the wedge? BOTH THE Transport and General Workers Union and employers in the Leeds and Bradford area are being asked to...

Association industrial relations officer Chris Dixon said of the payment: "Such action could escalate throughout the road...

TORY MP Hugh Dykes is to meet Transport Minister William Rodgers in an effort to speed up the implementation of local lorry...

Moves to liberalise Irish transport licensing laws have run into heavy opposition from the Irish Road Haulage Association...

men to face ier licences? TWO NEW public servicl vehicle licences will be issuei from January 1, 1978, if draf regulations...

BRS Rescue will operate from a number of the group's depots on a national scale to provide a recovery service for commercial...

CONFUSION REIGNS over the future of the Leyland B15. According to reports from the chairman of the Greater London Council...

PRODUCTION at two don Atkinson plants a standstill this we more than 1,200 walked out after a disp over a bonus claim erupt...

Bradford's £16m travel interchange will become operational on Sunday 27 March. It will bring together bus and rail services...

Council windup OBJECTIONS to Department of Employment plans to wind up the Road Haulage Wages Council must be lodged in...

The Road Transport Industry Training Board has approved CM's Vehicle Recovery Conference for a grant under the technician rate....

The way the new SP cab, fitted to all ERF`B' Series vehicles, stands up to impressions, is very impressive indeed. 'rested at...

HAULIERS serving the port of Liverpool may impose a "surcharge" on goods taken to and From the docks because of delays to...

Haulage Association off the ground when they held their first meeting in Birmingham recently. Over 70 people attended the...

BRITISH Road Services' seven operating companies and divisions in Scotland have been r egrouped in a move designed to reduce...

WHEN Brittany Ferries started their roll-on/roll-off service between the South-West of England and South-West France in 1973 it...

A FEASIBILITY study which could save operators hundreds of pounds a year 1 is being carried out by the • Shetland Island...

A SERIES of seminars on the new proposals for admission to the occupation of road haulier are to be staged by the Freight...

IRON" REMOVALS PICKFORDS REMOVAL. has launched a free "cast iron" guarantee scheme t protect customers using its •...

Road Haulage Association director-general George Newman has issued a plea to the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to increase...

TRAFFORD Council Technical Services committee has decided not to oppose a weight restriction that could prevent road tankers...

A MAINTENANCE contract meant a written contract. For an operator to say there was a verbal contract was really only an exercise...

NEXT Year's Motor Show, which will bring the car an4 commercial vehicle sectors of the industry together for the first time,...

As a result of the changes, directors and general managers of the new operating companies have been appointed: E. Brown at...

SIXTEEN allegations that drivers of Wallace Arnold Tours had driven excessive hours and had insufficient rest in France, were...

responsible to the local electorate, says the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. This was stated in a memorandum...

SPECIAL coach fare reductions in the South-East, aimed principally at fighting off the British Rail challenge in the day and...

THREE National Travel companies: Midlands, North-West, and North-East, have been merged to form National Travel (East) and...

FREE FARES on express services for coach passengers joining extended tours came under the microscope at a joint meeting of the...

IF THE Leyland 500 engine is to be phased out as predicted (CM page 25) this would have far reaching repercussions for bus...

IT WOULD appear that Leyland is to gradually phase out the 500 series engine over the next three years. The engine — now...

THE FRENCH company SIDES of St Nazaire has introduced a new piece of firefighting equipment to tackle hydrocarbon fires in...

A RANGE of purpose-built gravity-discharge tippers for hauling grain, animal feed and similar bulk cargoes has been developed...

A FINAL dividend of 16.55 per cent for 1976 was announced by Crane Fruehauf Ltd last week, making a total distribution for the...

FIVE pre-production models of a totally new vehicle in the 32-ton artic class are soon to be unveiled for the first time. The...

CROMPTON Electricars Ltd will formally open its new sales and service centre for Devon and Cornwall on March 25 with an...

by John Darker ROAD TRANSPORT operators who want to stay in business must take road safety seriously. The cost of vehicle...

THE NUMBER of road transport operators taking advantage of contract hire and leasing deals has risen greatly in recent years....

are turning to cont Lct hire Johnny Johnson meets some satisfied tors who have stabilised their costs... TRADITIONALLY more...

HOME Delivery Services Ltd succeeded in convincing an industrial tribunal at Bedford that its dismissal of a driver was not...

in Jersey. This would present no problem in the United Kingdom for, while the machine constitutes an indivisible load, the...

A Paragraph (5) of Regulation 56 of the Goods Vehicle (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1971 exempts from plating and testing...

which we use as a mobile classroom. It is taxed as private at the rate of £40 a year. Until now, we have had this vehicle...

one of the front axles of my Bedford VAL six-wheel coach. Can I legally use the vehicle with the parking brake acting only on...

CONTRACT HIRE or otherwise leasing, has been around in one form or another for over 50 years and these days it can be as simple...

Computing variabl drive - WHAT KIND of automotive component has had the most money spent on its development over the past half...

It seems as though A. I. Watkinson (eV/ February 25) has let his imagination run away with him as there is, in fact, a poor...

Last week in Technical News (CM February 25) you gave details of the new Fiat 170s for UK hauliers. However, in closing the...

Many people, including myself, have highlighted the prohibitive costs of new vehicles, costs which rise on average, every three...

Regarding your Questions and answers in CM, February 25, may I make two points regarding the question about the Hope Anti...

A moving tale... I see Yorkshire PTE is getting into hot water. The trouble is disturbance allowances for staff at Rotherham...

set up on his own, with his own vehicle, is probably enough to start him making calculations. He'll take into account his...

FIRM indications that the market for lorries in on the up-turn are agonisingly slow in making their appearance. Meanwhile,...

Safety regulations for the workshop can prevent injury and aid production FOLLOWING the introduction of all manner of...

ga in or a stra in ? • Martin Watkins talks to some nce houses about coach leasing WHEN A small coach operator looks...

by Les Oldridge, T Eng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE Trailer braking TO round off the regulations relating to brakes, we continue our...