• That eternal schoolboy Tom Brown never wanted anything ". . . but what's right and fair". In a fair and just world if an...

• Tippermen working at 10 Derbyshire quarries are demanding a 15% rate increase from quarry owner Tilcon, partly as a result of...

• The European Commission has launched an investigation into claims that government funds have been paid to Italian hauliers....

• Hauliers who leave their trucks unattended overnight are being urged to join a national anti-theft vehicle watch scheme....

• A trading standards chief has dismissed criticism of the accuracy of a dynamic axle weighbridge which gave two gross weight...

weigher to the truck specifically because he hauls from sawmills where there are no self-test weighbridges. When the driver...

• Private parcel firms could soon be allowed to use the Royal Mail's network for a fee, under plans being considered by the...

• Road hauliers in the North-East are joining operators in East Anglia and Kent in the theft-busting Truckwatch scheme. The...

• Britain's remaining local authority-owned bus companies look likely to be privatised if the Tories win the next election....

• Some top hauliers lined up for Commercial Motor Truckfest this year are: owner-driver and last year's best new vehicle winner...

• Loughborough-based dealer Yeates Bus & Coach will close its Salisbury depot next month, making 10 staff redundant.

• The plight of small firms, including hauliers, who face going bust because of late payment of bills is being studied by the...

• More than 10% of the 107 trucks stopped for a weighing check on the Al near Sawtry, Cambs last week were given immediate...

• Coach maker Walter Alexander is to make 44 staff redundant and put the remaining 420 on a three-day week at least until the...

• The first set of guidelines for tachograph analysts will be published later this month. The code of practice, from the...

• Veteran truck racer Allan Hodge says a specially developed roll cage saved his life after his Iveco Ford Cargo hit a crash...

• Sisu Trucks of Finland has postponed its planned break into the UK market because the recession shows no signs of ending....

• This is the first shot of Ford's new Fiesta high-cube van which will be officially launched at next month's Barcelona Show....

• Programmable message signs warning drivers of accidents and where they should reduce speed are to be fitted on the M25,...

• The Government will spend £444m on motorway, trunk road and bridge maintenance in 1991/92 — up £37m on last year.

• Iveco has revealed the truck which will take over from the Cargo in the light to mediumweight sector. While the all-new...

• Scania is stepping up its attack on the UK three-axle tractor market with a new 6x2 featuring a fully air suspended tag axle,...

• Pan-European trailer operator Cargo Care is adding 100 high volume TER tilt trailers to its 650-strong fleet in an order...

its 3000 Series chassis derived from the one used on its 2000 Series 17-tormer. The 2.2m wide cab shaves 90kg off the...

heavy recovery truck which it worked on with Wreckers International; Unipower handled the bodywork in-house.

Chassis Developments of Leighton Buzzard and featuring an Alexander municipal cab (CM 27 September 3 October 1990) has gone...

• What is claimed to be the first 4x4 conversion of the Leyland Daf Roadrunner is being launched by JR Roberts Engineering of...

• The Freight Transport Association is lobbying UK and European Customs to oppose the charging of VAT on transport services...

• A new haulage operation, Return Loads of Felixstowe, plans to provide backloads for lorries coming into Felixstowe. The...

• The Road Haulage Association's new conditions of carriage will push up goods-intransit insurance premiums. Insurance...

• A year after its launch Parcelforce has opened nearly 80 dedicated delivery depots for its standard service and added 2,000...

• BRS managing director Steve Abel has urged operators to implement Green strategies which result in "significant cost...

Tibbet 8z Britten Group is to manage the UK warehousing and transport operations of computer giant Digital Equipment. TBG will...

clause in rate agreements to protect themselves from a sudden rise in dery prices, says Road Haulage Association director...

The current recession is opening up buying opportunities, says Transport Development Group chairman Sir James Duncan. TDG has...

• Jim Davis, chairman of trailer rental giant TIP Europe, says that if the company had failed to renegotiate soaring interest...

• Nexday managing director Geoffrey Rowett says the company's franchise programme is moving fast, with 75% of its total revenue...

• A plan to build a 200-lorry truckstop off the M1 at East Midlands Airport has been rejected by the local council on orders...

• The Bus & Coach Council has moved a step nearer to getting cash from the Government to fund congestion-busting schemes it...

• The European Commission has rejected a plan forcing manufacturers to build coaches with stronger superstructures. British...

taken delivery of a £120,000 air suspended MOM coach, which it will use to carry its instruments.

advanced discussions with a Northern bodybuilder interested in its six-month-old low-floor Cougar chassis.

for a minimum legal wage have been rejected by the Department of Employment — but the Department of Transport says it is...

