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12th April 1990
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Farm base is suitable LA

by Focus reporter SCOTTISH Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth has rejected an objection from Strathkelyin District Council...

Let's stick with mitigation

by Gary Hodgson HAULIERS have been lobbying Parliament for a long time to create an offence to allow customers to be...

Hang around driver told

A CARDIFF industrial tribunal has rejected a claim for unfair dismissal by a driver sacked by Erex Distributors Ltd after he...

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Focus OPINION

Setting anew benchmark How fair are Britain's magistrates when a foreign lorry driver appears before them? Are they harder on...

Six-monthly checks LA

JC VAUGHAN, Harold Hill, Romford, called to a public inquiry by the Metropolitan LA, has been given an opportunity to show he...

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Free advice about rates

MANY FIRMS face a rates bill increase of around 100% this month and the Inland Revenue is expecting one million appeals....

Repute revoke

THE METROPOLITAN LA has revoked the operator's licence of Sug rue Bros Ltd of Market Street, Watford, and refused its...

Lawton's Chester offices opened

NEW CHESTER offices for solicitors Aaron & Partners, which employs Focus transport lawyer Jonathan Lawton, have been declared...

Met LA revokes operator's licence

D N McELHATTON, of Rain ham, Essex, who held an 0licence for six vehicles and six trailers, was called to a Met ropolitan...

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Widespread fiddles

by Insider A change in the law to make isolator switches magic buttons an offence for electronic tachographs needs urgent...

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Fair cops Guy are out

by Colin Ward HEN YOU receive a summons for an alleged offence and you are innocent, do not for a minute expect that you will...

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Focus TRIBUNAL TOPICS

Video view A film was shown of tipper lorries manoeuvring to e nter yard 5 1 /2 metres wide VIDEO of tipper lorries...

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We must get our act together

For a number of reasons there was no real consultation over 'problem' trailers now, hopefully, there will be transitional...

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EXPERTS' VIEW

• When both of the road transport industry's leading trade groups join forces with the TGWU against Government policy, you know...

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Paying dividends

• Volvo expects to save 2400m over the next five years as a result of its proposed link with Renault — and its prospectus to...

Test fees

• HGV and PSV driving test fees are to increase 23 to 245: van drivers face an increase of £1.50 to £19.50.

Flower bust

• A Dutch HGV driver has been jailed for seven years for attempting to smuggle £0. 75m worth of cannibis into the UK in a lorry...

Going East

• Japanese CV manufacturers Mitsubishi and Nissan have denied buying a stake in Hungarian stateowned bus maker Ikarus. But...

Hempsall's hunt • Barry Hempsall, previous owner of Newarkbased Hempsall

Bulk Transport, is holding initial negotiations with two North Midlands hauliers. He hopes to complete a takeover deal of one...

Costly package

• Farce'force, the newlook Royal Mail Parcels, has unveiled plans to build a £22 million distribution centre in Tamworth,...

Talking trucks

• Fiat Group and Ford have confirmed they are talking about co-operation in the HGV sector.

Scots services II it is expected that privately operated services

are to be buit on the M74 and M80 in Scotland.

RHA seeks German

• The Road Haulage Association is urging the Government to offer vehicle excise duty rebates to international operators...

Police check hauls in 54

• A joint operation between Lancashire police and Department of Transport traffic and vehicle examiners uncovered 100...

Daf in Navistar's orbit

• Daf is holding talks with Navistar, the American manufacturer, formerly known as International Harvester. "Daf is sound and...

Containing growth

• Tiphook Container Rental has effectively doubled in size with the completion of the takeover of Sea Containers' dry-cargo...

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VED rebates

their costs up to 15% more than the rest of the EC." European Conservative spokesman Anne McIntosh says that the German...

Truck sales fall 25%

• Registrations of trucks over 3.5 tonnes were down 21.5% in March compared with the same month last year, according to the...

Ferry fires EC moves

• The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to boost ferry safety standards following the Scandinavian Star tragedy...

Moore appointed as union leader

• John Moore is to succeed Jack Ashwell as national secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He was formerly the...

Training practice

• A voluntary code of practice for driver training has been proposed by the Centre for Transport Studies at Cranfield Institute...

