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11th February 1988
11th February 1988
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LEGAL

BULLETIN 2 A council valuation and estates officer told an LA that a licence applicant's Nissen hut-type accommodation for his...

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LEGAL COMMENTARY: THE IMPACT OF EEC LAWS

• A client phoned the other day to point out that, despite my promises, my articles continued to be of a pessimistic turn of...

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ENFORCEMENT COMMENTARY: LIFTING AXLE CONTROVERSY

MI The controversy over the taxation of vehicles with retractable axles appears to have ended with the withdrawal, just before...

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LOOKING AT LEGISLATION: LIBERALISATION IS SPREADING

• Road Haulage Association national chairman Glyn Samuel visits the Southern African kingdom of Swaziland this month. He is not...

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FERRY STORY. .

• The disruption of ferry services over the last week has underlined just how vulnerable is lorry traffic to and from mainland...

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IN BRIEF

• Simon Engineering has bought Telelect, which supplies lorry-mounted cranes — its second US takeover in two months. Last month...

Special types under tax attack

• Britain's heavy hauliers were shocked to hear this week that the Department of Transport is considering increasing vehicle...

New Year's resolution: Buy Buy Buy!

• Sales of commercial vehicles have got off to a flying start in 1988, judging by the latest registration figures from the...

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UK duty freeze is a must for Euro-harmony

• b a bid to prevent vehicle excise duty rates from increasing in the next budget, the Road Haulage Association has made it...

Seamen face reefer fury

• Furious reefer operators are to sue the National Union of Seamen for losses suffered during the week-long ferry strike. Up...

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EC wants more truck checks

• The European Commission has developed a radical plan to step up the number of roadside police patrols so that every member...

officers will be provided with a language chart containing expressions in common use.

It is proposed that European Community countries should carry out simultaneous checks four times each year. The draft...

Booming economy means no more money — FTA

• There is no need to increase commercial vehicle duty rates, says the Freight Transport Association in this year's Budget...

Chunnel is falling behind

• The Channel Tunnel, already three months behind schedule, faces further delays unless another 1,000 qualified engineers can...

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DROPS Somme!l topples on test

• Questions have been raised in the House of Commons about an accident involving a Scammell 8 x 6 rigid which overturned during...

Southway sells first Scania to Southern Bulk

• Scania's newest distributor, Southway Commercials of Portsmouth has delivered its first truck to Southern Bulk Traffic...

Faster Iveco Ford 300.30 eight-legger

• Among the latest revisions to the Iveco Ford Truck range is the option of a faster rear axle ratio on the company's 228kW...

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Truck bosses review 1981

• MAN had a good year last year, says chairman Wilfried Lochte. It produced 23,331 trucks and buses: 725 vehicles (3.2%) more...

Cargo stretches out

• Iveco Ford Truck's Special Vehicle Operations department at Langley has developed a "stretched" Cargo 1313 for the bakery...

ERF takes NAAFI by 3-axle storm

• The first three-axle tractive units to enter service with the NAAFI were delivered last week by ERF. The four El0 6x2s mark...

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SB220 spearheads Des single-deck bus attack

• Daf Bus has confirmed that it will be entering the UK single-deck city bus market with its long-awaited SB220 underframe,...

Reeve Burgess' Budget mini

• PSV bodybuilder Reeve Burgess is now offering production versions of its latest 16-seater 'Budget' coach conversion, based on...

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Safety not cleanliness

• The number of buses and coaches failing their annual test will go down if proposals to scrap passenger comfort and vehicle...

Peerless Wigan order for Leyland

• Smiths-Shearings of Wigan, Britain's biggest coach operator, has placed repeat orders for 42 new vehicles, worth nearly £2...

End of the road for London's big reds?

• London's red buses are being given a new-look livery. New vehicles will now appear with a grey skirt and white stripe — but...

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Serb first for Rental

• Rentcors first major deal since it was bought by its management has been finalised with tissue manufacturer Serla Tissue...

White Arrow invests in hi-tech computer

• Mail order parcels carrier White Arrow is investing 2100,000 in a computer mapping system which gives its drivers...

Petfoods deal perks up Harris

• Harris Distribution, part of the Transport Development Group, is investing 23 million in a dedicated retail distribution...

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Cloth of gold for TNT outfit

• TNT Garment Express has won a six-figure, three-year contract with high street fashion retailer Home's to distribute more...

York mounts an early share buyout at CSL Truck Hire

• York Mount Group is to buy the remaining preference shares in its subsidiary CSL Truck and Trailer Hire, some twenty months...

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NFC: floating into Europe?

• Plans for expansion into Europe and the United States form the background to the decision by the board of the National...

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Convicted duo keep licence ...

• Two former directors of Ipex Freight Brokers who were given suspended prison sentences for conspiring to make false...

Barnes given a break

• No action has been taken against the licence held by Barnes Tipping, and an application for an additional two vehicles and...

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but Welsh pair lose theirs

• Two more South Wales coach operators have lost their licences following the issue of prohibition notices after warnings over...

Tacho offences trial rocked by surprise witness

• A surprise prosecution witness has led the Selby Magistrates to adjourn the trial of Norman Lewis Tankers and 19 of the...

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OPERATORS

HAND300 < SILVER ROADWAYS ADDS ANOTHER • Silver Roadways, the general haulage and transport clearing house subsidiary of Tate...

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DEAR

SIR • Your article "Nine Below Zero" published in the January 21-27 edition we found very interesting and we find no fault...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BY THE HAWK • The Army bobsleigh team, Britain's top four-man squad for the Calgary Winter Olympics this month, are being...

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TIME TO TALK 'TIM

• Taking Time is the theme for this year's Commercial Motor Fleet Management Conference, which will take place on Thursday 14...

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THANKS FOR ME MEMORY

• We kept our Volkswagen Transporter for an extra two months, to ensure that the van completed its long-term test with a...

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THRIVE

AND SURVIV E / Would-be hauliers face daunting odds: 90% of newcomers go broke within five years — and only one in a hundred...

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MOVING UP A GEAR

• Production of Iveco Ford's non-HGV Cargo already accounts for more than a third of the company's total UK output, giving it...

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BOOK REVIEWS

• Since 1982, and the publication of Franklyn Wood's Cola Cowboys, trucking to the Middle East has gone through quite a few...