A successful business must have profitability, liquidity and growth: these do not come about by accident, and managers who do...

After 18 months' monitoring FTA seeks six major changes • The FTA has put forward to the Department of the Environment a...

• Local authority refuse collection vehicles will no longer be exempt from plating and testing if proposals now being...

• A Mark VI version of the Seddon Pennine psv chassis range, distinguished by its use of the 155 bhp turbocharged version of...

• Two crucial meetings on September 17 are designed to further NCL/BRS integration, but trade union attitudes are unlikely to...

• Allisons Freightlines have applied to the Scottish Court or Session for the appointment of a provisional liquidator; and...

RHA watchdogs will report transport law-breakers • Proclaiming that unlawful operation constitutes unfair competition, and...

• Two interesting industrial relations questions have arisen as a result of CM inquiries in the West Midlands on Wednesday. Has...

• Tuesday, August 31, is a day 33-year-old lorry driver Mr James Spark, of Hardwick Street. Blackhall Colliery, Co Durham. is...

• When Coopers Road Services Ltd, of Wednesbury, wanted a new driver 83 men applied for the job—and this despite the Fact that...

• The finals of the National Public Service Vehicles Undertakings Cricket Competition took place on Wednesday at the Worcester...

• Lord Stokes opened a new BLMC truck distribution and assembly plant in Dublin on Wednesday. The new premises will enable...

• The Transport Development Group's pretax profits for the first six months of 1971 are marginally down—£3.98m compared to last...

• Hauliers in the West Midlands still resisting the TGWU's demands for £2.50 hgv driving licence money are suffering great...

• Purle Brothers Holdings, waste disposal specialists running over 800 vehicles in the UK, have received approval from the...

• A special 75-ton version of the Atkinson Venturer has been produced by Atkinson Vehicles Ltd, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. Built...

Courses available in Kent and Lancs by David Lowe • When the prospect of legislation requiring transport managers to be...

• Mr John Peyton, the Minister for Transport Industries, saw the new "B-Line" location equipment in operation when he visited...

• Scottish Omnibuses Ltd is supplying information about losses on rural bus services to county councils, so that the...

• William Moss and Sons Ltd, bodybuilder of Loughborough, Leics, has failed in its appeal to the Department of the Environment...

• It will be several weeks yet before a decision is made on whether half fares can be re-established for school children on...

• Mr Stanley Lambert, chairman of Sunderland Football Club Supporters' Association, has criticized coach owners who "did not...

• A United Automobile Services bus made a special half-mile detour last week to take an expectant mother to hospital. The bus...

• Despite the current problems in Ireland, Scottish bus companies report full traffic to the various Irish destinations granted...

• After two and a half years of trying, Bee-Line Roadways Ltd, Teesside coach operator, has been granted permission by the...

• After failing to attend a public inquiry under Section 69 of the Transport Act 1968 in Birmingham last week, a Birmingham...

• A Walsall haulage company which suffered a "pattern change" regarding the number of prohibition notices attracted by its...

• After an application had been made by D. R. Fullard and R. W. Bird to add four vehicles to an existing 0 licence, a DoE...

• A Bradford demolition firm which failed to co-operate with DoE examiners and produce its vehicle at several pre-arranged DoE...

• The Scottish Traffic Commissioners reserved their decision last week in the application of J. C. Docherty, of Kilmarnock, for...

• Leeds Corporation's car park in Woodhouse Lane, which was opened last August at a cost of £600,000, is one of the biggest in...

• Almost 75 per cent of a fleet of 26 vehicles belonging to John N. S. Thomson, of Mossend, Lanarkshire, were found to be...

• Mrs E. S. Allison, of Blaydon, the holder of an operator's licence authorizing two vehicles was refused her application to...

• Granting a licence to Weir's Tours to run excursions and tours from Clydebank would adversely affect services offered by...

David Bampton, 38, has been appointed technical legislation manager by the Perkins Engines Group and will be responsible for...

• A new de luxe cab option, offering increased comfort and convenience for the driver, has been introduced on Chrysler UK's...

• Announced this week is the formation, within the John Brown Engineering Group, of a new national sales organization, Cravens...

• Among exhibits to be demonstrated at the Works and Highways Exhibition to be held at Weymouth on September 15 and 16 is a...

German venture doubles Unimog payload • Daimler-Benz A.G. and Primrose Third Axle Co Ltd, have co-operated to produce a...

• In a Iwo-compartment insulated van body built by A. Cheeseman of Leeds, near Maidstone, Kent, a thermostati-;ally controlled...

4 x 2 Crusader for State transport fleet by Gibb Grace, DAuE, CEng, MIMechE AT the request of British Road Services Ltd, '...

Inspection charts, licence renewal iNSPECTIONS have become virtually the "password" of the system of control laid down by the...

The LDoY Finals are at Bramcote on Sunday ON SUNDAY (September 12), the 18th annual Final of the Lorry Driver of the Year...

Harry Caunce • There were those who believed that the introduction of operators licensing would devalue the strength of the...

Some employers have a "modest" wage claim coming their way which may be met with more sympathy than some. John Moore, TGWU...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The Contracts of Employment Act 1963 THE Contracts of Employment Act 1963 has two main...

Benchwise: cool it (78) by Handyman THE HIGH coolant temperatures to which the pressure cap and its valves are subjected can...

Reviving watch committees CARRIERS' LICENSING covered one of those rare periods in history which have a clear beginning and...

HIGH GEARING matched with the 145 bhp (net) turbocharged version of the Perkins 6.354 diesel engine returned excellent fuel...

your tax by R. H. Grimsley Bcom, FIAC 4. Expenses allowable for tax purposes REVENUE EXPENSES of the business which may be...

"It is the truck operator's aim to operate in the most profitable manner within the limitations imposed by legislation. It is...

wheeled rigid lorry classified as a 26ton-gross machine, plated at 26 tons and listed in your specifications published in the...

Objective management: summarising the series by F. S. D. Davies and S. J. Rayfield MANAGERS, TASC, ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY...

The RTITB and heavy vehicle apprenticeships by David Lowe, MInstTA, AMBIM A SELECTED NUMBER of technical colleges were given...

Credit insurance • Almost every business i's involved in trade credit. Yet credit is probably abused and misused more than any...