THE MIDDLEMAN in business is too often regarded with suspicion. He is, in the eyes of many, a cross between a wartime "spiv"...

BUILDING a new workshop in 1985, will not be cheap, and without careful planning a lot of money could be wasted. Tim Blakemore...

THE FRENCH seamen's dispute affecting Sealink ferries is causing few delays at Dover for operators crossing to the Continent,...

LEYLAND VEHICLES chairman Ron Hancock resigned on Christmas Eve for "personal reasons". Mr Hancock, who faces a charge before...

THE DARTFORD Tunnel is, according to Kent County Council, likely to be toll-free by the mid-1990s. And until then the toll...

THE FIRST wage settlemen the winter below the £ norm set elsewhere has t struck between hauliers trades unions in Tynes...

_ I vo A Sp A , cre' -1 10 THE SEASON of goodwill may have passed but the spirit has not, judging by the donations which...

THE CODE of practice for dynamic axle weighing has no legal force at all, according to Crown Court judge Michael Menders. It is...

DESPITE two dock strikes in 1984, tonnage of cargo handled at Dover Harbour increased by nearly six per cent in the first 11...

BUILDERS' skips will neei be fitted with the same de of vertical fluorescent and lective warning marker goods vehicles from...

BRITISH operators have a new opportunity to sell used goods vehicles to the Irish Republic this year, but Irish dealers and...

COMMON MARKET Transport Ministers have agreed on the introduction of one single Customs document for use in inter-community...

THE ROAD Transport Industry Training Board will send statements soon showing the amount employers either owe it or are owed by...

A STUDY commissioned by the British and Irish Governments has recommended that a new cross-border road linking Dundalk and...

THE SCOTTISH Court of Session has ruled that Stirling District Council must not operate a blacklist of commercial concerns...

A ONE-DAY course on lorry controls is being held in March by the Polytechnic of Central London. Two of the speakers are...

John Speed JOHN SPEED, one of Britain's most senior transport journalists, died over Christmas at his home in Wimbledon. He...

FOLLOWING the retirem Jack Bennett in DecE Peter Mardle has taken o municipal sales and admi tion manager at Renault...

by ANC, the on-Trent next-day p; operator, to assist Ray B the company's sales an keting manager. Bill Douglas has join...

THE NORTH Western Traffic Area moves next week to a new office at Portcullis House, Seymour Grove, Manchester, M16 ONE. The...

THE BRITISH Waterways Board is discussing with potential users the regeneration of commercial traffic on the Caledonian Canal,...

THIS YEAR'S Haulage Association's annual dinner is on April 24 and the principal speaker will be Energy Secretary Peter...

OUTER HEBRIDES plant hire and civil engineering contractor Norman McCormick's bid to change his licence from a restricted one...

MPs agre Ju Corn vote: whic to Tr RidIE from tonn road Bu not 1986 be p with Sh Gwy the m o weig of te agre Sh men incre the...

KENT WAS the scene of three road tanker "roll-overs" on the day before Christmas, but this time there was no danger to the...

A 46-MILE extension of the M40 from Oxford to Birmingham was approved by the Government before Christmas. It will run from the...

7.5 tonnes artics reg DRIVERS with an ordinary licence can now drive a ulated lorries under 7.5 toi gvw, following Regulation!...

LEYLAND Constructor six wheelers fitted with Daf engines will probably be on display at this year's Road Haulage Association...

THREE ERF CP 32/290 series 4x2 tractive units have joined the distribution fleet of friction materials manufacturer Ferodo....

BY FITTING lightweight glass reinforced plastic bodies Ross Poultry has increased the payloads of its rigid vehicle collection...

YORK TRUCK Equipment has introduced two new ranges of its Big D fifth wheel kits which cater for Seddon Atkinson and ERF...

BENDIX is organising a series of brake training courses for sales and stores personnel and foremen/fitters. These are designed...

TWENTY of York Trailers Company's Thermovan refrigerated units have gone into service with McCain Foods (GB), 15 to be based in...

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Nicholas Ridley has told a council to seek tenders for subsidised routes threatened with withdrawal because...

IMPROVED access for elderly and disabled passengers could increase bus patronage by between four and five per cent, according...

STRATHCLYDE PTE has withdrawn its Metroliner coach services tailor-made for disabled people. The services, operated with MCW...

BRITAIN'S largest luxury coach builder Plaxtons has announced a substantial reduction in profits for the year ended September...

A COUNCIL'S attempt to kill off an established independent bus service has been blocked by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners....

Bruce of Aird defeated A BID for a road service lic for a Glasgow commuter vice presently operate Bruce of Airdrie under cor...

RENAULT is establishing a new company, Renault Coaches and Buses, to market its FR1 coach range in Britain. It will be headed...

Long life planned The company's annual vehicle replacement budget is £3m but that jumps to £4m in every seventh year. This...

AMERICAN views on the latest commecial vehicle technology are now broadly similar to European ones. This becomes clear at a...

ONE OF the first of 1985's engineering conferences and seminars has attracted some of the industry's best known engineers as...

THE AE group has joined with a South Korean company to manufacture pistons in that country. The Dongsuh Industrial Company is...

If it doesn't pay they won't do it I WAS SURPRISED at your unqualified editorial support (CM, December 8) for Mr Ridley's bus...

Lifts for large and small WORKSHOPS handling large and small vehicles can find it difficult to choose lifting equipment....

OVER a quarter of a million new commercial vehicles are registered in the year just ended. For most of them this was only their...

byThe Hawk From transport to health care IF REPORTS are correct, it has taken Norman Fowler, Secretary of State for Social...

THE DIESEL-ENGINED version of the compact Mercedes-Benz 190 was launched in the UK at the Motor Show and is promoted as the...

WHEN we reviewed the end-ofyear commercial vehicle registration figures a year ago, we interpreted analysts' forecasts to...

for the next CPC Exam NOW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the...