Service first Wherever local government officers gather inevitably they will turn their thoughts and conversation to...

THERE is a multiple of overnight parcels carriers in the UK, all offering "the fastest, the cheapest and the best service". We...

THE EEC COMMISSION's proposal for a nine-hour driving day is winning more friends. An influential House of Lords sub-committee...

BOALLOY, now free again frommthe control of the John Brown group, has acquired additional manufacturing capacity and is taking...

THE NUMBER of heavy goods vehicles above 1,525kg increased last year by three per cent 10 525,000, according to Department of...

OPERATORS who breach the Greater London Council's proposed night and weekend lorry ban may get off lightly at first, a senior...

A £500 REWARD is available to anyone who can help recover a trailer loaded with steel which has been stolen from premises in...

THE FIRST practical steps towards removing the red tape at the EEC's internal frontiers was agreed last week by the transport...

SENIOR MANAGERS have been urged to delve into their transport costs and not to leave it to junior staff. Junior Transport...

THE GOVERNMENT wants urgent action from the Greater London Council to end the controversial Talgarth Road experiment on the A4...

ROADLINE UK driver Jimmy Donovan has followed the example of his colleague Tom Curran's courageous conduct. He has won himself...

A SHROPSHIRE businessman who became involved in a haulage company saw his money disappear in what became a "disastrous...

Dip modifies for triaxle tests THE MODIFICATION of brake roller testers at Department of Transport hgv test stations to make...

VEHICLE REPAIR experts from around the world met in the UK this week for the four-day conference organised by the Research...

SOLEX, the European fuel systems manufacturer which recently bought Landi-Hartog, has agreed with an American company to...

THE FIRST shipment of 250 Romanian-built, four-wheel-drive vehicles and pick-ups to be imported by Dacia Concessionaires of...

MANAGING DIRECTOR of Daf Trucks (GB) from October 1 this year will be Roger Phillips. He will succeed Phil Ives, who retires on...

SOUTH WALES businessman Roy Fox of Fox the Mover has been elected president of the British Association of Removers following...

EUGENE McDONOUGH, sales manager for Penfold Commercials within the Daf dealer network, has joined VAG (United Kingdom) in the...

THE TOP prize awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers goes this year to a man who has been involved in automotive...

A CO-FOUNDER of International Ferry Freight, John Marshall, joins his fellow co-founder, Vic Martin, as a director on the board...

EVERY MAJOR Dutch coach manufacturer and most coach manufacturers from Europe including Leyland Bus will be exhibiting at the...

CHESTERFIELD in Derbyshire is the latest town to introduce a diala-ride bus service for disabled people. The Chesterfield...

A local steering committee has been set up with the aid of an £800 grant from the County Council to organise and train...

Registered disabled people in the area have been sent permits to allow them to travel at a reduced rate and other people who...

Chesterfield Dial-a-Bus is to operate five daily routes linking separate sections of the city with the central area. It will...

Although nothing is being said officially about the experiments, it is expected that the White Paper will follow the same...

The White Paper will present options for some form of privatisation for NBC but the Government is against complete...

Before the new policy becomes effective Mr Ridley will have to make a decision on the appeal by Amos, the proposed trans-London...

A similar formula could be adopted for the English PTEs when the metropolitan councils are abolished with the Greater London...

MIDLAND RED NORTH'S Hotspur manager, Chris Niblock, based at Shrewsbury, has been given the job of launching a new company to...

BLACKPOOL'S Pembroke Hotel is to be the venue for this year's Bus and Coach Council annual conference on September 25 to 27....

NATIONAL BUS COMPANY subsidiary Ribble has introduced dual-purpose Leyland Olympian double-deckers on its Timesaver services...

LONDON COUNTRY is now the operator of the largest fleet of Leyland Tiger coaches in the world. Its latest batch of 60 Plaxton...

LAST WEEK the Don Safety Trophy was awarded to an anti-skid system for the second time since its inception in 1966, and a bus...

Williams gets six new M-Bs W. H. WILLIAMS of Spennymoor, Co. Durham, has added six new Mercedes-Benz 16-tonners to the two...

FORD'S E100m investment in its new 1600 diesel engine has made Dagenham one of the largest diesel engine plants in Europe....

MAZDA has introduced a new 1tonne payload van, the E2000. It is powered by a two litre ohc engine similar to the unit currently...

IN SPITE OF LAUNCHING Its new £2000 panel van midway through the year, Mazda Cars (UK) expects to sell 1,000 vehicles by the...

A HEAVY-DUTY nudge bar is now available for P100 pick-ups through all Ford main dealers. Made from matt black finished tubular...

LAND ROVER has introduced a number of improvements to its Range Rover models. Modifications include the use of electronic...

B. WALKER and Son marked its seventh year in the body-building business by producing its first wide-bodied Sherpa conversion...

MT units during 1983 VAG EXPECTS to increase sales of its MAN VW 6.5 tonne and 7.5 tonne MT models over 1983 levels,...

TANKER OPERATORS have recently been bidding for a threeyear sludge disposal contract with a difference from Yorkshire Water...

"PERHAPS after-dinner speakers should be compulsorily fitted with tachographs," said Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for...

HOW can one price something that cannot be quantified? Nicholas Ridley did not provide the formula but his Treasury background...

ALTHOUGH TO Sir Peter Thompson, head of the National Freight Consortium, the parcels business is a jungle, Lex Wilkinson last...

A LAW student who had failed his final examinations was too clever for the South Wales police. They had prosecuted him for...

CONNECT a computer to 7,560 small plastic lamps and 80 miles of wire and what do you get? Answer: multi-coloured messages and...

A BIG new computer centre opened by the West Midland Passenger Transport Executive at Blake Street, between Birmingham and...

NOT SO MANY years ago nearly every community had bus transport linking smaller villages with the market towns on market days....

FROM Focal Displays comes a range of 31MO-Sea and IATAAir self-adhesive warning signs to British Standard 5609 for...

SELF-ADHESIVE designs and lettering are a quick way of applying a vehicle livery. A transparent film version of Fascal 1900...

LAUNCHING its impressive range of 75 compressors in this country, Dutch market leaders Creemers of Eindhoven guarantees spares...

A MOBILE wash from Laycock Garage Equipment has a threein-one capability of hot or cold water washing and steam cleaning. For...

THE PROVISION of a fire fighting service in one of Europe's busiest and most traffic-congested cities poses its own special...

ROUTIERS MEMBER Gerry Daley was looking forward to getting home. It was 11pm DAS service NO MATTER how good a driver you are,...

This legislation, introduced in March 1981, concerns the following routes: — A6 motorway (Autoroute du Soleil) from the Paris...

RECENTLY I had to attend court in London (Knightsbridge Magistrates Court) following an accident in Earls Court Road, London,...

"Your liaison with DAS in dealing with legal representation is most efficient." D. J. Moody. "I would recommend that all...

THE BOUGHTON GROUP was founded amid the Chiltern Hills just before the turn of the century, in 1897. To this day the parent and...

WHEN THE M1 was opened in 1959, Government statisticians had forecast that there would be around three million more vehicles on...

OVER 150 Bedford Army trucks from World War II participated in Portsmouth's D-Day celebrations last weekend (June 2-3) and in...

Sealink now Freightliner next? THE CONTROVERSY over the Government's policy of privatisation has nowhere to date aroused such...