: unfair dismissal and employment tribunals

Follow correct procedures to avoid being taken to an employment tribunal by a dismissed employee.

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