• It's difficult not to agree with Conservative MP Terry Dicks' assertion that when it comes to planning roads a small boy with...

change in its membership policy. The organisation had been considering a selective membership procedure to keep out "cowboy"...

• A national advisory body must be set up to give direction to Britain's transport. So says Bill Morris, generalsecretary of...

• The Metropolitan and South East pay round has finally been settled with drivers gaining a 29.50 across-theboard wage...

Tasker, has taken a 50% stake in German trailer-maker Blumhardt. The acquisition — Bally - vesey's first on the Continent —...

• Six major transport and distribution companies have teamed up with the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport...

• Plans by Silver Arrow Services to build Norfrig refrigerated trailers at an assembly plant in Swindon have fallen through....

• Britain's truck parc is getting younger every year — and the trend for more power is "inexorable", according to the latest...

• Lancashire-based truck maker Seddon Atkinson could be selling trucks in Australia and New Zealand by 1990. According to...

• Britain's 32.5-tonne drawbar limit costs the haulage industry up to £500 million a year, claims a new report. Operators...

• Wire rope safety barriers are to be installed on trunk roads to replace the existing corrugated-beam fences — but they will...

southern extension of the M3 motorway in Hampshire. Tenders for the Compton to Bassett section will be invited soon. • Anyone...

• Vodafone and Cellnet are to be allocated extra frequencies to reduce congestion on their cellular phone networks,...

• Although spray suppression equipment is now part of the annual vehicle test, the Department of Transport is taking a soft...

• Department of Transport officials are considering moves to enforce the fitting of white front reflex reflectors on...

Six months after the management buyout, York's Jim Davies has designs on Europe. • Given the traditional volatility of the UK...

• The new 347kW (465hp) Super E465 diesel is the first model in Cummins' 14-litre range to feature air-to-air charge-cooling....

The sleeper cabs, authorised by Steyr, are onepiece glass-fibre units specially built by Jennings Coachworks of Crewe. A...

• Seddon Atkinson aims to extend the operator apppeal of its Strato tractive unit range with the addition of a factoryfitted...

• Hampshire-based Seymour Mobilift has bought two tri-axle low loaders from Andover Trailers. Both will operate from its...

for the Comet truck which was developed for Third World markets, The Crown Agents have ordered 223 chassis and spare parts,...

37 have had their travel cards confiscated after a crackdown on travel fraud by West Midland Travel and the police. Around...

• London Buses is drawing up its battle plans in response to Harry Blundred's proposals to run against it in the London...

• Sales rocketed by more than 75% for Leyland Bus in 1988 allowing the manufacturer to win 37% of all PSV registrations....

• A Bristol VRT doubledecker from the Bee Line Berks and Bucks Bus Company has started its nationwide Department of Transport...

• Mecca Leisure subsidiary Shearings is taking delivery of a further 12 buses this year in a rapid renewal of its localservice...

• Midland Fox has ordered 20 new Iveco Ford midibuses with Carlyle bodywork. Four of the midibuses will be based at the...

profit of more than million from privatising the National Bus Company. Tranport Secretary Paul Channon says that the gross...

• The Transport and General Workers Union is considering leading an employee buyout at strife-torn Scottish Bus Group...

• The first stretched MCW Metroriders for an independent North-East operator have been delivered to Eden Bus Services of West...

• Hoddesdon-based Golden Boy Coaches has taken delivery of a 39-seater Vanguard 11 Leyland Swift with a deep front destination...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles plans to sell more than 100 extra bus and coach chassis this year than it did in 1988 — an...

• Leasing Principals, the Surrey car leasing company acquired by Rockwood Group last year, is launching a CV contract-hire...

• TNT is launching an automotive supplies division using business with motor manufacturers already won by TNT Express Europe,...

• Lex Service, which has 13 truck dealerships and owns 50% of contract-hire specialist Transfleet, has bought Stirlingbased...

• Securicor has created a new parcels division responsible for all UK and European parcels services. It will be run by Pat...

• Trailer rental giant TIP is moving into truck rental and contract hire by buying CSL, which has a fleet of 184 trucks and...

year, will double in size by 1992, predicts Andy Wood, new development director at NFC Contract Distribution. • Hays...

• Transfleet is to buy security specialist Group 4's entire medium and heavy commercial fleet of more than 400 vehicles and...

Europe with the establishment of an international sales office in the Salford Docks area of Manchester. The new office,...

• Wincanton Distribution Services is collaborating with a freight forwarder to launch a - one-stop" service delivering Far...

• Speeding by drivers has led to Polypipe appearing at disciplinary proceedings before North Eastern Licensing Authority...

has been revoked by the Western Traffic Commissioner, MajorGeneral John Carpenter. Maintenance problems led to the company's...

• More than 3,000 trucks were recalled after a fatal accident was found to have been caused by a faulty Clayton Dewandre brake...

• The managing director of II J Whorton Transport was so incensed about one of the company's drivers overloading a vehicle,...

about the trading standards regulations covering how much he could carry was given an absolute discharge by Dover magistrates...

• Car passenger Timothy Harris has won .2650,000 compensation with costs for the brain damage he suffered when his wife drove...

cost a Gainsborough firm a fine at Dover magistrates court last Wednesday (January 25). Richard Pilborough • of Kent County...

• Alan Blakey and his son Simon, respectively managing director and company secretary of three South Humberside haulage...

• The long-awaited new diesel engines for the Renault Trafic and Master panel vans will be available by late spring. The...