Live issue

• MPs are to investigate the road transportation of livestock. The All Party Commons Select Committee on Agriculture will...

Green recovery

II A Green transport users group, the Environmental Transport Association, has been set-up to promote "clean" transport. It is...

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Municipal is boom sector

• Fleet purchase and leaseback is the most significant development in the UK's publicsector competitive tendering business...

EC's speedy call

• The European Commission has asked the European Parliament's transport committee to speed up the introduction of pan European...

Severn tolls set to double by '95

• Charges for HGVs using the Severn Bridge will more than double within five years. The 22 fee will increase to 23.50 within...

Truckfest full • Record entries for Commercial Motor Truckfest '90

mean that there is no further room available. "We are completely full," says event director Colin Ward. "We would love to...

Border block III Drivers at the AustrianItalian border could find

crossing points blockaded until the end of April by Italian drivers protesting against a permit limit imposed by the Austrian...

Ml chevrons

• White chevrons are to be painted on a dangerous stretch of the MI in Leicestershire in a bid to stop vehicles tail-gating,...

Wheel loss mystery hits AA trailer

• Every week more cases of wheel loss affecting operators who pride themselves on their maintenance standards come into the...

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Transit ready to rough it

• Ford is set to join the fourwheel-drive panel-van market with a Transit using a fullyengaged 4x4 system similar to that of...

Extra power with less noise

• Major changes to two of Cummins's most popular engines are designed to make them easier to service, quieter and more...

Suckers for more volume

• A new distribution system using full-length trailers is being operated by BRS Western for Hoover washing machines. It is...

More Models from Wilson

• Wilson Double-Deck Trailers has added a dual-purpose tanker/general-cargo trailer and a belly-load trailer to its range....

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Twin set from Schmitz Trailers

• A garment-carrying trailer that can be modified to a twindeck system has been developed by Schmitz Trailers (UK). Anodised...

Noise reduction

• Renault predicts that it will be producing trucks with encapsulated engines within two years to meet noise regulations.

Fiats up

• Fiat has increased the prices of its car-derived vans and light Clis by 4%, except for the Fiorino and Citivan, where...

High standard

• Trailer-gear manufacturer Rubery Owen-Rockwell has been awarded the quality standards ISC 9001, BS5750 Part 1 and EN29001.

IFT drops Deutz Cargo

• Iveco Ford is winding down its long-running allegiance to the air-cooled diesel with the news that it is to drop the 150kW...

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Gill goes to Leyland Daf

• Leyland Daf has begun a major re-structuring of its sales and marketing division at Thame in Oxfordshire, which includes the...

Parcelforce at Aintree

• Royal Mail Parcelforce is to spend £13m on a new Liverpool distribution centre on the former Containerbase site at Aintree,...

Names row hots up

I Coldstream Distribution survived its first High Court battle with Norwich-based Coldstream Ice Cream (Frozen Foods) last...

WPS umbrella

WPS Group has begun marketing itself as an umbrella organisation for the companies within the group including its new contract...

New stars

I Red Star has begun operations based upon its revised distribution system. The company has appointed 80 local contractors to...

Perkins boost

I Perkins Group boosted sales of its diesel engines by 6% in 1989/90. Output at Peterborough was 189,000 up from 179,000 in...

Ship shape

▪ West Midlands-based Shipfayre, formed by Lynn Sweet and Pam Harris eight years ago, has won BS5750 for its five-strong...

Ups and downs • Dawsongroup's turnover rose to 251.25m last year, but pre-tax profit fell 55% to 22.7m.

TIP up • TIP Europe leased or rented over 50%

more trailers in the six months to January 31 than in the same period last year, boosting interim pre-tax profits to 27.56m —...

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Gloucester flier

• Express parcels operator City Link — Gloucester has launched a Monday to Friday same-day delivery service into central London...

Still up for grabs

• Bradford-based general haulier Coleman Transport has still not found a buyer, after being on the market for almost a year....

Big distributor calls receiver

• Frail! Motor Group, the Hereford-based distributor for Renault and Seddon Atkinson CVs and cars, has gone into receivership....

Preston's Coke

• Prestons of Potto has won a three-year distribution contract with CocaCola's Wakefied site: it will devote 20 vehicles to the...

