OF THE industry's biggest ; of contention with the rnment — the planned sale avy goods vehicle test stato the private sector —...

CIVIL SERVICE dispute has vied the flow of mail in and of the Metropolitan Traffic a's offices in London. Department of...

THE MARKET for new vans and lorries continued to plunge las month, with sales down 30 per cent on those for March 198(...

THE ACTION of some European governments in imposing strict lorry quotas on Britain flew in the face of Community principles and...

:ORD OF BRITAIN'S profit fell ast year from 1979's £386m beore tax to £226m. The after-tax igure dropped from £347m to 204m....

MERGERS, joint venturei the disappearance of some liar trade marks will be a el teristic of the 1980s accord president of...

TIAN SALVESEN is establishing a new national network of s and is investing in a new fleet of custom-designed vehicles...

IRVEY has been carried out ig 497 lorry drivers to find vhy there are an increasing ber of lorries hitting low les. e...

INTEGRATED freight transport is a mirage which can never be translated into economic reality, Road Haulage Association national...

TRANSPO '81, the first of an an nual series of North of Englant commercial transport exhibi tions, is being staged in Man...

3RY DRIVER cannot decide for himself when he should set off ourney ruled Manchester Industrial Tribunal when it rejected a for...

VT BLANC tunnel fees have 1 increased and vehicles a wheelbase greater than I must now pay 180 French cs single, or Fr 285 for...

JR1ER and Data Transit Ltd launched a new Multiples sion which will specialise in Mole parcel distribution. ed in Birmingham,...

THE 1981 World Truck Symposium and Exhibition is to be held in Detroit, Michigan, from September 24 to 26. Speakers will...

THE NUMBER of commercia road haulage units passim, through the port of Dover dur ing February 1981 was seven pe cent down on...

)NE DAY Introduction to Tachopraph courses planned for June 1 and 25 by David Lowe and lissociates are now fully booked Ind...

A DRIVER'S claims ti labourer with less service himself should have been ted for redundancy in his have been rejected by a...

EW Members Guide to Lorry rs has been published by the d Haulage Association, listnearly 800 lorry parks in over towns and...

THE GO-AHEAD has been given by the Greater London Council for an £8.3m scheme to avoid a major traffic bottleneck in North-west...

As;1 Trailers down to a T THE FIRST production batch of US refrigerated van semi-trailers with flat extruded aluminium floors...

A LIGHTWEIGHT fully adjus grab for bricks and concrete ducts has been added to NCS Truck Equipment of ( terfield's range. With...

IN'S range of Fuller transons has been redesigned the major difference being gearing which now incores the new Multi-mesh s is...

METROPOLITAN Police is unable to control illegal parking by In coach drivers because it has no legal standing abroad, and...

IATHCLYDE PTE has dropped its proposals to cut services on routes and is reconsidering cutting three or four others because...

THE GOVERNMENT has re• minded Coach operators anc tour organisers that the ruler governing international coact operators are...

PETE McDONNELL has been promoted to become rental manager in South Wales for Western BRS. He will be responsible for the lorry...

' IS IT that when we have a ;et and the Chancellor hits oad haulage scene with an iase in fuel tax and excise everybody is up...

THE ARTICLE by David Wilcox, Moving with the Times (CM, March 7) was read with great interest. Even compared to Bonners our...

IT IS NOT correct to say, as you did, in your Editorial March 14 that the only evidence submitted to the all-party committee on...

MAY WE CORRECT an inaccuracy in your Editorial of March 14? You referred to the various organisations who had or had not given...

ILY ONE MAN did not have -off when National Carriers 'daily inaugurated their inter:ional centre at Shed 11 at the ndon...

ALTHOUGH Sweden's geographical position may have heightened its sensitivity to danger, its lorry drivers are as reluctant as...

NOT MANY companies that are in the middle of negotiations which would result in the loss of jobs court publicity before t deal...

THE PRELIMINARY agenda NALGO's annual conference Blackpool in June includes a solution from the Natio' Executive Council...

JEXT WEEK DAF Trucks (GB) td will open a new assembly , lant at Colchester, two weeks head of time. This latest addion to the...

Your profits are below £1,250, but exemptions or refunds from Class 2 NI contribs can be very hard to get. Freelanc( accountant...

)AF HAS BEEN present in the JK market since the early ieventies, like most importers ;tarting at the heavy end of the narket...

VHAT BETTER TIME than spring ) take a trip down to the picAresque Somerset city of Wells, eith its narrow medieval streets s...

NHEN DAF heavy commercials here first introduced to the 3ritish market back in 1966, leither the British manufacturars,...

OR THE LAST 21 years County 'ravel of Leicester has been stablishing a reputation for itelf as a go-ahead coach and tree!...

ENTS in-scope with the Transport Industry ng Board can claim a grant e full cost (£93) of the CM ial Offer CPC course. In to be...

Trust the Trust! ' OUTSIDE the road transport industry, prevailing opinions on the Armitage Report are like that of the curate...

Neoplan steps up range ST MONTH'S opening of a 4eoplan bus plant in West 1 (the German maker's manufacturing facility),...

For DM57,280 (E12,700) Neoplan-Berlin offers outside contractors a Unibus chassis inco rporating all standard mechanical...