• If Charles Dickens had been writing the novel of 1986 in January, he might have called it Great Expectations. If he was...

• The first Commercial Motor of the New Year includes a major new feature in which we review the roadtests of the part twelve...

I/ As 1986 draws to a close, wage claims are running at higher levels than last year. So far, 13 area wage claims have been...

IN Hauliers who regularly use the Severn Bridge got an unwanted Christmas present last week in the shape of a 150% increase in...

• A Government decision on the next stage in the development of front under-run legislation is likely to come within the next...

• A move by York City Council to extend the city's lorry ban will be challenged by the Freight Transport Association if a...

• Spending on local roads will be increased by almost 10% to £360 million in 1987, according to the latest statement from...

• The Post Office has placed orders with Freight Rover and Ford for over 1,800 vehicles worth some £13 million. The bulk of...

• Latest figures from the EEC show that road transport now accounts for 46.2% by weight of all freight movements in the...

• Training grants in most sectors of the transport industry will drop considerably this year. Road haulage grants are going...

• Italian truckers' demonstrations against tough new government measures dealing with speeding, overloading and tachograph...

• Federal Express, the US overnight parcels carrier which earlier this year bought Lex Wilkinson and 1,ex Systemline, made a...

• During the first nine months of 1986, Volvo Truck Corporation increased its European heavy truck market share to more than...

• Following the recent 2500,000 investment in restructuring its van production line at Sheffield trailer manufacturer Craven...

contract to distribute fuel products for the United States Air Force.

• The Inchcape Group is buying insurance broker Clarkson Puckle, which operates the FTA's insurance services, in a deal worth...

• Transport managers looking for an analysis of their fleet's maintenance performance can now benefit from a new service...

• The traditionally British manufacturer-dominated fire appliance market has come under a new foreign attack from...

• To comply with the proposed UK regulations on dipped headlights, which come into effect in April next year, Seddon Atkinson...

• ERF has a made a minor revision to the driveline of its 16-tonner range with the adoption of the 330mm single-plate Lipe...

• Volkswagen's UK Transporter range is now available with a Bosch anti-locking braking system (ABS). The foursensor...

in the UK have begun operating with General Haulage Company of Leeds. The P112MA 6x2 RCs are powered by a 248kW (333hp)...

• Electronic systems are used increasingly by manufacturers to improve vehicle dependability and maintaining them is equally...

• Twenty of the new fleet of temperature-controlled vehicles for Tesco Stores are to be built with Concargo Perrnacold...

• E J Meeks was congratulated on the way it conducted operations, its well-kept vehicles and well-behaved drivers by South...

• A trailer board that flew off on the motorway almost hitting a police patrol car led to the operators of the vehicle, A&S...

• Steps taken by Sammy Jones (Contracts) to prevent any recurrance of the falsification of the tachograph charts by its...

• Scarborough-based coachbuilder Plaxtons (GB) saw a 44% fall in pre-tax profits in the year to September 28, but the company...

• Kirkby Bus and Coach of Anston near Sheffield has successfully certified the first Hungarian-built Ikarus Blue Danube coach...

• TAD, the regenerative braking currently being developed by Scania for use on its buses, is providing benefits in noise...

• Bluehne Intercity Express has bought seven triaxle double decker Gardner-powered Neoplan coaches, worth 21.25 million, as...

• Spicer Clutch and Power Products Division, Dana, the Wolverhampton-based manufacturer of commercial vehicle clutches, has...

• NFC Car Lease has promoted Bob Filer to the post of maintenance manager. Based at the company's headquarters in Leamington...

Sullivan has more than 20 years' experience in the transport industry and joined Cartransport eight years ago as manager of its...

• Trevor Howard has joined Marley Vehicle Leasing as Area Manager for London in leasing sales. Howard has had 11 years'...

previously located in the Place Stalingrad, has moved to: 3-5 ay. de la Porte de la Villette, F-75019 Paris; the nearest exit...

• Central Trailer Rental, a Tiphook group member, has appointed H A Fane as its new executive chairman. A E Clemson takes...

WILCOX'S NEW HOUSE • The Wilcox Group has opened a new depot at Newhouse, just off the M8 motorway link between Edinburgh and...

The new address is Wood Street, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, phone 0933 53019.

RTITB COURSES • EP Training Services plans the following RTITB-approved training courses during 1987: E Intensive HGV class...

COLOURING BOOK • Glasurit Valentine has published a fleet colour book offering commercial vehicle refinishers examples of the...

• Accounting in the Passenger Service Vehicle Industry is designed to "illustrate the main specialities of the PSV industry's...

CONSULTANTS • Among organisations in the legal expenses insurance sphere to offer an Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise...

it was doing more than signifying an interest in the military market. It was also signaling a change in the whole philosophy of...

Lawton Phillips reckons that he sleeps easier nowadays, having spent most of this year helping to set up a new computer program...

To work up an appetite for their Christmas pudding Allan Winn and Brian Weatherley have been messing about in the river —...

The BBC has one of the transport industry's largest, but most unusual truck fleets. When one truck alone can cost £1.5...

that Mrs T loves more than sitting in the driving seat and telling people what to do. It's her job. Last week, the PM took the...

SIR WHO'S JAKE? • I was lucky enough to drive a friend's truck last week and the vehicle was fitted with what I understand...

South Africa's public transport system is about to be deregulated, after years of state control. The size of the country's...