Ocean profits

• The Ocean Group's freight and distribution businesses' trading profits increased from £19.5m to 225.1m during 1989, helped by...

FCS Fleetplan

• FCS Fleetplan of Birmingham featured in our Big Fleet Management Spotlight (CM 29 March-4 April), is unconnected with Freight...

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Tipperrnen feel pinch

• Depressed rates and lack of work have hit yet another tipping specialist, with Derbyshire-based Steve Fletcher selling his...

TNT wins deal with the BBC

• Newspaper distributor TNT Newsfast has clinched a major long-term contract with BBC Frontline, the newly-formed company...

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Chesterfield buys out

• Chesterfield Transport's employee buyout has been completed in a 23.3m deal which puts 100% ownership in the hands of its...

LRT gets SBG agency

• The Scottish Bus Group' Edinburgh-based travel agen Sanderson Travel, has been sold to Lothian Region Tram port, which is...

Edwards ordered to pay fines now

• New Tredegar-based operator RH & DT Edwards has been ordered to immediately pay fines of nearly 24,000 for tachograph...

Stagecoach's Gloag top business woman

• Stagecoach managing director Ann Gloag picked up the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award after 10 years in the...

Belgrade belles

• An Iveco-based, Zastava built TurboZeta chassis was used for this prototype midicoach (above) at the Belgrac Motor Show by...

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Smoke, eat and drink • West Midlands Travel has banned

smoking, eating and drinking on its singledeck buses --nearly 400 vehicles in all. The company claims a similar ban imposed on...

Night sponsors • West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Metro

are hoping to expand commercial sponsorship of some services, popular at Christmas and New Year, to its late-night Nightrider...

Shearings grows in the South East

• Wigan-based Shearings, Britain's largest coach operator, is expanding its operations to Kent with the takeover of Tunbridge...

UK tops for Volvo

• The UK was Volvo's largest bus market in 1989, with 1,700 registrations, nudging Brazil off the top spot. Volvo Bus...

Put buses first' call

• Pressure is mounting on the government to take the bus seriously as an efficient means of easing urban transport problems....

H&D goes shopping for buses

• New buses costing over 600,000 were introduced this week by AJS subsidiary Harrogate & District, together with a package of...

Lynx cost savings

• Wakefield-based Caldaire Holdings is taking delivery of a further 30 Leyland Lynx singledeckers for its West Riding and...

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Fines down on appeal

• A driver employed by John James Express, who was fined 2800 for falsifying a tachograph record and other offences, has had...

Sugrue Brothers Limited

• In our report about the decision of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority to revoke the 25-vehicle licence of Sugrue Bros of...

LA orders checks

l• The 33vehicle licence held by plant hire contractors Robert M Bailey (Bedwas) has been suspended by South Wales LA John...

Heaton wins an international

• The wife of James Heaton, who lost his 0Licence because of vehicle excise duty offences when trading as Viking Transport in...

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Council keeps licence p

S ii e • Maintenance problems experienced by Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council were blamed on the involvement of Clayton Jones...

Licence withdrawn

• An interim Operators Licence authorising Darren Flitcroft, trading as Flitcroft Transport, of Stockport, Cheshire to operate...

Transmart pulls out

• Keighleybased Transmart Delivery Services has withdrawn an application to renew its licence, and consideration of...

ii IN The seven

vehicles and 14 trailers operated by Crosskeys, Gwent-based G B Transport South Wales were suspended by South Wales Licensing...

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Robins Haulage

• In Commercial Motor dated 1-7 March, we reported that the national licence held by Lee Robins, trading as Robins Haulage of...

Mother's licence • Carl Mather, the son of Jack Mather,

who traded as Easyway Bus, of Blackpool, has been granted a new PSV operator's licence by North Western Traffic Commissioner...

Director will be 'eased out'

• An invitation from the managing director of W L Bailey (Pontypool) for a vehicle examiner to go and check the company's...

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• If you're looking for something snazzy to go with

your new pair of fluorescent Bermuda shorts this summer, or you're fed up with carrying your surf board on a pedal bike, then...

the revs, drop the clutch, and this unlikely Caddy will

probably make up your mind for you: as you disappear in a blaze of wheelspin. The diminutive steering wheel is a bit silly, in...

