• There's an old stockbroking adage that runs "Sell in May and go away". Last week the Department of Transport appeared to have...

• Peter Foden, chairman and chief executive of ERF, is to drive an ERF E1435ST model with a 14litre Cummins engine at the...

to freeze over 2160 million of road repair contracts this year. The British Road Federation says that, because of the rising...

• The Transport and General Workers Union has agreed its 1989 pay targets and will be going into this autumn's annual wage...

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board has been given a new three-year lease of life by the Department of Employment,...

paradise", warns the Road Haulage Association after several truck-raids over the past months. Essex and East Anglia have...

I The latest European Corn fission proposals on drivers' ours for lorries and coaches re "nonsense" and will be reisted by the...

• Magistrates are too soft on hauliers who overload their lorries, says Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley. They...

trucks, were 44% above the June 1987 figures, according to the latest report from the Department of Transport. Registrations...

• More than 3,000 bridges over Britain's roads are putting lives at risk because they are too low and are frequently hit by...

• The Road Haulage Association says it deplores the Government's decision to give private companies the go-ahead to build a...

• Continent-bound truck drivers are facing delays of up to eight hours at Felixstowe Dock, which is struggling to cope with...

• New direction signs will I introduced on Britain's roads either at the end of next yea or in early 1990. Roads Minister...

• Trucks could face bans from some country roads in West Lancashire if a survey by parish councils backs claims that they are...

to present Sealink with its certificate for coming top in our recent truck driver's Boat Vote (CM 9 June). Sealink's freight...

• Leyland Daf has denied reports that it is planning to drop the Interstate high-roof sleeper cab option from its Roadtrain...

• Altrincham-based bodybui der S Cartwright & Sons is building 18 air-suspended, tri axle, double-deck trailers for TNT...

• This heavy-duty recovery vehicle, built on an adapted Mercedes-Benz 1635 Powerliner chassis, has gone into service with...

million miles each after 15 years' service with J Chippendale Haulage of Garstang in Lancashire. They still have most of their...

1 The Department of Transort has confirmed that from 1 anuary, 1989, new C&U reglations will allow 24 tonnes on tii-axle...

• York Transport Engineerng has joined forces with Humberside-based caravan transporter RCT to develop a lightweight,...

• Africar is in severe financial difficulties, and the company is expected to apply for voluntary liquidation this week, after...

drawbar transporters to carry vehicles built at its Leyland assembly plant to its dealers or direct to bodybuilders. Seven FA...

• Demand for contract distribution will double in the next five years, but the real boom will be for shared distribution...

• The Road Transport Indus try Training Board, for the fin time, has offset more than bat its annual running costs from its...

• Jobs in road transport will be up by one third this autumn over last autumn as the industry continues to boom, says contract...

Tanker hauliers Wincanton, Tr and Calor Gas are about ) scoop Esso's soon-to-beived-off national distribution antract between...

significantly" to parent group Lex Service's £35 million profits for the first half of 1988. Transfleet, which Lex jointly...

• After much brouhaha about aunching a £25 million letter ;ervice to rival the Post Office this summer (CM 3-9 March), parcels...

• Salford Van Hire has added 460 F-registration vehicles to its rental and contract-hire fleets in its biggest-ever order. Up...

• Objections to a Shropshire haulier's bid to increase his fleet by five trailers, from his uncle and from Wrekin District...

• West Yorkshire Freight of Dewsbury and six of its driver have been ordered to pay a total of £2,890 in fines and costs for a...

• A Yorkshire haulage company has been fined 21,680 for occasionally running almost double the number of vehicles on its...

• We regret to announce the sudden death of Ronald R Jackson, Deputy Licensing Authority for the South Wales and West Midlands...

• The launch of Harry Blundred's Basingstoke Minibus service this week was halted by an eleventh hour decision from the South...

• A graduate recruitment service launched last year has saved bus and coach operaton thousands of pounds in recruit. ment...

I Increased competition on is routes and a busmen's rike have been identified as e reasons for the Scottish ransport Group's...

• The Bus and Coach Council says it is "confused" by the Freight Transport Association's decision to open its doors to PSV...

• York City Council has hired an Optare Mobility from Leeds City Council to run a free service for handicapped and aged people...

Buses to cut its operating loss by 218 million to £96 million before grants. Figures from London Regional Transport's annual...

• Three hundred bus drivers at south London's Merton bus station caused major confusion for commuters early on Friday morning...

