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THERE is speculation that the Prime Minister is planning to call a General Election in the Autumn of 1981 This speculation...
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E TRANSPORT and General Workers Union is to press ahead h its attempts to re-establish a national wage negotiating Wine for...
FREIGHT Transport Association Scottish members' efforts to submit evidence to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry...
ROAD haulage costs rose by almost six per cent during the first six months of the year, according to the Road Haulage...
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The Government and the road haulage industry have come under fire from a Conservative MP for the way they have handled the case...
EMPLOYMENT Secretary I man Tebbit has told emploi that the closed shop is not g for industrial relations. Mr Tebbit said...
THE dramatic increase in the fee for the hgv driving test has met united opposition from the industry. Both the Freight...
UNIGATE has announced a pretax profit of E38.3m for the year ended March 31, 1982. This compares with £38m for the previous...
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THE British Transport Docks Board's newly completed North Dock Container Terminal at Garston, Liverpool, has been opened. The...
FORD is rationalising its heavy commercial dealer network, and will decide within days which 45 dealers will handle the bulk of...
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(RESTRUCTURING of the traffic areas can only be justified if the rator gets a better service than at present, the Freight...
IMPORTANT cost savings will benefit the agricultural industry in the West Country if lorry payloads are increased, Transport...
4-HOUR commercial vehicle repair and tachograph installation I calibration service is being offered to transport operators at...
This was brought up in court by Andrew Hunt, a Perth solicitor, defending Andrew Wilson, who had admitted driving a lorry in...
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THE Confederation of Brits' dustry says the Govern ii should not use its canting' reserve to finance exCIN public sector pay...
THE DEPARTMENT of Trans is carrying out a review of administration of Operat licence forms, Civil Seri Minister Barney Hayhoe...
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NBURY magistrates have been directed to convict trailer repairer I motor dealer Richard Wells of Inskip on charges involving...
r Irish Overnight has launched pen Britain and the Irish Republic ly adding an Aer Lingua Boe737 jet freighter to its fleet,...
THE Freight Transport Association is holding a series of one. day seminars in London, Leeds and Manchester on aspects of...
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SANDBACH Engineering Company will be introducing a novel incentive scheme in October designed not only to attract operators to...
central .sorting hall at Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He joined the company in 1979 as regional personnel manager of the firm's...
C.OLINDALE EQUIPMENT 0 pany is the new name for Cc dale Becker, established fai years in Britain as a supplie vehicle lifting...
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is ollaborate with Leyland Vehicles on the production of 7.5-tonne is weight electro-powered Terriers. arrier chassis cabs...
NLOP has introduced a range of Repro tyres using premium tyre terns. lunlop Repros are sold at a lould price, irrespective of...
triaxle tipping trailer for Sun Valley Poultry of Hereford which gives an extra half-a-tonne payload over the latter's standard...
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SAVINGS in installation costs to outdoor siting are claimed for Crypton. Called the 630, it is suitable for vehicles up to 13...
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NDBACH Engineering inids to show a new adjustable id deflector at the Motor ow in October. is known as the Varashield I is...
SANDBACH Engineering Company is considering fitting a Caterpillar engine in a Foden. It is currently evaluating the potential...
AUTOSENSE Equipment, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, has won a contract worth over £100,000 to provide a computer control and data...
RENAULT UK is to import Jeep four-wheel-drive vehicles from the end of this year. TKM of Andover is the current importer and...
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METRO-CAMMELL Weymann is looking at the possibilities of developing a range of coaches for the British market, and may have...
ADVANCE details have been released about the Plaxton Paramount 3500, the top-of-therange high-floor coach to be unveiled at the...
IRELAND'S first postbus service, modelled on the successful British model, has started to operate in County Clare. The...
THE MONOPOLIES and Merg Commission has given a rel vely clean bill of health to four major bus undertakil which it has been...
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E LAW has taken a step closer to establishing the meaning of public interest in the 1980 Transport Act, following Transport...
WHITEHALL is to take much tighter control of subsidies the metropolitan county councils can hand out for public transport....
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RAPID Reactolite are sunglasses which give protection in 30 seconds and meet the manufacturer's claims in every other way. We...
THE summer is not the time to talk about ice warning devices, or is it? During last winter's worst weather we tested an ice...
IF YOU have ever struggled by the road side with a heavy rusty jack, then a Rapid Jack air bag made by Noblebridge Ltd may...
THE Mobbee portable brake bleeder enables just one operator to check and bleed hydraulic brake systems of commercial vehicles,...
BEFORE we wrote about Glasdon's Grafitix we gave it Ensign Bus Company who lot and refurbish London Transp double-deckers,...
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10 CAN blame celebrities for :epting large sums for iertising goods and services which they know little or thing if the...
DIVIMERCIAL vehicle anufacturers and road ansport operators prefer anerally to hitch their wagons A so much to individual stars...
IVECO sunk money in World Cup sponsorship, hoping to gain the attention of at least some of the 6,640m people in 137 countries...
VOLVO now figures in the Guinness Book of Records. Two air-conditioned B58 40-seaters are operating twice a week on the world's...
WHO WOULD have thought that stealth would be needed to form an organisation as overt and respectable as the Society of Motor...
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LET me say from the start that I am neither 'for' nor 'against' CB — I remain neutral. However, if the three incidents in...
ON page 33 of CM February 27, 1982, there was a report of an upcoming dinner for Harold Wood of Cleckheaton. In the years 1960...
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r 1982/83 Tables of erating Costs provide trators with a guide :heir costs and assist irn to quote realistic profitable rates...
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van version of the ustin Metro car has just ome on to the market )urtesy of a Milton eynes firm. Tim akemore gave it a spin nd...
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Stuary Bladen appraises the Ford Cortim Crusader, the Audi 80CD, the Colt Gallan Estate, the Rover SD turbo and the Alfasu SC....
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under new managemeni Fodens ran out of steam but Paccar IookE forward with confidence. John Durant talk to Hank Kiefer,...
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The Paccar approach to building heavy commercials has proved effective throughout the world. Every vehicle is built to order —...
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This Gardner-powered Foden impressed Bill Brock with its reliability and fuel economy. The new turbocharged engine, available...
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Paccar's design philosophy is to evaluate what is available in technology and connponentry and then use them in the most...