BRIEFS * More than 1,500 people attended two open days
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held by Wincanton Logistics as part of its recruitment drive for the new distribution centre it is managing on behalf of SmithKline Beecham in Brockworth, Glos.
South Wales Police want witnesses to a road accident at 07:25hrs on Saturday 16 May on the M4 at Port TallooT when a Ford Transit van collided with a broken-down lorry.
Contact: 01792 456999.
• Two truck drivers forced a drunk Mercedes-driving companytlirector off the M11 near St Ives, Cambs and blocked his escape until police arrived. He was almost three times over the limit.
• French transport strikes during the course of the football World Cup Finals in France moved a step closer as three French pilots unions threatened to disrupt the competition.
John Bridge OBE of CW Bridge of Huntingdon is the Road Haulage Association's new natio'n' -kairman. He takes over from Bob McKinnon, who completed his two-year term of office last week. Andy Boyle of ABE Ledbury is national vicechairman, with Sandy Walker of Sutherlands Air Freight as junior vice-chairman.
HM Customs & Excise has asked us to point out that following the Budget the stan dard rate of will rise from 27 to 210 per tonne from 1 April 1999. The lower rate is frozen at 22 per tonne; inert waste used in the restoration of landfill sites and quarries will be exempt from landfill tax from 1 October 1999.