• Even the PSV industry is being hit by the

poll tax. An unsuspecting passenger was waiting for a bus at Maidstone, Kent last week when a postman tried to present him with...

• Bus driver Brian Ratliff narrowly escaped death when he

was electrocuted after exposed power lines struck his bus in pouring rain. The Ipswich Buses vehicle was quickly evacuated but...

• After 30 years with Bedfords, J S Haulage of

Thornbury, Bristol, has bought a brace of 10-tonne AWD - Ms for use on brewery contracts, replacing a pair of Bedford TKs....

• Nottingham haulier Marshalls has generously donated 2100 to two

lads from the Nottinghamshire Constabulary who are taking part in the Berlin marathon to raise money for young cystic fibrosis...

• Here are the answers to last week's brainteaser on

Leyland trucks, set by Boltonbased driver Peter Holliday: 1, Bison; 2, Comet; 3, Sherpa; 4, Terrier: 5, Boxer; 6, Marathon; 7,...

• Plenty of drivers will tell you that the police

speak a different language to the rest of us, but the Fife police are so worried about canny crooks eavesdropping on police...

• Federal Express will be moving in exalted circles this

summer, with its sponsorship of a church music festival at Coventry Cathedral.

• Barry Venables of Milton Keynes has made this model

1926 Clayton steam wagon, after two years slaving over old Commercial Motor back issues. It is liveried in Brooklands Green...

• Don't be alarmed if a Geordie bus driver smiles

at you: he's probably still recovering from a day at the charm school where Tyneside bus company Busways is sending its drivers...

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BUSINESS MOVES

STOCKPORT SALES • Bridgestone Tyres UK has opened a regional sales office in Stockport. Contact Buckingham Road, Heaton Moor,...

2111DGESTORE

BLAZING A TRAILERENT • Trailerent has opened a new office at Fifth Way, off Avonmouth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 Sur, phone...

Trailerent

BIG MAC UK SITE IN NORTHAMPTON • American-based Mac Tools, will open its first UK distribution centre in Northampton at the...

NO CONNECTION • FCS Fleetplan of Birmingham, featured in our

Big Fleet Management spotlight (CM 29 March), is unconnected with Freight Computer Services or FCS, also of Birmingham.

EVENTS

SOCIABLE LORRIES • A one-day conference on Lorries in the Community will be held on 19 June at Learnington Spa by the Civic...

EUROPEAN LOGISTICS AT CAFE ROYAL

• A one-day conference on Logistics: the European Impact Will be held on 8 May at the Café Royal, London, by the British...

LOADS OF MONEY FOR TOP LOADER

• Atlas Hydraulic Loaders is to organise a 'Lorry Loader Operator of the Year' competition. It costs £5.00 to enter and the...

SNOWING OFF SCAPHAS IN Operators will be able to try

out a range of Scania tippers at a series of Scania roadshows taking place at quarry sites this month. Vehicles on show will...

ON THE JOB WITH RNA

• The Road Haulage Association's North-East district has arranged a series of seminars on employment rules and regulations. The...

STORE•UP ON WAREHOUSING • A one-day conference, Your Future Warehouse

— Regulations vs Innovation, will be held on 24 May at the Cafe Royal, London by the Institute of Materials Management. It...

WORKING ON CUSTOMERS • A one-day workshop called How to

build and improve customer services will be held at the Mount Royal Hotel, London on 26 April. It is being arranged by Inform...

FERRIES

FANTASTIC FOUR FROM SEALINK • Sealink will operate up to 18 round trips a day on its Dover-Calais route, with four vessels in...

SE4LINKFT

carry more than 100 freight units and 1,800 passengers. It has been refurbished with carpets and soft furnishings throughout,...

PUBLICATIONS

=Rift A War IMINink.. tam W - Mik 11111111 ./ Mar Maar STANDARD SPEED SPECIFICATIONS • The British Standards Institution has...

Castro'

DRIVE AND SURVIVE • Castro] has produced a test-yourself handbook designed for drivers and learners. It contains more than 200...

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COACHING LONDON

• Maps of 1990 London coach parks are available free from the Metropolitan Police, Coach Advisory Service, T014 Branch, Room...

