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18th march 1993
18th march 1993
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PAYING THROUGH THE NOZZLE

• Look in any newspaper and you'll find a financial pundit. The opening story in last week's Sunday Telegraph City & Business...

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Budget: VED frozen but costs up

• Hauliers' operating costs will rise by an average of 1.1% this week following a Budget which freezes VED but adds a massive...

MacGregor asked to act over franchises

by Gail Ashton • Transport secretary John MacGregor has been asked to investigate a freight and driving tuition firm accused of...

Regional wage deal deadlock

• Arbitrators have been called in to break a deadlock between unions and the Road Haulage Association over regional pay claims...

Job fear

• The jobs of Redland Distribution's 30 drivers are in danger, says the TGWU, which claims the transport company's parent is...

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Transfer bonus for civil service bids

by Amanda Bradbury • The Government is prepared to bypass EC employee transfer rules which could have stopped hauliers winning...

ID parts bosses take on Unipart for Chorley

• A duel for Leyland Daf's Chorley parts warehouse began this week as management there announced plans to buy the business,...

Reefer specialist and major Leyland Daf operator H

Reefer specialist and major Leyland Daf operator Hargrave International has criticised a letter from Renault VI UK's managing...

Police set sights on M6

• A crackdown on drivers' eyesight in the West Midlands last week is believed to be the first roadside eye test in England and...

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Road use charges loom in the EC

• International operators are likely to face increased costs when they are charged for road use in the EC countries where toll...

Foreign offence blitz

by Karen Miles • In what is believed to be the start of a campaign to crack down on drivers' hours offences committed abroad,...

Calls to improve training for livestock hauliers

• A report into the transport of animals has called for better training for livestock hauliers. The study also recommends that...

• The Transport & General Workers Union will meet

• The Transport & General Workers Union will meet P&O Roadtanks this week to discuss a 2% pay increase the tanker operator is...

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Tab of two' is closer

• Renault and Volvo's joint cab and engine development programme has stepped up a gear following contrasting financial results,...

Swiss decide on durable Duro

• Little known specialist vehicle manufacturer Bucher-Guyer of Niederwenigen, Switzerland has won an order for 2,000 Duro 4x4...

Caliper scheme • Truck brake calipers can't be remanufactured to adequate safety standards says Lucas, a leader in world heavy-duty disc brake technology. Its new-for-old CV caliper exchange scheme will effectively cut off the supply to remanufacturing companies. Mayflower sales • Motor Panel's parent company, The Mayflower Corporation, plans to invest $12.5m over the next five years in a panel pressing plant it has acquired in Shadyside Ohio USA. The Motor Panels Stamping company will specialize in low-volume production of cosmetic panels in steel, galvanized steel and alu- minium. German ban • Leading European suppli- ers of transport refrigeration equipment have agreed with the German Minister for the Environment not to deliver any equipment to Germany filled with CFC refrigerants R12, R500 and R502 from January 1994, well in advance of the December 1994 EC cut-off date. First off line

• The first Volvo Bus B6 3139 seat midi bus/coach chassis will roll off the line at Irvine next week. Equipped with air...

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Slowing down Swedish style

EXCLUSIVE • Six months ago Scania unveiled its integral retarder for PCVs at the Rai Bus Show. The hydrodynamic secondary brake...

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Hauliers lose CMB jobs

by Karen Miles • in an apparent move to cut costs and simplify its distribution arrangements, Carnaud Metal Box is axing small...

Deadman reborn

• Former Deadman Holdings directors are to launch a management buyout package for the business next month. The deal would...

Plan for partner

• Gilbraith Tankers is looking for a partner to invest in its temperature-controlled subsidiary GS (Storage & Distribution) in...

Durham drivers vote for action

by Juliet Parish • More than half of Billinghambased R Durham and Sons' 97 drivers have voted to take industrial action unless...

Archbold in rates row

• The United Road Transport Union is to mediate in a rate-cutting dispute between Archbold and 40 owner-drivers sub-contracted...

