II You're welcome to 1991. Judging by Commercial Motor's survey of haulage prospects in the new year, that just about sums up...

• Bodybuilder Besco, which went into receivership in November, will trade at least until the middle of the month, says receiver...

• A new licensing system for HGV and PSV drivers will be introduced under regulations laid before Parliament last week. Under...

• Tiphook boss Robert Montague has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours List. MBEs were given to the RHA's...

• Road Haulage Association Insurance Services has appointed its first representative in South Wales. He is Glyn Edwards who...

• The European Commission is planning an extra share-out of international haulage permits following German unification....

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has confirmed that HGV testing will continue in the Barrow area under a new agreement made with...

• OB Transport of North Road, Ellesmere Port faces prosecution following an acid spillage on the M1 on 23 October 1990.

hauliers in 1991 than it was last year, 50% of operators say in a survey. An exclusive Commercial Motor poll of 200...

• Hazardous goods hauliers could soon become part of a scheme designed to help the emergency services cope with tanker and...

• Truckrent is on the verge ot selling its contract hire business which went on the market in October (CM 11-17 October 1990)....

• ERF and AWD have scooped major truck orders from Zimbabwe worth a combined £70.5m. Dunstable-based AWD is to supply 2,000...

• A total of four CV manufacturers were found to have broken their Type Approval status in the year to April 1990, according to...

said they would be acquiring new vehicles during 1991, many said they would be buying secondhand. Most were very cautious,...

• John Rayner, chairman of the Road Haulage Association's tipper group, is diversifying into land and office rental, following...

has joined the Transport Development Group subsidiary Spurling as managing director.

• An international consortium of Soviet transport authorities, western investors and a Taiwanese group has been chosen to save...

• The Transport and General Workers' Union is shedding 300 jobs nationwide in a bid to reduce its £9m debts.

• Cuts in trading standards staff will mean fewer checks on overweight trucks in one of the UK's busiest regions this year, a...

• Stagecoach has been told for the second time in just over a year that it may have to get rid of a bus company took over....

• Cowie Interleasing is disposing of more than half of its eight commercial vehicle rental depots. At least 14 staff have been...

• Willowbridge Transport of Bury has had its licence authorisation cut from 20 to 10 vehicles after failing to inform the...

• Bulk haulier RH Hill, which went into liquidation last month, is looking for a buyer for its site at Fledborough,...

• Eleven bus operators have joined forces with Cleveland County Council to agree on a voluntary code of conduct, which is...

• Renault's AE tractive unit has won the 1991 International Truck of the Year award.

• Cummins Engine is to shed 600 jobs in the UK, mainly at its Shotts and Darlington plants. The company blames the cuts on a...

• Cossington Commercial Vehicles of Leicester has joined the Mercedes-Benz dealer network. It also plans to build a truckstop...

III Greater Manchester Buses' 3,500 drivers have ended three weeks of oneday strikes by accepting a 7% pay increase.

• The Transport Development Group has completed the reorganisation of its controlled-temperature division by merging Freezwest...

• European Commissioners have decided not to investigate the French government's £19m aid package for Scania's new truck plant...

• The Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) is adding to its test facilities with a climatic wind tunnel, scheduled to be...

• Vauxhall has appointed 52 more dealers for the Brava pickup. Improved supplies of the Isuzu-built 4 x 2s and 4 x 4s justify...

• The Citroen C15 chassiscab fitted with an Isotherm refrigerated box body is proving to be among the most popular body...

• Leyland Daf is now offering a high-volume parcel van based on its 3.5-tonne 400 Series chassis-cab. The PV600 features...

• Light CV registrations from January to the end of November were down 24% on the same period in 1989, according to the latest...

• Mahindra, now marketed in the UK by Crusader Automotive, has announced a limited edition of its longwheelbase Indian Chief 4...

• Cummins looks set to launch a full-production turbo compound version of its popular L10 straight-six diesel in the US before...

111 A 32kg George Fischer lightweight fifth wheel for loads of 3,000kg is being marketed in the UK by IMS of Loughborough.

importing US-built trucks, has supplied a five-tonne GMC "first-strike" fire appliance to Vauxhall Motors.

• The Road Rescue Recovery Association is renewing its campaign for an increase in legal axle weights for recovery trucks. The...

• Finnish heavy truck builder Sisu could be planning a move to Europe this year. Sisu is the biggest manufacturer in Finland,...

the Ministry of Defence has been delivered to bodybuilder Reynolds Boughton. The RB44, based on the 50 Series cab, is produced...

• AWD has received an order worth nearly 1.tri from Pakistan for 72 TJ2 trucks — its best-selling vehicle overseas.

• Trailer builder and rental firm Pennine Bodies is in receivership and nine of its 12 staff have been made redundant. Receiver...

• Cory Environmental has won a £16m seven-year contract to provide refuse collection and other services to Southend Council....

• Sheerness Cool Stores is launching an in-house distribution service, with six MAN tractive units, 15 trailers and 10...

• Trailer manufacturer York is to franchise out its aftemiarket operation during the first three months of the year and will...

• Marquiss Transporters, the Scottish car transporter and recovery vehicle manufacturer, is up for sale or lease, following the...

• Rickaby & Lee, the Yorkshire-based distribution company, has started the expansion plans it announced in the summer by...

