EVENTS DIARY
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• 6-7 July: Truckfest South West, Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Contact: 01775 768661.
• 7 July: Carnforth Changeover Commercial Vehicle Rally, Carnforth Truckston Contact 01772 435405.
• 13-14 July: Mid-Wales Festival of Transport, Powys Castle Showground, Welshpool.
Contact: 01938 553680, • 25-26 August: ERF Truck Gathering, Staffs. Contact: 01630 653625, • 1 September: Truckex 1996, South Cerney Airfield, South Cemey, Nr Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Cost: Adults, 12; children, £1.
Contact: 01225 770238.
• 2-5 September: European Transport Forum, Brunel University, London. Contact: 0181 741 1516.
• 17-18 September: Automotive Industry and the Environment International Exhibition and Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, Belgium.
Contact: 01628 526060.
• 10-12 September: Institute of Municipal Transport Vehicle and Plant Exhibition, Birmingham. Contact 01273 834673.
• 1-3 October: Freightconnection 96, Daventry International Railfreight Terminal.
Contact: 0171 436 9774.
• 2-4 October: Internet 96 conference and exhibition, Business Design Centre, Islington, London.
Contact: 01923 261663.
• 18-22 November: 2nd International Exhibition for Transport, Communication and Logistics, China International Exhibition Centre, Beijing.
Contact: 0049 895107598.
• 11-13 February 1997: Brityrex Tyre Exhibition and Conference, Harrogate.
• 25-27 March 1997: Autoparts '97—International Trade Fair for Auto Parts and Accessories, Hyatt Regency Hotel. Dubai.
• 7-8 June 1997: Yorkshire Trucking Festival, The Driffield County Showground, Yorkshire. Contact 01775 768661.
SERVICES
Internet breakdown
• Green Flag, national breakdown operator and sponsor of the England football team, has set up a new Internet web site giving details of the company and the services it provides. Greentlag's Internet access number is: http://www.greentlag.co.uk. Contact: 0113 239 3666.
Quicker response
• Tyre servicing and repair firm Motorway Tyre and Auto Centres has set up a new freephorie number to provide better assistance and operational benefits for LGV customers. The Commercial Vehicle 24-hour emergency service provides LGV account customers with a rapid response roadside assistance service.
Contact: 0800 424244.
Cheaper insurance
• Insurance firm Eagle Star has launched a new haulier's liability policy which offers no-claims discounts and other premium savings where alarms or tracker systems are fitted. The Freightstar policy offers 20% premium discount for vehicles fitted with approved alarms and immobilisers;
10% no-claims discount for every claims-free year; 5% premium discount for existing Eagle Stat. motor fleet policy holders; 2.5% premium discount where all vehicles are fitted with an approved stolen vehicle tracking system.
Contact: 01242 221311.
PUBLICATIONS
SMMT report
• A new report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders—The SMMT UK Commercial Vehicle Market Review of 1995—analyses a number of different regional and area trends in a market which overall grew by 9.6% last year. The 49-page report also highlights the growth in artic registrations. exports and increasing efficiency demands on the transport sector.
Cost: £40 SNINIT members/0)0 others. Contact: 0171 235 7000.
Rentals growth
• A new report from Marketline International reveals the value of the UK truck rental market has now risen to £253 million but the rate of growth has slowed over the last three years. The report—UK Truck Rental— shows that although the market grew by £18 million between 1994-95, the rate of growth has fallen from 14% in 1993 to 7.7% in 1995. However, the report also predicts that by 2001 the market will be worth E.305 million, an increase of 21%. Cost: £245.
Contact: 0171 624 2200.
TRAINING
In-house training
• Parcel carrier Securicor Omega Express is to offer its staff NVQ and SVQ training and qualifications from October, following the success of a pilot project earlier this year. Securicor expects a large number of its staff to sign up to the 'Transporting Goods by Road' course set up by the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council.
Contact: 0116 255 9923.
Bodybuilding training
• Commercial vehicle bodybuilders and trailer manufacturer, the Cartwright Group, has opened its new training school at the company's Altrincham, Cheshire plant. The purposebuilt school, which was opened by MP Sir Fergus Montgomery, is equipped with computer-aided design technology. Students will work both collectively and individually on specific projects, as well as receiving lectures from industry professionals.
Contact: 0161 439 2542.
Frig training
• Transport refrigeration company Reefur Services, has recently introduced its own in-house engineers training scheme. The new 18month course will provide training in mechanical, electrical and refrigeration Gordon's Transport of Pontefract has had two trailers worth 220,000 stolen from a Deportment of Transport lorry park and weighbridge site at Sawtry off the Al. The theft took place between 14:30hrs on Friday 21 June and 08:00hrs on Monday 24. The trailers are a Weighman 214/64ft extendible triaxle--chassis number Al 68800—and a Broshuis 60ft two axle— chassis number 998291/18. Contact: 01977 607208.
Nottingham police are appealing for information about the theft of an lveco Ford twoaxle rigid that was found abandoned at 01:00hrs on 25 May one mile north of J34 of the M1 on the northbound side. A large number of sheep, stolen hours earlier from fields near the Granada Services at Trowell, Notts were found inside the vehicle. Some were dead.
Contact: 0115 943 0999. circuits. Candidates must have some kind of electrical or refrigeration background. Contact: 01825 840844.
ROAD HOTSPOTS
The South
Surrey, M25 J6-10: Major roadworks with an extended contrafiow between
Godstone and Reigate, with a 50mph speed restriction.
West and Wales
Gloucestershire, M5 J1415: Lane closures southbound between Thornbury and Almonsbury until 7 July.
Midlands and East Anglia
Leicestershire, A6 Lockington: Contraflow with a single lane open both ways between Warren Lane and Netherfield Lane until 22 July 1997.
North and Scotland
North Lanarkshire, M8 J6: Major roadworks both
ways at Newhou,c down to one lane eastbound, with westbound traffic restricted to two lanes until 8 July.
South-West
Somerset, A371 Wells: Work continues on the new relief road affecting the Portway and Mountery Road in the City until 7 July.
Northern Ireland
County Down, Moira: Width restrictions with temporary lights on Glenavy Road near the Hammond Road and Lecky Road junctions until 8July.