PRODUCTS

VARIANTS ON DIFFERENTIALS • ()wife Differentials has ,idded two variants to its automatic torque biasing differential range,...

MODELLING ON COACHES • Models of 1939 London single-decker coaches

in old Aldershot & District Traction Company green and cream livery, with London or Aldershot destination panels, have been...

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ANY QUESTIONS?

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 'Elq Q Recently, we have had an immediate prohibition issued on one of our vehicles. The notice was...

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• It was not that long ago that the general

public was blissfully unaware of the science of aerodynamics. Ask the proverbial man in the street about drag factor, and he...

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CURES FOR CONGESTION

This year's Brewery Transport Advisory Committee conference presented a wide-ranging discussion and featured a transport policy...

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NO SMALL

B E IER JS Haulage is a third-party brewery haulier with its roots as much in the drinks trade as in road haulage. It is...

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• When Adnams Brewery of Southwold, Suffolk recently put a

new ERF tractive unit into service, it doubled the size of its artic delivery fleet. "The new unit was intended as a...

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IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALT

Owner-operators, like any self-employed businessmen, would be well-advised to take out accident and sickness insurance cover....

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INDEPENDENT

Some three years ago, Mansfield Breweries went public and persuaded the money men in the City to back its ambitious growth...

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FALSE IMPRESSION • As a regular reader of your magazine,

which has a very high standard of usually evenhanded presentation, I was a little surprised to read the edition in which you...

CUSTOMER NEEDS • It was with interest that I read the article Clinching that Contract (CM 29 March-4 April).

The transport function for retailers is, however, the last major movement of product in the supply chain before their retail...

For example: 1. Anticipated volumes in warehouse terms (increased volume

does not necessarily mean fleet additions but could affect product availability for loading). 2. Order picking methods (heavy...

GREEN AND FRIENDLY • I read with interest a letter

you published in the 29 March4 April issue headed 'Noise Pollution' from R F Bond of Bridgnorth. We at HYVA recognised this...

COUNTER PRODUCTIVE • I read with interest your article on

the Certificate of Professional Competence Examinations, and the alleged cheating by certain Training Organisations (CM 22-28...

RENAULT OFFERS THREE YEARS

You are incorrect in your statement that Volvo is the first truck company to offer a three-year driveline warranty at no extra...

D O AS I SAY N OT AS DO •

This week I had a call from a DTp vehicle inspector wanting to do an inspection due to my licence renewal. The vehicle he...

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• P&O DISTRIBUTION FARNHAM Chris Farnham has joined P&O Distribution

as business development manager. He was general manager at BRS Midlands' Wisbech depot.

• EXEL LOGISTICS ALDRIDGE

NFC subsidiary Exel Logistics has made Mike Aldridge engineering and operations director, with responsibility for 2,000...

• LYNX GOLDSMITH Malcolm Goldsmith is to take up the

post of branch manager at Lynx's Bristol site. He was operations manager at Lynx Brighton. Goldsmith has been with the company...

• BRS SOUTHERN PATTERSON Lee Patterson takes over as national Jewson account manager at BRS Southern, based in Norwich.

• TIP HOWARTH Trailer leasing and rental company TIP has

appointed David Howarth to the newly-created post of technical manager. He 'oins from Fruehauf Europe.

• NORTHERN IRELAND CARRIERS BEARD/GLASS/WILSONi AUSTIN Northern Ireland Carriers has

unveiled a new sales development team for Belfast. The group is headed by Raymond Beard, who was sales manager for Dukes...

• PLAXTON HINCHLIFFE Plaxton Roadlease Finance has appointed Norman Hinchliffe

as contract maintenance manager. He was technical manager at Yorkshire Rider.

• KENNING TYRE SERVICES

BONSE FI Rod Bonser is the new financial controller at Kenning Tyre Services.

• W & J FOSTER FOSTER HUMPHREYS/ BARTON/FAGAN Gordon Foster

Humphreys is the fifth generation of the Foster family to join the board of W & J Foster. He becomes sales and marketing...

• TIPHOOK MODULAR SYSTEMS MEES Michael Mees is the new

managing director of Tiphook Modular Systems, the container construction arm of Tiphook. He joined the company in 1988 as...

