• HGV vehicle recovery charges for breakdowns on the Severn
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Bridge will rise by 400% from 19 July. Operators will be charged .L60 for the first half hour and 30 for each quarter hour thereafter, instead of £12 and £6.
Agency code
• The Road Haulage Association is believed to be talking to the Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services about a code of practice to "eliminate grey areas" for employment agency drivers and employers.
CBI call
• The CBI has (.211ed for a major review of UK insolvency Iaw to help firms "to trade their way out of trouble".
Fast ferries
• Ferry operator Stena Line is buying two ferries capable of 40 knots with space for 50 trucks. The first will begin operating between Holyhead and Dublin Bay in 1995.
Buyer sought
• Leyland Daf receivers have made the Chorley parts operation into a separate company, Multipart Distribution, which is not in receivership and for which a buyer is still sought
Camera checks
• The Department of Transport has installed cameras on trunk roads in London's Docklands area and Greenwich in an attempt to catch speeding vehicles.
Wise men
III The EC Commission has set up a group of nine "wise men" to study the problems associated with international road haulage. They are expected to suggest ways of improving EC legislation.