A truck driver is being thanked for his life-saving actions after he helped a woman who was trapped in her car for hours after crashing.
John Bedard, a Poland Spring Truck driver, noticed the single-car crash while he was driving near Ed’s Grove Disc…
PacLease added 13 new locations in 2020 – one in Canada – and says it increased its market share in the full-service leasing space.“We’re glad 2020 is in the rearview mirror, but looking back, I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished,” said Ken…
Truck driver ‘feared for his life’ when Amazon lorry driver tried to ram him off the road in shocking road rage incidentAdrian Kowalski, 52, said he was ‘really shaken’ after the incident in Barlborough Amazon delivery driver had ‘chased’ the moto…
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The UK could renege on commitments to allow Ireland access to the EU via the “land-bridge” and put more than €18 billion in trade at risk, the Dáil has been warned.
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Further concerns have been raised over the law currently making its way through the UK’s House of Commons, this time in relation to the haulage sector.
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After ‘Global Prayers for SSR’ campaign became a huge trend online, justice for Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has reached many corners of this world. The latest example is a van in London that was decorated with the late actor’s pict…
Village bakery creates 50 jobs
The Village Bakery has created 50 new jobs and is close to completing a new ‘super bakery’ to replace the one lost in a fire last year.
Managing director Robin Jones said: “It’s absolutely remarkable how we’ve got back o…
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Clements directors (left to right) managing director Adrian Hutchinson, operations director Paul Dixon and chairman Jim LongstaffPaul Dixon started with Clements Plant & Access Hire in 1974 straight from school. After an HGV apprenticeship he wo…
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Last Thursday I was shopping at Market32 in Pittsfield when I heard what sounded like thousands of pingpong balls pounding onto the roof. A shopper next to me commented out loud “that’s some rain.” The color drained from my face as I r…
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UK based rental company Clements Plant & Access Hire has promoted works manager Paul Dixon to the newly created position of operations director.Dixon joined the company from school in 1974 and went through a Heavy Goods Vehicle apprenti…
White Paper Paints a Vision of the Future – But Gets Dismissed by Industry Opponents
UK – First it was horsepower versus mechanical technology, then we had external (steam) versus internal (petrol/diesel) combustion, the latter of which first had to wi…