• "Anachronistic. . . outdated. . . restrictive. . . jobs for life . . ." The leader writers have certainly been having a...

• Salaries for transport managers and distribution managers are rising well ahead of the rate of inflation and the national...

• As Commercial Motor went to press on Tuesday, hauliers were bracing themselves for a national dock strike. Most hauliers...

• Environmental objections have cost the country £7 million and put back the planned new Al-M1 link by at least a year, says...

• Truck drivers delivering loads to UK airports face elays from a new Government-ordered security crackdown. Last week...

• The first British-built drawbar combination to follow the high-volume Philips concept has entered operation with...

• Cardiff council workers have won a 215.5-million contract from the council to clear up the city's litter — but at the...

• Volvo is to test trucks and buses fitted with particulate filters designed to reduce emissions. Laboratory tests using...

• Operators running tractive units registered after 1 April should ensure that their trailers have been modified to avoid...

• CV registrations rose by over 13.5% in March to 36,186 — the highest level for the month since 1973. With a 0.28% fall...

si Britain's non-motorway road network has deteriorated since 1977, according to the 1988 National Road Maintenance Condition...

Ili Ralph Jones of Bridgend is offering a £4,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of his stolen Volvo FL7 8X4...

• Hauliers of large loads of dangerous explosives will have to agree their routes in advance with the police under the new...

• Transport minister Peter Bottomley is expected to talk about simplifying the law as it applies to road hauliers when he...

• An air-suspension kit designed for pickups and light vans has been launched for under £500 by Phoenix Truck and Trailer...

• Iveco Ford has re-affirmed its commitment to the aircooled engine with the arrival of three new Deutz-powered 'Maggie'...

• MAN's new eight-wheeler, with the latest F90 cab, gets its first showing in the UK, alongside the recently introduced M90...

• It was clear at this week's Hanover Fair that German bodybuilders have welcomed the introduction of the new VIA Taro...

• Foden, long time advocate of the 6x4 axle configuration, has finally succumbed to market pressure and now offers a...

• Fitting a Pa!finger lorry loader to a demountable body allows Edinburgh scrap metal merchant William Waugh (Eclinburgh)'s...

make an appearance at this year's Tipcon show fitted with BPW HSMOM full air suspension, an automatic lifting front axle,...

• Leyland Dal will introduce two new models at the RHA's Tipcon exhibition, later this month at Harrogate, equiped with the...

moving premises to accommodate its fast growing fleet. Latest vehicle acquisition is the company's third Leyland Daf FT 95.380...

• BRS Southern has won a five-year contract-hire deal with New Thames Paper Company, part of UK paper, worth more than 214...

• Distribution company Rockwood Holdings increased its pre-tax profit by 83% to 21.90m during 1988, according to preliminary...

• Trailerent is on course for a record investment year with plans to spend more than 28 million on new equipment in this...

• Volvo truck rental specialist Dawsongroup pushed up its pre-tax profits by 48% last year, from 24.09 million in 1987 to a...

that the drivers who were formerly employed by Cadbury Schweppes-Coca Cola at Eccleshall and Warrington and have now set up...

• Securicor Parcels is to link up with one of France's largest parcels operators as part of a £30m development of the...

• John Dee is to open a major base in the Midlands to service a new contract with an as yet un-named partner starting on 1...

• As expected an Algarve 35seat semi-integral midi coach based on the MAN 10.180 rear-engined chassis has been launched by...

goes to Parks • Park's of Hamilton will take delivery of 50 Volvo BlOM 12 metre coaches with Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodies...

• Llandudno-based Crosville Wales has taken delivery of the second and third Optare Delta buses to come off the line. Based...

• The Association of Metropolitan Authorities' public transport committee is voting this week on a report it commissioned...

• Laird Group has replaced its auditors, Coopers & Lybrand, after finding "fundamental errors" in the past accounts of its...

all power-operated doors in buses and coaches to incorporate safety devices to prevent people being trapped as the vehicle...

• United Bus Company's decision to close its Brompton Road depot in Northallerton has whipped up a storm of protest....

• Leyland Bus is booming — year-to-date figures show its market share leaping from just over 20% in 1988 to 31.4% this...

• Bidding began last week for Merthyr Tydfil Transport, and at least 18 passenger transport businesses will be vying for the...

• Troubled Inverness Traction has been bought by a locally based operator, Alexander (North-east), which was formed late last...

• Fines imposed on Garnex, trading as C J Stanley, and one of its drivers, for overloading offences were quashed at Bolton...

bus driver who took the wrong route in Glasgow, and refused to take corrective action when his passengers complained, has been...

• Coach operator Smiths Shearings does have a case to answer with respect to a series of alleged tachograph offences, Wigan...

Hire, of Hinckley, had operated illegally for about 18 months because of an "unacceptable bureaucratic delay" in dealing with...

• Barnsley haulier William Jones, trading as L Naylor, was given six months to show he could maintain his vehicles in a...

• Maxihaul (Humberside) was fined £650 with £70 costs, after being convicted of overloading, plating and testing offences...

• A company whose £7,000 .4 bus was written off in an accident is suing a lorry driver for alleged negligence. In a High...

in volving a heavy goods vehicle is suing the lorry driver concerned and his employer, Melrowand, for alleged negligence. In a...

GKN EXPANDS • GKN Autoparts has bought M&H Continental Auto Spares which trades from branches in Oldham and Stockport. Its...

• EW STEYR DEALER • Steyr Trucks has appointed Zebra Commercials of Fareham in Hampshire as its truck dealer for Hampshire....