• ARCHBOLDS JAKE MAN Paul Jakeman is to take up

the post of sales manager at Ford commercial vehicle dealership, Archbolds in Leeds.

• EUROTEC AUTOMOTIVE BRANTON Ron Branton, divisional general manager of

Eurotec Automotive, has been appointed to the company's board of directors. He has also been promoted to the position of...

• GLASS GLOVER DISTRIBUTION WINTERBURN Paul Winterburn will fill the

newly-created position of operations development manager at Glass Glover Distribution, where he will oversee contracts.

• PETER LANE TRANSPORT WADE Michael Wade is now manager

of Peter Lane Transport's new contract with Body Shop International. He joined from Gordon Melhuish Transport, where he was...

• BENDIX PARTS LAMMAS/LEYS Two new sales representatives have joined

Bendix Parts. Brian Lammas will be responsible for sales in the South-West, and Steve Leys will cover the South-East.

• NORTHERN COUNTIES MURRAY Ian Murray has joined Northern Counties

of Wigan as sales and marketing director. He was sales and marketing manager at Walter Alexander, Falkirk.

• ROADLEASE TAPPING Paul Tapping has been promoted to maintenance

manager at contract-hire and leasing company, Roadlease, part of the Plaxton Group.

• DORFAOBILE HARRINGTON Dorrnobile, which was recently taken over by KBD, has named Mike Harrington as its new managing director.

• HERTZ CAU

Antoine Cau is to take over the presidency of Hertz International, following the departure of Fredy Dellis.

• RCMB SALES & SERVICES BRADSHAW Sales director of Wilson

Truck Services, Ron Bradshaw, has left to start up his own firm called RCMB Sales & Services. He will continue promoting...

• INMARSAT COUNCIL SANDER/SYMEONIDIS Jan Sander of the Netherlands is the new chairman of Inmarsat Council, succeeding George Symeonidis.

• OBITUARY ALAN HEWLETT Alan Hewlett. formerly operations director of

Lonsdale Coaches, a subsidiary of Lancaster. City Transport, has died after a long illness. He spent all his working life in...

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Transport leads the skills crisis

• Employers' training of their workforces is slowly improving, but large gaps and inconsistencies remain and there is little...

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O ne cold November morning two decades ago, two of Britain's

most successful truck manufacturers joined forces to become Seddon Atkinson, Each of the two halves had its own proud tradition...

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Past masters

E dward Atkinson did not intend to be a truck builder, he "bumped" into it. fie set out in 1907 to run a small millwright and...

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Steam sequence

Edward Atkinson learned from the mistakes of others before building a vehicle of his own. in 1916, after years of servicing and...

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All his own work

A ndrew Carter reckons that his neck is like a stick of seaside rock. Break it in two and you will find the word Cummins. The...

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Following the family line

F here's very little the Beswick family doesn't know about Seddon Atkinson. Father ennis, sons Trevor and Steven and Thew Ian...

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A good rapport

T he Cornish Brewery in Redruth has brewing connections dating back almost two centuries. Despite supplying ale to the Oldham...

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1 THE PRESENT 0 ENID ROOCROFT A sense of service

S av Seddon Atkinson to many a fleet engineer and they reply "Enid". They know her; and she , knows them. "I'm front man for...

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Gaining authority

Refuse collection fleets are not built to be pretty. So how is Seddon Atkinson helping to make Monklands District Council's...

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Express success

There is a British-based express haulage company investing millions of pounds right now to make its fleet 100% Pegaso. What is...

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Farmer's friend

Ever heard of Golden Wonder crisps or Spillers pet food? The company behind these household names is Dalgety, an agroindustrial...

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Range change

0 ne of the first UK operators to take delivery of the Seddon Atkinson Strato when it was launched two years ago was Bibby...

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STRATO FICATION

Life is constantly changing and truck manufacturers are not exempt. During 1990, Seddon Atkinson's product line-up will undergo...

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FAST FORWARD

The futuristic Solo tractor is a classic case of engineers saying 'what if?' But both Pegaso and Seddon Atkinson have a firm...

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All IN THE FAMILY

If you think small is beautiful then you'd also better believe that where there is size there is strength. Most people know...