IIMBER hauliers in the Highands have been hit by a cash :risis which may force them to ay off workers. Payments for %restry...

11EARLY 1,000 fewer people are employed on vehicle licensing now :han when the Conservatives took office two years ago,...

IRELAND could retain its State-owned road haulage fleet even ii expected, semi-State transport company Coras lompair Eirean...

MORE CM LDoY winners h been announced, following a cent heat at Hereford: Class A, K. Green, Post Off Class B, P. Clapham, El...

MIDLOTHIAN haulage firm, whose maintenance standards teriorated when it became a subsidiary of a larger company, has :1 its...

A REPRIEVE could be in sight for Ford's loss-making Amsterdam factory which the company planned to close with the loss of about...

JEW RANGE of water treatment units introduced by Fram IndustI of Llantrisant, South Wales, cuts the cost of effluent disposal i...

TRADE UNIONS are being aske( to co-operate in the reorganise tion of National Freight's Scot tish operations, which have los...

SPEAKING at the banquet am ball of the 1981 Road Haulagi Tipping Convention (Tipcon) RHA national chairman Ken Rog ers told...

THE SUCCESSOR to Road Haulage Association director-genera George Newman, who retires at the end of July, will be expected tt...

k LIVERPOOL industrial tribunal has ruled that a Birkenhead haulier icted fairly when a driver was dismissed for refusing to...

THE DECISION by the Interr tional Road Transport Union withdraw Community Tran System flat rate guarant vouchers from June 30...

MONSANTO Clear Pass equ ment, which limits roadspr, has been specified by Reck and Coleman for its distributi vehicles. In...

for Hino bows out to wife )LLOWING convictions for drivers hours and records offences est Midland Licensing Authority Arthur...

OVERNIGHT centre for transIn drivers has been given 3nning approval by the Falkirk strict Council. The centre, to be developed...

FOREST Truck Sales of Nutha Road, CinderhilL Nottinghan has been recently establishe specifically to act as main distr butor in...

IANAGING director of London ountry Bus Services and Green ne since 1976, Derek Fytche, as become regional director for ie...

Scotland A77: A 12 tons axle limit and 50 ton gross vehicle weight lim applies at the Water of Girvan bridge until December...

NEW DAF lorry scheme designed to give would-be purchasers :ornprehensive safeguards and value for money is it is claimed, the...

loCKWELL International Automotive Operations have introduced pigot wheel fixings across the entire range of their front single...

SLEEPER-CAB Leyland Roadtrain models are now available with th option of either the Cummins Turbo 250 or the Cummins 290...

are in regui use with the cleansing depai ment of Westminster City Cou cil, working in conjunction wi• refuse compacting...

NEW cylinder head for use with liquid petroleum gas fuels has len designed for all Ford Transits powered by the two-litre ohc...

ROLLING Transport Systems Ltd of Guildford has been appointed sole licencees for the manufacture and marketing of the American...

A HIGH-specification mobi workshop service unit for tl National Oil Refinery in Al Dhabi has been designed in built by Reynolds...

ERF, Britain's only independent manufacturer of heavy gooc vehicles, is stepping up its recently introduced parts deal designe...

'RAFFIC congestion, investment and relationships with local uthorities were among the evidence London Country Bus Services td...

HANTS and Dorset Motor Si vices' new bus repair works Banton Park, Eastleigh in Han . shire was opened by local P Sir David...

SHARP drop in profits, which the company attributes to the mtinuing depression in the coach industry, is reported by Plaxtons...

IE long-awaited turbocharged irdner engine made its debut the RHA tipping convention sterd ay (May 29). Designated the 6LXCT,...

E NOTED with interest the ws item Irish Swede turns (CM, April 25, p18). lowever, on behalf of our mt, Westward Garage of...

CAN SOMEBODY help me — I'm getting really desperate. I sold an 18-month-old Scania Mast October and took delivery of the truck...

HAVING,read the letter from S. Holmes (CM, May 16) I would like to say that at 21 years old I too am in this situation — too...

EN vehicle operators and iufacturers meet in order to out problems, conflict often es. Operators feel that their I requirements...

INN AT the lower end of the ght scale, the law has a divid line of 3.5 tonnes below ch tachographs are not rered and, in...

ar pack is driven by either a r 24v battery and weighs oil) around 25kg (55 lb). dro Hoist Ltd is also part of Edbro...

WITHOUT a totally new vehicle to show at the NEC last year, Volvo tried to steal some of the limelight with a surprise exhibit...

TIPPER TERMS, the most y contested section of the ket is the eight-wheeler :or. Two British manufacrs—Seddon Atkinson and...

IT WAS a handsome and characteristic tribute that Ken Rogers. national chairman of the RHA, paid to George Newman, the retiring...

GEORGE Newman would I'm sure, readily admit that his task has been lightened in latter years by higher quality in the...

• Director-general of the Institute of Directors, Walter Goldsmith, who followed Ken Rogers on the toast list at the RHA annual...

DIRECTLY I heard about dangers of lead poisonir ceased to lick my pencil an drink water, and consoled self with the thought...

KEEPING on schedule with its introduction of new models every three or four months, Leyland Vehicles announced the T45...

by Graham Montgomeric UEL availability and prices ave regularly made headline ews during recent years and, iith an urgency...

drive-in at the quarry ACCELERATING costs coupled with the Harrogate exhibition hall's limited facilities, deterred MAN-VW...

by Douglas Ainley PART IV of the 1975 Employment Protection Act makes it mandatory for employers who are proposing to dismiss...