TL 8-14s to its 500 vehicle fleet. The 7.5tonners are being supplied by Dando's Motor Services of Chipping Sodbiny, Bristol.

• Peter Lane Transport has opened a freight centre in Normanton, Wakefield, close to the Channel Tunnel rail terminal.

• ANC has appointed franchisees for Croydon, Crawley and Dartford following its decision in October to put 15 wholly-owned...

• It is now more than two months since Huddersfieldbased Alternative Chassis Engineering unveiled its Cougar single-deck bus...

• Shrewsbury independent Williamsons Motorways is pulling out of local bus services after more than two years of intense...

• Bus companies could squeeze an extra 3% profits by controlling costs better, improving staff attitudes and encouraging...

• Argentinian-built Cametal integral coaches, spotted by our correspondent in the US, have entered service with Mears Motor...

• London Transport is adapting 2,500 Titan and Metrobus double-deckers to make them easier for disabled people to use.

• Volvo will deliver a batch of 20 natural gaspowered buses to Gothenburg in Sweden next year. The city will be the first in...

• International lorry driver John Cecil, who admitted stealing an ERF tractive unit from his former employer Macclesfield-based...

• If an HGV loses a single wheel stud, or if one wheelnut loses its integrity, the remainder are incapable of retaining the...

STONE COLD START • Harris Distribution's £5. 5m extension to its Stone cold store is now fully operational. The 85,000m 3 cold...

round the clock. Tiny temperature changes can be detected and remedial action taken, preventing damage to product and...

It can offer 24-hour operation at the commercial vehicle engineering centre at Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, Manchester M32...

CHANGE OF MARQUE • TopTrux (Nottingham) has been formed to handle ERF truck sales in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. Until...

are 08:00 to 22:00hrs, and 24-hour emergency breakdown cover is available in the two-county distributorship area. Contact...

SUBARU RISES • Prices of most Subaru CVs went up on 1 January. The following prices include VAT. LI 1.0 Sumo Microvan £5,290...

DISTRIBUTION DISCIPLINE • The first annual conference on Improvements in Distribution is being run on 17 and 18 April at the...

is running a seminar Improving operating economics of commercial vehicles on 7 February at IIVIechE's headquarters, 1 Birdcage...

exhibition and conference will be held at the Wembley Conference and Exhibition Centre, London on 1012 September 1991. The...

MAKE IT SAFE • Safety in the workplace is the subject of a series of one-day seminars to be held by the Institute of Materials...

its CPC course which is run in modules through the Open College. The Open Learning course is run nationally and allows...

HEALTH WARNING • The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association has produced a second edition of its booklet giving guidelines...

MUNICIPAL VERSATILITY • The Dunlop SP811 dualpurpose on/off road tyre has been introduced in response to municipal operator...

cabs like this, apparently offering a lumpy ride while passengers breath in great lungfuls of fresh Pennine air. In fact,...

it used to be, and that more investment is needed in staff and vehicles. But even the Hawk was astonished when boarding the...

— 5 December) is Bernard Coomber who was the first reader to identify the White Model WA122 Streamliner which was designed by...

with special needs such as learning difficulties by taking them on angling holidays which it uses as a `hook' for social and...

expect to see its members make the front cover of New Musical Express — that bastion of all things trendy in the world of pop....

of manufacturer's calendars and diaries which CM staff will gratefully use to record their busy schedules this year. Among the...

readers might be able to help them with a book they are writing about Rootes commercial vehicles, maker of the Dodge, Commer...

these pages during 1990, what with the tale of the police Alsation which bit two bobbies while they were trying to catch...

that some of the agencies surveyed (CM 1-7 November) did not guarantee to collect and return tachograph charts to their...

STEWARTANALPOLE Nigel Stewart and Graham Walpole take on increased responsibilities with Willhire following a management...

Smith started his career with United Carriers 11 years ago loading vehicles. His most recent position was traffic manager at...

Peter Lane Transport's new geographical structure has led to several management changes. Ron Moore has become South-West area...

Tattler has recently completed 20 years' service with the company — he joined as office manager at Southport. He has held...

Churchill as chief executive and managing director of Strathclyde Buses has been made substantive. Peter Shaw has been...

• Europe has never been more united. A glance at the diary reveals that 1992 is no longer a fashionable term bandied about by...

the north of Paris. Just after 04:00hrs on a cold and damp November morning we left the suburb of Le I3ourget and headed...

As with CM's own recent 38-tonne fuel economy trials the combinations set off from the start at 10-minute intervals, so they...

Taken as a whole, the results achieved by all six trucks in this Eurotest are a favourable reflection on the efficiency of the...

Dal's 11.6-litre engine owes very little to the Leyland P680 engine it evolved from over nearly 23 years. In 1968 it produced...

MAN's 19.322 will probably be of greatest interest to UK readers of our Euroduel contestants. This tractor, to be badged 17.322...

It is just over a year since MercedesBenz introduced the 1733 to the UK market but it was originally seen on the Continent a...

The Pegaso Mider 1226T was undoubtedly the odd one out in our Eurotest. Of the group, it is the only one not on sale in this...

The Renault R340ti.19T comes at the bottom of the revised R tractor range which went on sale in the UK last summer. The...

Scania's introduction of the boxy Series 3 cab about three years ago gave little risk of an identity crisis. From the front at...