there arc two, equally valid, points of view — the short-term one and the long-term one. In the short term, it would be a...

• Unipart claims to be the leading replacement parts company. What standards does this company set and what is available at the...

HOUSE of Lords has . ed the way for parts tufacturers to break de builders copyrights of C parts for their products. he five...

- UHL IN Revenue has agreed a new figure of s:13.40 per night as the maximum tax-free subsistence payments which may he made...

)RALE at the National Company's headquarters, .a.dy low as the company pares for privatised fragntation, has hit a new low h...

-EXCLUSIVE FREIGI II ROVER is seeking a Continental truck manufacturer to sell Sherpa vans through its own dealer network —...

THE BEDFORD Ra microvan will be the commercial vehicle to offered with the option manufacturer-backed sec and third warranty...

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley has launched an astonishing attack on British Ferries chairman James Sherwood over his...

LEYLAND TRUCKS and Leyland Parts managements this week backed General Motor's bid for their businesses on the eve of the...

backs down WILLIAM HARPER, t Transport Developme Group haulier which tried break the Merseywide Trai port and General Work...

ANSPORT trade associas are pressing for more ible rules for special types ides, but a leading envimental group fears that...

BIG NAMES from the commercial vehicle industry are teaming up with television sport and entertainment stars, as the...

A RUGBY haulier offering a £1,000 reward for the return of 22 trailer tyres stolen from its depot last weekend. The 11 22.5...

PRIVATE promoters planning to build a third Dartford Tunnel must submit their proposals by May 31, Transport Secretary Nicholas...

ECU is now offering a 3kW (138hp) 7.5-tormer in UK following revision to premium 79.14 van and assis cab models. By increasing...

A CHARTER 14, idways director Gordon Greenwood, has told the jury in the fake tachograph records trial at Preston Crown Court...

TRANSPORT Minister David Mitchell is to be asked again to introduce tougher operator licensing rules for dangerous goods...

A it).5 in extension to Ford's exhaust emission laboratory at its Minton, Essex engineering and research centre was officially...

VEHICLE SYSTEMS Engineering, the suspension conversion specialist based in Hackne' Wick, East London, has gone into...

FOLLOWING the recent launch of its 98kW (132hp V8 petrol engine option 0: the Sherpa (CM, November 23, 1985), Freight Rover has...

THE .0.5 MILLION bypass at Tranent, East Lothian, part of the Al improvement, is being opened by Scottish Environment Minister...

HERON FREIGHT, the High Street and contract distribution and warehousing subsidiary of Heron Motor Group, is relocating its...

THE UK sales operation of Walter Alexander and Company, the Falkirk-based coachbuilder, has a new manager. Ian Murray is...

TRIMOCO Leasing has pointed Keith Lonsdale manager of the group's tri rental and contract hire ope tions. He will be...

TEXAN Garry Watt has been appointed managing director of UK tanker group United Transport Tankers. Watt was previously...

THE POST of group contracts manager for British Road Services has been given to Neil Walshaw, formerly contracts manager with...

• A new distribution manager has been appointed at the BRS Midlands Birmingham branch. He is Mike Breeze, w previously spent...

LORD PENNOCK, man of the BICC engineer] and construction group, I replaced Sir Nicholas Ht derson as chairman of I Channel...

COMMERCIAL trade general manager of BP Oil Limited, the refining and marketing arm of British Petroleum, is Nick Connolly. He...

GENERAL manager of Renault UK's western region, Eddie Orr, has been promoted to sales director. He succeeds Colin Bruder, who...

DAYTON Walther has appointed Brian Irvine as northern area sales manager, a new position created following a 50 per cent sales...

E KENNING Motor up is poised to enter the imercial vehicle contract market on a formal basis. already has over 3,000 t...

Ili DAILY TELEGRAPH zing an outside contractor distribute northern editions the newspaper from :1 new nting plant at Trafford...

ONE OF the Lex SCr, ICC ;roup's more labour-intensive transport businesses, already offered for sale, is being closed later...

RAILFRE1GHT is fighting back against road competition in South Wales by cutting its costs by £2 million a year. The...

A SHARP-EYED London lorry driver thwarted an armed raid in Suffolk, Ipswich Crown Court heard last week. Within an hour of a...

ONE. in three lorries using roads in North Yorkshire is overloaded. The claim comes after a clamp-down on commercial vehicles...

NORTHAMPTON haulier C. Butt has taken over a national distribution contract for Texas Homecare. Butt captured the work after...

I-AHIES REMOVALS Colchester, acquired by in national remover Abets East Anglia, hopes to doi its workforce this year. The...

;ED with mounting road ;port problems, Austria is in lorries at night from a section of a road used as ort-cut by thousands of...