• Motor Panels (Wigan) is revising its high-roof conversion based on the Escort van — currently sold in the UK by Ford of...

• Fiat has introduced a new 1,929cc 11)1 turbo-diesel engine in a bid to reduce its dependance on the Sofim range of diesel...

• MWG Esarco has dropped the Land Rover four-and sixcylinder diesel engine options on its 6x6 and 8x8 all-terrain vehicles, and...

• Volkswagen has told its lealers to refer any new sales A LT50 artic conversions back o its Swindon engineering de)artment...

has won its largest order for dropsided body kits. In an order worth around £120,000, 120 kits have been produced in three...

With a payload of 1.5 tonnes, these small refuse collectors will be used for general duties, particularly in areas where access...

• S D Cooper Transport's 0licence renewal application has been adjourned so that local residents can obtain a professional...

• Coach operator Skyliner International was fined £10,200 last week at Ashton-underLyne Magistrates for allowing hours and...

• J and B Services has been asked by the West Midlands Deputy Licensing Authority to promise not to drive their artics over a...

KNOWLES GROWS • Wisbech Roadways, a subsidiary of haulier Knowles (Transport), has extended its site at Lynn Road, Wisbech,...

B RUM OUTLET FOR N INO • Hino truck distributor Harris UK has announced its latest dealer: Kelmac of Birmingham. Contact Clive...

NO MORE SLIPS TWIXT CUP AND WRIST • The Handy Holder is a plastic frame that holds drink cans, cartons and cups in an upright...

NOT OFF THE PRINTER • A printer is being launched by Mertech Electronics. which can be fitted to mobile cab radios. It is used...

IN-HOUSE TACNO COURSE • Foster Tachograph Analysis is offering in-house training seminars available for managers and drivers....

TYRE-CHANGERS' SURVIVAL MANUAL • The National Tyre Distributors' Association has produced a safety booklet for tyre-fitters...

CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES • The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has developed Tremcards (Transport Emergency Cards) which...

THE EFFECTS OF 1992 • The Institute of the Motor Industry is holding a conference in London on 28 September on the "effect of...

BOSLEY WEIGHS IN • Wood Treatment has opened a weighbridge with a 50-tonne capacity and a 15x3m plate size at Tunstall Road,...

ROBINS WAY BLOCKED • The Department of Transport has closed the gap in the central reservation on Robin Hood Way, south of the...

• London and the South East MI London: Contraflow between Junctions 4 and 5 (Edgware/Harrow). Southbound entry and northbound...

of Commercial Motor since about 1926 and have never failed to be impressed by the variety, scope and quality of the articles...

I am writing about the matter of wheels coming off, or loosening, from tractor units. Every week you can open a paper, book, or...

writing to ask how you came about the figures published in Commercial Motor 915 June) about the shortage of drivers in the...

PROBLEMS WITH LAND ROVER DIESELS • I have read with interest your recent articles on diesel Land Rover and wide-bodied Sherpa...

training schools. Not content with holding an HGV Class I, Commercial Motor's deputy editor Brian Weatherley recently paid a...

for a couple of weeks and while I was there I attended the 16th rally of the Kernow Old Vehicle Club. Apart from an amazing...

Great London to Sydney taxi ride have chosen London cabbie Guy Smith as driver and Charles Norwood as route manager and...

like? I can't say I have. Davies Magnet Group, however, has donated a DM fifthwheel, mounted upside down, to Midland BRS driver...

changed back in March .984, Commercial Motor has watched the ncreasing demand for more powerful 7.5onners with a fair amount of...

We were interested to hear the industry's attitude towards women "straight from the horse's mouth" so we called 200 transport...

We are disappointed that only one in 11 10 employees in the transport industry are women and that nearly 75% of these are...

We're pleased that Commercial Motor has felt it worthwhile to conduct this survey. It has to be said that, particu larly at...

Despite many advances in technology, I HGV driving still makes heavy physical demands on the driver. The job will appeal to...

The Noitingham Women's Training Scheme (NWTS) gives women the chance to train as HGV and PSV drivers but, even in today's...

Anne Preston is a tough lady. Hard in business, but with a soft heart, she has earned respect throughout the road transport...

Kim Rolfe has run her own haulage business for six years, trading as K T Transport. She works hard six days a week, delivering...

Eileen Lim is finance director and company secretary of bus and coach company Maidstone & District, and was instrumental in the...

as non-executive director. He is managing director and chief executive officer of BP Oil. • AWD BUCKLEY Truck manufacturer AWD...