OINDMEMOUTH CUTS As CM went to press BP announced that
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it would be cutting up to 1,000 jobs at its Grangemouth plant; a spokesman stressed that BP's oil tanker drivers would not he affected by the move.
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Paul Laeremans has been elected to succeed David Green as president of the International Road Transport Union. Green will stand down at the end of this year.
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The Road Haulage Forum is seeking "creative ideas" to tackle the problem of employees being poached as soon as they have been trained. It aims to launch a major study into how employers investment in training can best be protected.
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A Private Members Bill to prevent drivers from using hand-held mobile phones while driving was introduced to the Commons by Janet Anderson MP yesterday (14 November).
RRST =REAM Nick Graham, general manager of gases at Wincanton, has been appointed chairman of the newly founded Freight Transport Association Council in the North-West.
AGGREGATE WHARF A wharf that could take 161,000 lorries oft the road over the next 10 years has been unveiled by Transport Minister David Jamieson at Wakefield Europort .
DIFFERENT STAMPER Last week CM reported that GA Stamper based in Calgairth, nr Penrith. Cumbria was ceasing its milk haulage operations. We would like to stress that the firm is not connected with flat-bed specialist JG Stamper, also based in Penrith, which continues to trade as usual.