Good news all round today – not least for operators running in the London LEZ but waiting for their smoke test results to appear on the TfL database. It seems they don’t have to pay the £200 daily charge.

It’s also a good day for the Tyne and Wear Freight Quality Partnership (FQP), which has won an award for improving the working conditions of freight operators in its region. Staying on the positive side, Bulmers Logistics has ambitious growth plans after achieving a ‘pleasing’ 2% profit margin last year.

Taking a more international perspective, Oliver Dixon reports from the Mid America Truck Show and Clare Bottle continues her series of postings about transport in Zambia right here on the Road Transport Blog. Talking of blogs, Will Shiers invites you over to BigLorryBlog to identify some 1970s vans and win a prize. Be warned, it’s tricky!

In other news, the Eastern Traffic Area gains a new Traffic Commissioner, De Rooy subsidiary Intramast's O-licence bid is adjourned so the firm can deal with the TC's concerns, and Norbert Detressangle says the UK is its biggest market outside of France.