• The approved list of dangerous substances providing information that
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must be displayed on hazard warning panels has been revised. Hauliers have until 1 December to make any amendments to the warning panels on all vehicles.
Go roads • The British Roads Federation has told Prime Minister, John Major, that his "go for growth" economic strategy must include maintaining planned road investment and a .commitment to increase it.
Bakery shuts • Twenty-seven drivers and ten fitters have been made redundant with the closure of the Allied Bakeries' Hednesford bakery at Cannock in Staffordshire. The plant's 30-strong vehicle fleet is being split between three other bakeries.
French chillers • Transport giant NFC has bought Transports Pujos based in Toulouse and Transports Martin based in Nice. Both French companies specialise in the distribution of long and short life chilled products.
Wagons roll • The Government is planning to allow new carriages and wagons to be leased by train operators to encourage the private sector to operate trains on BR tracks.
Kent convictions II Kent trading standards officers examined more than 9,500 vehicles last year, with 348 convictions for loading offences, according to the department's annual report. Of those examined, 2,376 were foreign
vehicles.