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CORTO BENEFITS
• The Confederation of Road Transport Operators (CORTO), which was formed in April this year to represent companies with up to five vehicles, has just launched two new services for its members.
The first is a private health care scheme, operated by Medical Insurance Agency and backed by Crown Life Assurance. Called Clinicare, the scheme has previously been available only to members of the medical profession; CORTO is among the first outside organisations to be admitted to the scheme.
coRm says that the benefits of Clinicare are similar to other private health care schemes, although premiums are lower and there is a noclaims bonus too. The second new service is free financial advice tailored to the needs of the small haulier. This comes from Ascott Associates (Nottingham).
For further information on these two new benefits and on con° in general, contact the Confederation at CORTO, Freepost, Heage, Derby DES 9BR. Tel: 0773 856977.
MOBILE AUCTIONS
• NFL: Car Auctions is now providing an auction service on truck and car fleet operators' own premises.
The Leamington Spa-based company, which is a subsidiary of the National Freight Consortium member company Cartransport, will travel to any location in England. Scotland or Wales. Says general manager Paul Bates: -Transporting a Large fleet to an auction can be very costly. And therefore we have launched this service to give transport managers and dealers the opportunity to
benefit from the attractive prices gained at auction without the transportation costs."
NEW RECOVERY CLUB
• A new recovery and breakdown operators' association, aimed at garage operators who also run breakdown services, has been established.
The Road Rescue Recovery Association is being set up by two ex-Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators (AVRO) executive council members.
Peter Cosby of Welcome Garage, Skegness in Lincolnshire and Tom Carruthers of Carruthers Town, Dumfries, held a meeting last month for those interested in the £50-a-year association.
So far 40 operators have joined and Cosby is hoping that numbers will eventually rise to 3,000.
The RRRA was formed through dissatisfaction with AVRO and its increasing specialisation to please fulltime breakdown operators, says Cosby.