THE TRAINING picture in the road transport industry is brighter than at any time since 1970 — despite the current recession....

Surprise EEC move on drivers hours regs TEN HOURS' driving a day will stay as the legal maximum in Britain for the next four...

DRIVERS' tax-free allowance on subsistence is to be raised from £3 to £4.50 per night spent away from home—but they will have...

objection policy in melting pot [HE Road Haulage Association is to reconsider its policy on )pposing 0-licence applications...

COMPUTER data banks are being used by the National Freight Corporation to find the ideal combination of parts which will extend...

HUGE DROPS in Government spending on new roads and general road maintenance have been Strongly attacked by the road haulage...

CHANCELLOR Denis Healey has wielded his spending axe— and brought it down hard on the necks of road and transport expenditure....

HEAVY cut-backs in bus services, coupled with big fare rises, are now on the cards following the Government's public spending...

SHETLAND Road Freight Association is now in operation: it has scme 20 member firms and is receiving a steady flow of...

A NEW CAB DOOR for Bedford TKs engaged on local delivery work was Introduced to the fleet of Harris Fleet Deliveries of London...

A NEW OPTION for the Ford Transit range—known as the Fleet 90 pack—will be available from Monday. By leaving off such things...

Chancellor Healey's cut-back in road expenditure between now and 1979 is yet one more false economy. Expenditure. on roads was...

A CALL to members of the South Wales owner drivers' cooperative to put their money where their mouths are has gone out this...

Administrative centre can be 0-licence base THE Transport Tribunal has ruled that a haulier's administrative centre can be...

THE United Kingdom spent ,nearly £15,000 million on moving people and goods by road in 1974. Dr John Gilbert, the Minister for...

THE Government is to place a £60 million ceiling during this year on losses in British Rail's freight system that it will cover...

THE GOVERNMENT is hopeful about the future of the commercial vehicles section of Chrysler. And the figures for sales in January...

A BARRAGE of pre-Budget pleas to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Denis Healey, not to increase taxation for hauliers has...

CRITICISM of the Docks Work Regulation Bill came from Mr Albert Simpson, secretary of the RHA Southern area, speaking at the...

FROM March 1 the list prices of the Ford Transit range will be ex-works and will no longer include delivery costs. This is to...

A FRENCH lorry driver spent a night in Bedford prison's remand wing this week after being remanded on £1,500 bail following the...

are the aim of the Government's International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Bill, published last week. The measure enables...

for licence holder 0-LICENCE holder Mrs M. R. Kennedy, trading as Rosehill Trucking Company, Ridley, Co Durham, did not appear...

Freight figures DR JOHN Gilbert, Minister of Transport, told the Commons last week that he is to publish the first volume of a...

SAYS MR CUBE SUGAR refiners Tate and Lyle have dismissed as "pure speculation " reports that there were to be 7,000...

THE Association of Public Passenger Transport have announced their award winners. Bus driver Anthony Booth, of Nottingham City...

THE £400 million Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre at Swansea is causing chaos to hauliers compelled to use the new system...

EXISTING bus services to central Liverpool could be replaced by experimental feeder services to rail stations from each side of...

WEST YORKS County Council has stepped in with cash support of £1.2m to prevent fares going up on National Bus subsidiaries...

A DECISION by the Oxfordshire County Council not to pay out £330,000 in subsidies to cover the National Bus Company loss in the...

THE 1976 edition of the Little Red Book has just been published by Ian Allan Ltd for £5 plus 50p postage and packing. As well...

THE CURRENT vehicle shortage hitting London Transport has not been helped by the need to return Fleetlines to the manufacturers...

WHAT'S in a name? Well, when it comes to the names MAN and Roman the difference Is worth quite a lot—a couple of thousand...

TWO ADVANTAGES claimed by Lawrence David Ltd of Crowland, Peterborough, for its curtainsided trailer are a completely clear...

THE recently announced Volkswagen LT light van range is now available with a 2.7-litre (174.6cuin) Perkins diesel engine as...