A group of Scottish hauliers are planning to hold their own fuel protest next week in solidarity with the plan-ned protest by TransAction in London. Cameron Young, managing director of Cameron Young Transport, says: "I'll be sending a truck down to London to support TransAction's protest, but myself and several other hauliers also want to stage something up here on the same day."
This time last year Young ran around 25 trucks, but over the past couple of months has been gradually downsizing
his fleet due to escalating fuel prices. "I've just sold another nine vehicles, so I'm down to 12. If the government does something soon about diesel prices, then I just might survive."
Young, along with Stephen Montgomery, owner of S Montgomery Transport in Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, has been speaking to the Scottish media to rally support for a go-slow on Tuesday into Edinburgh. Montgomery says: "We have already got a lot of hauliers interested in taking part in some form of action and we are speaking to the local police and local MPs." To take part, contact Young on 07855 260 001 or Montgomery on 07813 783 445.
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