TNT has defended its stand on haulier MMK, whose owner recently had £3m of assets seized by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

Meanwhile, hauliers are criticising TDG for the way it runs the 4PL operation for Aggregate Industries.

Former Motor Transport Award winner Grocontinental is sponsoring a junior rugby festival - good for them, and an example to firms that should keep up their community activities even in these straitened times

A battery manufacturer has said what we have long suspected - that petrol-electric 'mild hybrids' are a complex short-term solution which will be overtaken by other technologies.