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I join with John Midgley in urging Majestic Motors and other operators who think that they too -save a fortuneby not being members of CIBS to think again.
Majestic Motors, whom you featured in a recent article, were said to operate five coaches. At the current rate of CIBS membership subscription this would cost them only £36 a year — and this has (like everything else) increased over the years, so it is a little difficult to see how non-membership can save a small operator a fortune.
Make no mistake about it, were it not for the efforts of CPT, our industry would have been obliged to conform with EEC hours as from January 1, 1976. Ponder this point, Majestic Motors and others who hesitate about joining their trade association. CPT has saved you a vast amount of extra wage bills over this five-year period. The wage bill of Majestic Motors has been probably reduced in that period by some £10,000 thanks to the efforts of Denis Quin and his team. Is this not worth £36 per annum?
P. B. ROGERS, Public Relations Officer, CIBS (East Midland). Ltd want to spend £15m in an attempt to sell the Japanese Hino truck in this country. I have just returned from a trip to the Irish Republic and was staggered at the number of these lorries on the Irish roads put there by Mr Harris and his team, more power to them. The next logical step for Harris is surely to attack the English market.
We now find our own commercial vehicle industry in uproar over the fact that these vehicles are coming into England. Surely if they had been aggressive enough in their sales, Hino would never have got into Ireland who, blE them, are only our next di neighbours? Basically our o industry must be partially blame.
I sincerely hope that t commercial vehicle manufi turers in this country are si cessful in their attempt, not Government legislation, but producing the finest range commercial vehicles in Euro and selling on merit and livering on time, to keep t Hino out of England.
If all of us, management a shop floor, can cut out t apathy and bickering over pe things and get down to a go hard day's work, we would r have this problem and be afrE of going the same way as t motorcycle industry, the tele sion and stereo industry and, some extent, the car industry Please do not think I am p Japanese — I am not. 1 woL not have one foreign vehicle my company's fleet and operate either directly or contract around 200 cars a 250 commercials and traile all manufactured by Briti companies.
So come on, the commerc vehicle industry, get off ye backsides and sell "British best.
J. J. BROOKS,
Bethune Avenue, London, N.11.