• The Aeconoguide piston developed by T & N Technology and used in the Ford 2.5-litre diesel engine has won a 1989 British...

27 October 1988) after an example of the vehicle received the thumbs down from Peugeot UK. The company says it is "not wise...

• Lean-burn petrol engines such as those fitted in Ford Escort vans can meet European exhaust emission standards — but they...

• Bedford's Astramax and Astra vans have been revised in line with a number of changes to Vauxhall's passenger car range. There...

• Plans for the launch of the smaller Range Rover are well under way at Land Rover, and a launch is planned for late this year...

11/ Bus builder Reeve Burgess of Pilsley, Chesterfield, is to set up a specialist separate ambulance-building business, Reebur...

• The "Loadrnate" hydraulic hoist for vans and pickups, first seen at the Motor Show, is now available in two versions: the...

be relieved to know that the British Equestrian Federation has cantered home with a three-year sponsorship deal with Land...

AVRO CONTACT • In the Associations Directory in last week's issue we inadvertantly gave the address of AVRO's secretary as...

TUFFNELLS CALLING ALL COMPANIES • Tuffnells Parcels Express has opened a £1m depot in Belvedere, London Docklands. At least...

HALESFIELD GOES FOR THE TELFORD EFFECT ▪ Halesfield Trucks has been appointed Leyland Daf parts and service dealer for Telford:...

SEALINK TO DOUBLE AT HEYSHAM • Sealink plans to double its RO-RO capacity at Heysham with a second 24 million linkspan which is...

EP TRAINING TO TAKE HAZARDS • E P Training Services is staging a series of two-day Hazpak seminars for drivers transporting...

HUSK TO BEGIN FLAT CONVERSIONS • Husk (UK) now offers trailer modifications including the conversion of flat trailers to tilts....

VOLVO LINKS WITH BODYBUILDERS • Four regional seminars, aimed at building better ties with bodybuilders and chassis converters,...

CALENDER BONUS FOR SCAMMELL FANS • Scanunell Owners and Enthusiasts Club is producing a further run of its calender because of...

YORK EXTENDS TOWBAR RANGE • York has added 60 new towing brackets to its towbar range for 1989; 350 towbars arc now offered....

SYSTEM BROCHURE • Standard Systems, which specialises in computer packages for the haulage industry, has published a brochure...

SEVERN DELAYS • Traffic restrictions on the M4 Severn Bridge caused by strengthening work are likely to cause delays during the...

• London and the South East M25 Surrey: Lane closures and a 50mph limit between Junctions 11 and 13 (Chertsey/ Staines). M20...

Last year's Commercial Motor 38-tonne competition prize, a Renault G290, is hard at work with the fleet of Favor Parker, where...

letter "Points on procedure" (CM 15-21 December) which mentions the Department of Transport weighbridge installation at...

All the positive and favourable comments you made about associations and their membership relate very closely to everything...

refers to the recent moves within the Road Haulage Association towards selective membership based on quality standards. As a...

the appearance of Paul Fisher's profile in Commercial Motor (19-25 January issue), the introduction contains some errors. I am...

Ferry companies are looking forward to a bright future despite last year's industrial disputes and the spectre of the Channel...

fleet of 37 coaches today, Go Whittle has come a long way. Its operation ranges from local bus services to all-in Continental...

1965 many other manufacturers have tried - to - tnitilate its success — but generally in vain. Its closest competitor is...

George Simpson, former chief executive of Leyland Daf and managing director of the Rover Group, has joined Daf s supervisory...

Philip Gibbs has been promoted to plant manager for Spicer's axle manufacturing plant in Brierley Hill. He has worked with the...

FILSELL Malcolm Filsell is the managing director of distribution company Store to Door, part of the BFI Group of Companies. He...

Christian Salvesen UK Distribution has two new recruits at its head office in Edinburgh, to develop marketing. Audrey Ramsay,...

Mitchell Maclean has become chairman of the board of Containerbase (Scotland). Before this he was a director of Ben Line...

Ceti Services Group has recruited Alistair Bond, Barry Worth and Stuart Rose from the board of rival Hays Interbond, to take...

CHAPMAN Joe Chapman has transferred to Bandag's European headquarters near Brussels, as country sales manager for the UK,...

Ken Thomas, a director of Bullens at Hinckley, retired on 31 December, after 27 years' service with the company.

WEBB Peter Webb is business development director at Schmitz Trailers (UK). He joins from trailer maker Crane Fruehauf, where he...

Bob Sculfor has been appointed to the board of Seddon Atkinson as sales and marketing director. He joined the company from...

Abbey Hill has promoted John Merry from group sales manager to commercial director of its sales and marketing team. Dave...

HAYNES Roger Haynes has been named general manager of the Motor Auctions Group's Walsall auction centre. Before this he was...

SEGGAR/MORRISON/ TRAF FORD BRS has made the following appointments: Gordon Seggar, formerly area director south, becomes area...

PCL Cygnus has recruited Mike de Villiers as service manager, responsible for its service and maintenance operation. Prior to...

ANDERSON Tip Europe has appointed Sandy Anderson to its main board as an executive director. He joined the company in 1982 as...

KAVANAGH/TARRAN Paul Kavanagh is operations manager UK of the French full load and groupage division of Ferrymasters,...

PRITCHARD Eric Pritchard has been promoted from area manager to group services manager of Federal Express Systemline. His...