Forward register • Blacklists of bad payers are no answer
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to bad debts, according to Owner Operators UK, nor is "disruptive action". Instead 00UK's Rob McHugh (above), responding to initiatives by other haulier groups, wants registration of all freight forwarders sub-contracting to hauliers.
King abdicates • Around 20 drivers have been made redundant at BH King Transport, the Bedford-based family firm which called in the receiver with £200,000 debts.
Kent grants • Kent is receiving £33.1m in transport supplementary grants for road schemes — three times as much as the next highest county, says the DTp.
Death charge • A lorry driver has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after failing a breath test following a crash near Northampton in which three people died.
Jobs gloom • Nearly 20% of employers in transport and distribution say they will cut their staff in the first three months of 1992 — and only 7% expect to create new jobs, according to Manpower.
Euro course • Training Force, sister company of Bristol-based Peter Lane Transport, plans to run a new training course for TIR drivers.
Cargo victory • Iveco has won the international truck of the year award for 1992 with its new Cargo range.