• Anyone who thinks that the road haulage industry has been let off the hook over speed limiters has got it very wrong indeed....

• The Government has no plans to make speed limiters on lorries compulsory, but it is "examining ways of ensuring greater...

capital 2250,000 to run. Some 2,000 warning signs have been erected, and 20,000 10-page permits issued since the ban came into...

• Transport-related accidents in the workplace kill 100 people each year and account for 50% of fatal injuries in industries...

• The Department of Transport is considering offering pretesting of trucks on its roller brake equipment in a bid to reduce the...

site at Middlewich, Cheshire. The purpose-built design centre and research and development facility covers over 2,500 ni` and...

• The EEC has allocated an extra 125 multilateral permits to the United Kingdom. Operators are invited to apply in writing for...

• Vehicle manufacturers enjoyed a pre-Christmas boom in truck, van and bus sales last month. Registrations during November...

man by driving recklessly on the A75 Euro route in Scotland, a jury at Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court found last week. Andrew...

• With the West Germans isolated, the rest of the EEC is now on the verge of agreeing a major increase in the multilateral...

• From 1 January more than 300,000 British CV drivers will be able to insure themselves against loss of their HGV or PSV...

• Tolls on the Humber Bridge will rise on 1 January. Cars and light vans will be charged 21.50 (up from 21.20) and mini-buses...

belonging to TK Longthome of Skipton, North Yorkshire, which was stolen from the town's industrial site in the early hours of 1...

of a road crossing across the Medina Estuary, which is currently served by the Cowes chain ferry and the Newport Bridge 6km...

Sun newspaper for describing a TNT lorry driver as a "lying truck er" when he refused to cross picket lines during the...

The same people who forgot the winter of 1986. The Arctic winter of January 1987 arrived without warning. And because no-one...

• Tiphook plans to launch its contender in the inter-modal market next April, when the rail wagon it has developed to take...

in Milton Keynes, which is being used exclusively for a contract with Coca Cola and Cadbury Schweppes. Under the contract,...

9% for the six months to September this year, with turnover up from 2104 million to 2130 million. The company blames poor...

• Northants-based Auto Spares and Salvage has bought its first Volvo; an FL616 fitted with a twindeck car body designed to...

• Engineering congolomerate Suter, which purchased Mitchell Cotts earlier this year, is to sell Mitchell Cotts Environmental...

• Sales of trucks in Britain are likely to continue growing over the next five years buoyed by the strength of investment in...

Freight Consortium's refrigerated transport specialist, to distribute 300,000 Christmas hampers in the three weeks before...

Bedford TL1260s in its delivery fleet with Mercedes following two years experience of operating a secondhand Mercedes LP313....

• Seven new-to-the-UK Hino truck-models, extending from 7.5 to 38 tonnes, are expected to be launched during 1988 to complement...

• Ingimex subsidiary Kurtrans Developments of Telford has added step-framed, doubledecked and insulated refrigerated models to...

• Peugeot Talbot has revised the engines, styling and payloads of its 205 range of hatchback panel vans. The model line-up...

• Following the fu - st stage in a three-year research programme, the Transport and Road Research Laboratory has published a...

/ Land Rover has made a number of small changes to the specification of the Land Rover range which was on display last week at...

• Walker Tridex of Telford says its three-deck car transporter, built to carry 12 vehicles, is 50mm lower than any previously...

• Hestair Duple has delivered • the first of its new 300 series single deck bus bodies to Gypsy Queen coaches of Durham. It...

• PSV operators who trim operating costs too far in order to win passengers could be threatening the entire public transport...

• Cummins has set up a new European support package for PSV operators running on the continent with Cumminspowered coaches. The...

Holdings (which already owns Wakefieldbased West Riding Automobile) in the latest sale of a National Bus Company subsidiary....

Leopard coaches rebodied by Plaxtons, in time for the start of the 1988 summer coaching season. Plaxtons will carry out the...

• Lichfield-based Tanker Road Services has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £38,550 after failing to appear to...

• No action has been taken against the licence held by Falkirk-based Robert Munro (Transport) following disciplinary...

• Warwick Crown Court has reduced fines, costs and back duty totalling £2,778.43 that had been imposed on Stockmen Transport of...

• New north-western licensing authority Martin Albu has granted a new licence to a company formed by the managing director of...

