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RTITB holds back
WEEK's anticipated blood letting at the Road Transport IndusTraining Board failed to happen. It has postponed until Delber any major decisions on its future management.
us decision to take no deciI came days after the similar ernment decision not to split RTITB for at least 18 months ', October 23), and it is un;tood that the Board wants e time to digest the full imltions of the Government's Duncement.
I that was decided last week
that the Board should be nstituted as a two-commitAructure, with one sub-cornee managing the motor inry training activities, the ,r the road haulage activities.
INCREASE in heavy goods cle test fees first proposed Yovember 1 has been postBd until December 1, aligh it appears that this is a It of procedural difficulties er than the storm of protest the industry about the p increase. An RTITB spokesman explained that these sub-committees will decide the policies and plans and training requirements of the two sectors, both of whose trade associations (the Road Haulage Association and the Motor Agents Association) have been campaigning for the creation of totally separate boards.
It is anticipated that the new sub-committees will go some way towards meeting that objective, within the existing structure, as this is one of the goals set by Employment Under Secretary Peter Morrison in his no-split decision announced the previous week.
The RTITB is still based at its now over-large offices at Wembley, in North London, and although it intends to move at some date in the future, no deci sion has yet been taken about when this will happen or where the Board might be based.
According to the spokesman, management is still assessing the future requirements before reaching a decision on vacating the present premises, which have been offered for sale. The redundancy costs associated with a move to a distant location are among the factors still being iaken into account.