• Coach drivers in London face another campaign urging residents to report them for illegal or inconsiderate operation. The...

• A buyer is being sought for Specialised Coach Services (International), the UK testing and services agent for Van Hool...

• West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has granted a icence to Walkers Carriers, but has imposed environmental...

have Jed North Western Deputy Licensing Authority Kenneth Birchall to refuse its application for a new national licence...

• MRS Distribution of Bathgate has been fined £10,000 with 2.850 costs after it admitted falsifying tachograph charts before...

• GKN Chep is suing the 6 6 receivers of Rockwood Distribution over an alleged debt of more than Lim for the hire of...

forgery with relation to the payment of vehicle excise duty by West Yorkshire haulier Kenneth Standage, trading as Star...

• Steetley Transport has received an 0-licence for just two years following a series of overloading convictions, even though it...

• Western Deputy LA John Robins has suspended eight vehicles and trailers from Gilders Transport's licence for three months,...

• Cumbrianbased coach operator Thomas Gordon has been given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and Fmed...

UPS SCOTTISH SET UP • United Parcel Service has set up a new office in Edinburgh and is starting a direct flight from Glasgow...

has moved its Plymouth depot to a new site at the Langage Business Park, just off the A38 near Plympton. The offices,...

is holding its annual vintage vehicle rally on 5 May at the MetroCentre, Newcastleupon-Tyne. The group hopes that more than 50...

Energy Efficiency Office are holding a free seminar — called "Reducing the fuel costs of road freight vehicles: the benefits of...

EATS TO HIS OWN • Sealink Stena Line has unveiled a new menu for truck drivers with the emphasis on traditional favourites and...

AVRO-EX IS BACK • The Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators says there are only a few stands left at the AVRO-EX '91 show...

• Transport lawyer and C ommercial Motor columnist Jonathan Lawton will put the case for fair rates for tipper operators in a...

£2.95, is one of four booklets being launched by Wightman Mountain at the end of this month. The other books are: the Vehicle...

passenger carrying vehicles in a roadworthy condition is now available from the HMSO. It has been produced jointly by the...

PULLING POWER ▪ Ryders International of Liverpool has introduced a capstan winch which is powered by a 50cc two-stroke petrol...

designed to enable larger vehicles to reverse safely, have been launched by Summit Accessories of Banbury. The lenses increase...

VALLEY DELAYS • Major roadworks are scheduled to begin on the A45 Nene Valley Way, Northampton on 22 April. A 40mph speed limit...

adjustable windshielding at both sets of main towers on the Severn Bridge after several vehicles were blown over.

GLASS'S GUIDES • This year's series of Glass's Guide technical publications are now available under the banner, Glasstech. The...

Sport Promotions, announcing its National Power Sports Festival in Blackpool 26-30 June. "As you are well aware", Northern...

spotted a Mercedes 1635 tractive unit on Hayling Island. Nothing unusual in that, except that this one was parked in a front...

BLOCK The old VW Transporter only gained a favourable reputation with owners after many years of hard work in the field. Can...

• The recession has undoubtedly taken its toll on the development of brewery vehicles as transport managers continually try to...

HE SHOTS Every operator spends time trying to find the right vehicle for the job. But how many achieve it? • Edinburgh was...

ADViCE No company is too small to hire an outside consultant especially when the Government could foot up to two-thirds of the...

recession begs the question, `what's the secret of its success?' If there was a single golden rule to follow there would be no...

Roger Macey has filled the two-year post of chairman at the British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association. He is chairman of the...

been appointed general manager UK of newly formed TNT Express Worldwide which is responsible for TNT Air, TNT Road, TNT...

The committee of the Freight Transport Association's North Midlands division has elected its officers for 1991-1992: Ken...

XP Express Parcels has appointed Niall Cooke to be general manager at its Birmingham Freeport depot. He joins from GKN...

• SOUTH WAY COMMERCIALS EMBLEN/ROBERTS Scania distributor Southway Commercials of Fareham, Hants has taken on Simon Emblen as...

• I would like to comment on GH Deakin's letter (CM 28 March-3 April) which would appear to be casting doubt on Mike...

the fitting of speed limiters to HGVs will solve everything, when in actual fact it will stop nothing. There are very few...

the used truck market could be coming to an end. Interest rates are starting to decline and people are becoming more and more...