Davies have been committed for trial at Manchester Crown Court by the Salford magistrates on charges of falsifying tachograph...

• When he cut the duration of the licence held by Newportbased Ronton Haulage, South Wales licensing authority John Mervyn Pugh...

The microprocessor controller on Eaton's semi-automatic mechanical transmission can process gear changes as smoothly,...

within the MAT Group, has opened a new depot and warehouse complex in Zwijndrecht, near Dortrecht in the Netherlands. The...

the Ocean Cory Tyre Company has moved to West Bromwich Road, Tamebridge, Walsall, West Midlands WS5 4AN. The Bandag Tyre...

has been bought by Bremhill Industries and restructured under the name RTS International. wrs is now trading from new premises...

has raised the prices on the majority of its 2-11, 3-11 and 4-11 models by an average of 3.9%. Typical prices for selected...

prices for its latest Fourtrak four-wheel-drive models (see CM Light Vehicle News 3-9 December). The new prices (ex-VAT) are as...

launched new fleet management computer software called Fleet-Man which can provide either partial or total management of a...

equipment which is designed for use in the cab is now available from Adrec International, based at Hemel Hempstead. The range...

face a new VAT scheme from 1 April 1988, can obtain an explanatory leaflet from local VAT offices. Alternatively contact HM...

Excise has reviewed its policy on the VAT treatment of payments made under out-of-court settlements of disputes after...

Rental and Leasing Association is holding courses for managers in contract hire and leasing sectors. There are five classes:...

system manufacturer, is holding another series of roadshows to demonstrate its products to fleet operators. The next show will...

cellphones has been launched by Motorola Communications, all with speed dialing, last number recall and illuminated keypads....

company jointly owned by Motorola, British Telecom and National Radiofone, will be operating its new radio communications...

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in your edition of Commercial Motor, 19-25 November, the reference to the TGWU campaign concerning food and quality for lorry...

'The Head Hunters' in Commerical Motor, 26 November-2 December. Another sector of British industry whining that there are too...

article entitled "The Head Hunters" (CM 26 November — 2 December): on reading it very carefully and objectively it gives the...

problems, scores of concerned readers have been writing in saying "what's the matter? I'm available!" Has Commercial Motor gone...

banquet in Scotland. The raffle — which raised .£3000 for the industry's excellent benevolent fund, BEN — came up for drawing....

entries. This week it's Pirelli's turn. Now Pirelli is the firm'which for years gave the world the motor trade calendar as we...

lover under a load of rock salt during an ingenious escape to the West, the Hawk learns this week. The fraulein, a 41-year-old...

with all the attendant smoke bombs and trucks rising out of seas of dry ice, it was refreshing to attend the recent launch of...

California, New York, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea . . . you name it I've been there. Did it all in an afternoon last week as...

TELL HIM ABOUT IT eth Keeping your bank manager happy is vital, especially if you run a growing company which may need e odd...

AVOID THE CASHFLOW CRISIS et Very few businesses are able to operate successfully on a cash-onthe-nail basis. Most will allow...

INSURE e Many commercial vehicle operators have nightmares about their insurance problems, not least because of heavy...

Financial and accounting jargon is almost as bewildering as computer jargon, so we have tried to provide a simple guide through...

Old age and retirement may seem a long way away, but it is never too early to start planning. We have a quick guide to the...

• Our last Volkswagen Transporter road test concluded: ". . . it is an old-fashioned van with more than its share of...

of P&O European Ferries. He will be responsible for freight marketing policy throughout P&O, and will be based at Dover....

general manager of its European services. He will work with Ian King, who joined Danzas in May, and who shares the title...

marketing manager of Vincent Greenhous, the newlyappointed Leyland Daf dealer in the Midlands. Slaughter, 39, has spent his...

manager of freight forwarder Baxter Hoare, replacing Bob Kelly who has left the company. Pedrick was the company's deep sea...

in London and the Home Counties, has appointed four sales executives. Keith Baker will cover West Kent, East Sussex and part of...

its marketing director, • Europe. He will be based at the company's Watford headquarters and will cover advertising, public...

Tim Blakemore from Commercial Motor, there have been a number of internal changes within the magazine. Brian Weatherley has...

director for West Midlands Travel, has won a certificate of merit from the American Public Transit Association. The award, for...

Authority is advertising for a successor to Ian Smith, the director general, who retires next year. It has appointed Philip...