COAL LORRY numbers in Northumberland have been agreed with the National Coal Board. This follows months of confrontation over...

N LW overland internall freight services have started in recent weeks. Ed, which has run an ;lo-Portuguese groupage ice by sea...

WHILE the main attractions at the fourth annual Fleet Neti5 Motor Show are still cars, the number of light commercial exhibits...

TIME has finally been called on the ageing 4F6 van following the launch this week of the Extra Renault's new car-derived van....

WEST WALES haulier and Volvo dealer Manse] Davies has begun to operate two novel dual-purpose tri-axle semi-trailers. Both the...

WYTI1LN SHAWL Neighbourhood "fransport Ltd has been convicted of using a minibus without a PSV operators' licence. A minibus...

117E1) Automobile Ser s has started running the t Irish-built bus from the ieral Automotive Corpora1 to go into operation in...

WEST YORKSHIRE PTE made a surplus of E7 million during last year. It budgeted to break even with the use of some of its...

DODDS of Troon has taken over Townsend Thoresen Holidays' 10 coaches. It will operate them from a base in Larktield, Kent and...

A WORLD BANK study just published sharply attacks subsidies paid to public transport systems as ineffective and unfair. The...

HOSPITALl'IY on the Move, the Crawley - based executive coaching operation in the Kenning Motor Group, is being sold....

NATIONAL Crusader. the recently formed division of National Express, is acquiring Traveldata, the coach brokerage operation set...

which will inevitably follow the Transport Act". Leon Daniels says that his organisation now wants to concentrate its...

HEART of England 'Yours, the West Midlands operator ordered to pay fines and costs of £564.50 on charges associated with the...

A MASS MONITORING Britain's bus services has b. launched by Transport 20 the environmental pressi group. Its new chairman,...

'FHE WAGES BILL, now before Parliament, contains 10 key provisions. By repealing the 19th Century Truck Acts, which give...

THE SEX Discrimination Bill, also before Parliament, will prevent businesses with five or fewer employees from selecting...

A DEATH-in-service life assurance scheme, offering £2,750 per employee, has been introduced by the Vehicle Builders and...

TI iE CONFEDERATION of British Industry and Inbucon Management Consultants are offering 600 managing directors, sales managers...

THE BIG event for the chilled and refrigerated transport sector is the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution...

MECHANICAL warranty company Car Care Plan of Leeds celebrated 10 years in business last week by introducing for commercial...

A FREE leaflet designed tc help the self-employed and employers in small firms tc fulfil their health and salet) obligations,...

AN AUTOMATIC wear indicator is the notable lean. • of a new range of webbing g slings. le slings are made by o Equipment...

iIGHT Rover prices rose in average of just over e per cent on Monday, :ch 3. his takes the price of the ipest Sherpa van, the...

LK iWAGEN'S offer of a 24 hour demonstration of ran porter van has meant :xtr i 350 demonstrators ig I ut out to the dealers....

FRIENDBERRY, a training school based at Stogumber, Taunton, Somerset TA4 3TP (phone 09846 310, international calls on 44-9846...

to road transport operators. March 12: Keeping track of containers. Talk by A. Grote, of Overseas Containers, 12.30pm, Overseas...

THE WEATHER may he showing signs of improving, but there is not much chance of roadworks going away. Below is a list of all the...

THE INSTITUTE of Advanced Motorists has formed lAM Fleet Training, a subsidiary company which will provide a range of driver...

ID competition we welcome in the dap, industry. However today's .perate cut-throat competition is ating heartache, cheating and...

I AM most disappointed that you carried a photograph of a foreign truck engaged in snow clearance with the implication that it...

1 HAVE been encouraged by the many calls following my letter (CM February I) expressing the view that a great deal of unfair...

Every coach driver deserves a light, trouble-free gearchange to smooth the journey along. That's one reason why ZF Ecomat 4, 5...

One foreign name currently in the ws is that of Ikarus, the giant ingarian state bus producer that has its ;hts set on a share...

It should be possible to start profitable bus services after deregulation. Noel Millier presents a step-by-step guide for...

Duple's first own-model integral coach can carry an impressive number of passengers in comfort. It also promises good fuel...

Since it took over the license to manufacture the Maxwell automatic gearbox, Avon has been eradicating the bugs which plagued...

THE MAXWELL four-speed unit is simple in concept and designed for ease of maintenance. It comprises three main elements: gear...

Although it still lives under the same roof as Alder Valley South, AV Engineering is pursuing its own business. Tim Blackmore...

Carlyle's Sherpa minibus prototype is put through its paces by Noel Millier who finds it a strong contender for the local bus...