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Steel hauliers: jobs in balance

by Juliet Parish • British Steel has shelved costcutting proposals to use a single haulier instead of 17 for its Teesside...

Scots boost for used trucks

• Used truck specialist Chaddesley Commercials (Kidderminster) is aiming to boost its second-hand business by up to 50%...

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Warning for Kildonan

• "Grossly incompetent" Kildonan MacBrayne Haulage had its licence authorisation chopped by half at an Edinburgh disciplinary...

Fernwood licence is cut short

• The North Eastern Traffic Commissioner has cut three months and two vehicles off Notts-based Fernwood Transport's licence...

A pardon for lost wheels

• A court has pardoned a driver punished for using a vehicle in a dangerous condition after his artic shed both nearside wheels...

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Family saga must end

• A six-year saga of convictions and prohibition notices against the Lewis family which runs Newport-based SJ Haulage & Storage...

Missing 0-licence

• A man who took over his dead 6 employer's business without realising he needed a new Operator's Licence, has been ordered to...

Fewer vehicles • Maintenance problems led to Black

Fewer vehicles • Maintenance problems led to Blackwood-based Adams Haulage's authorisation being cut from eight vehicles and...

Tax disc convictions • North Eastern 436 Traffic C

Tax disc convictions • North Eastern 436 Traffic Commissioner Keith Waterworth may take away Roy Richardson's 0-Licence, on...

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Green: whose policies?

Green pressure groups have called on the transport industry to act more responsibly to protect our environment. But who should...

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VW P010

SPECIFICATION Model: Volkswagen Polo Fox van. Engine: Volkswagen four-cylinder OHC petrol, with fuelinjection and catalytic...

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• CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortu

• CM guarantees publicity for any operator unfortunate to become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or...

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Time for tee

otor industries charity Ben announces its annual golf classic, which will be held at the Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club...

Elan gives a helping hand

ahese are some of the children recently helped by parcels operator Elan when it provided free delivery for four consigments of...

Three thumbs 2 ast week the Hawk ran a competition offering a Truckers Talk "thumbs up" truck light as a prize. In fact three of these courtesy lamps are up for grabs.

For the competition readers are asked to suggest further useful gestures which they would like to see in lights. Lam happy to...

Higher animals?

I2ccidents are caused by other people. That's the illogical belief of most drivers, says an AA report Risk and Safety on the...

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No ta Ma

ahe Hawk is aware that many readers retain an affection for buses and public transport so I was pleased to receive a copy of...

Still in the dark

f the first major revision of the Highway Code for 14 years is to be believed, vehicle headlights are no longer necessary at...

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anything

Swift Transport 's engineering boss Colin Miles faced a tough task when he began to spec up a dual-height artic to make the...

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°LSLL CIVON-3,40 dflOHO

Wimbledon farmers. These are the people who have kept the fourwheel-drive sector in a frenzy of activity in the past few years:...

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MONEY MATTERS No operator in his right mind would

MONEY MATTERS No operator in his right mind would fail to insure his vehicles, loads or premises, but many do without income...

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off

To most people truck noise means exhaust noise, or possibly engine noise. But as engines get quieter the tyre manufacturers...

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THREAD- tigJ I t1)7

The BSI has published a draft version of its longawaited standard for wheel fixing. The final version is due to be published...

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BATTLE LINES

The sacking of trade union activists at Nolan Transport in Wexford, Ireland, has led to acrimony between a tiny band of...

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Buy British

And so another truck manufacturer could be heading for the obituary column. When are the people of this country going to get...

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Does off-road driving count?

I have a Department of Transport booklet which implies that offroad driving does not count as driving because it can be marked...

Welfare bus driving licence

I hold a group A driving licence issued in 1976. For the past four years I have driven a charity welfare bus used as free...

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'It is the pettifogging, arbitrary obstructionism which taxes the stamina'

g1 n a recent issue covering the Brussels show, CM posed the question: Are British bodybuilders missing the European boat?"...