FERRYhUkSTERS NETWORK STRENGTHENED • Ferrymasters is now ()tiering a full distribution service out of s'Herenburg on the...

LOAD RESTRAINT GUIDE • Apex Load Control of Croydon has produced a vehicle load restraint guide to complement publications by...

COSTCARE • Iveco Ford is updating and improving its Costcare fleet maintenance scheme with new terminals at its dealerships...

EXTRA RHA SEMINAR MI Because of a strong demand from RHA members in the North-East, the Association is holding a further...

PARKER WEIGHS IN WITH TWO • Parker Weighing Systems has announced two new products in its range of electronic weighing...

KILLING LISTERIA • C&M Research has launched a range of vehicle cleaners called Transclean 6000 which it says has been...

EXEMPTIONS FOR LANGPOIIT • Red and yellow stickers featuring the Langport portcullis are to be given to suitable operators...

• Major sewer works at Alton in Hampshire are scheduled to start on 2 May for three weeks. During that time vehicles...

M25 Surrey: The clockwise can igeway is closed at Ill and 13. Contraflow systems operate on the anti-clockuise carriageway with...

• Once again it is open season for the CPC knockers. Cries of "Let's make it harder" or "Just a Mickey Mouse test" . • ....

in Commercial Moto' , (23-29 March), I would like to suggest the following information: The delivery van is possibly a Leyland...

23-29 March) on load restraint straps, we wish to make certain comments. It is questionable whether a single test from each...

• On page 32 of Commercial Motor, 16-22 March, there was a picture of a Ford Fiesta after it had come into close contact with...

• The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has recently been loaned a Leyland Advertising Clock. According to the Leyland...

What professionals want is quality, economy, and a good choice. Tyre users are no exception to the rule. Vakuum Vulk's...

for faulty pelican crossings which make a safe-to-cross bleeping noise when the traffice lights show green. A fault in the...

BY THE HAWK • An armed robber who chose a Number 12 bus as his getaway vehicle didn't reckon on the long arm of the law...

and young drivers are battling hard to make it to the top of the heap. To help them, Lucas has introduced the British National...

Transport laws and the state of the economy help to set road haulage rates in different European countries. • Britain's...

Computer-based fleet management systems are now within the financial reach of small hauliers. We look at technology trends and...

Our latest survey into UK haulage rates shows some worrying trends. Most of the operators we talked to reckon that the rate...

FRANC Jean Prost runs one of France's most respected parcels and distribution companies, Prost Transports, and has a beady eye...

The latest Mercedes-Benz high-roof 308D maintains its family tradition of tou•h, well made dependability, which is now...

BROWN/PORTON/JONES BRS Western has promoted Don Brown to contracts director, responsible for contract hire. He joined the...

The Freight Transport Association's new Scottish regional director is Robert Armstrong. He is also vicechairman of the FTA's...

Care Plan as northern area manager, responsible for promoting the company in the North. Before this he was responsible for...

appointed the new chairman of United Transport International. A BET director since 1985, he became chairman of UTI's touring...

of TNT Newsfast, has been promoted to general manager of TNT Newspaper Distribution Services. He joined TNT Newsfast in 1985 as...

manager of the Henlys Group in March after 41 years' service. He joined the group in 1947 and, for the past 14 years, headed...

North. He joins from Elan International, where he was major accounts manager and was previously with Atlas and TNT in sales...

National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors, with a brief to represent members and liaise with regulatory bodies to...

has been made business development manager of Watts of Lydney Group. Stephen Bowkett has been promoted to management accountant...

customer service manager. He joined VW dealer Donald Vince of Croydon in 1961 and, after qualifying as a technician, became...

finance director of Ribble Motor Services at Crosby, Merseyside. He joined from the North Western Road Car Company at...

as training and personnel manager, with 18 years' training experience. Based at the company's headquarters in Slough, she is...

• Pay levels for managers in transport and distribution are rising well ahead of the rate of inflation and the national...

John Stewart Bulk Haulage of Warrington • POLICE CHECKS on a tachograph in a vehicle operated by John Stewart Bulk Haulage...

1. STOKE-ON-TRENT haulier Maurice Meld Transport Ltd has been granted a new operator's licence, authorising the operation of 15...

West Mids international operator DJ Ponsonby • ALTHOUGH prepared to grant D J Ponsonby Ltd a new international licence for...

B Transport 4, AN OWNER-DRIVER who had a pro", hibition order placed on his truck, told the LA the vehicle was inspected every...

Van Hee Transport 111 THE APPEAL of Van Hee Transport Ltd to the Transport Tribunal against the decision of the North Eastern...

Duncan Lacy & Bros appeal • THE APPEAL of Duncan Lacey & Bros Ltd against the decision of South Eastern Licensing Authority...

• ON PAGES 4 and 5 of the March issue (No 35) of Legal Bulletin there was a factual report of the Transport Tribunal's...

Wake up UK hauliers: it's going to happen III WHILE my contribution this month is something of a mixed bag. 1 have very...

V Astill v Total Oil 1. TOTAL OIL (GB) Ltd had not acted unreasonably in deciding to dismiss an accident-prone driver, decided...

WHAT sentence to impose when someone charged with a criminal offence has been found guilty is a question to be decided by the...

• The current boom in the construction industry has certainly had a spin-off effect on the sales of commercial vehicles in an...

Multi-wheeler sales rose strongly last year. We analyse the motivations and movements in the tipper and mixer market league...

IN A booming UK economy has fuelled an equally buoyant construction market, resulting in a high demand for tippers....