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Leyland plant
LEYLAND Truck and Bus is going ahead with a comprehensive £33.7million technical centre at its Leyland Lancashire headquarters. The first phase of thi's development worth £19million will be completed by 1980.
This announcement brings the total investment on major facilities detailed this year by the company on this site to more than £65million.
Earlier this year Leyland Truck and Bus announced plans for a £31.8million new truck assembly hall at Leyland.
The Technical Centre will enable Leyland Truck and Bus to compete more effectively with the major producers of commercial vehicles in Europe.
About 200 testing operations staff will be housed there initially who will work on new developments and inservice problems.
Too slow...
COMPLAINT of lack of punctuality in handling appointments for the testing of commercial vehicles at the Wallasey Testing Centre was made at a meeting of the Surface Transport Committee of Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The complaint is to be taken to a meeting of the Area Maintenance Committee.
Free entries
FDR Publications are inviting companies and operators who can offer return loads to any other countries for foreign haulage contractors to contact them as they are proposing to introduce an International Return-Load Guide early in 1978.
Entries in the publication will be free and it is understood that no fees will be charged other than the initial purchase price of the guide, which is still to be decided.
The address to write to is FDR Drivers Services, Norwich Union Building, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Telephone 060 984 225.