FODENS felt the sharp edge of an American axe this week within hours of new owner Paccar's takeover deal going through. Only...

ESSO tanker drivers are being urged to reject a 14 per cent wage increase which would give them a 021 basic rate at the end of...

lay-offs? NORTH-EASTERN British F Services can't rule out the sibility of further redundan this year according to its n aging...

NATIONAL CARRIERS' Si have been told the company pects to gain 35 per cent of parcels traffic carried at pres on the Rail...

LAND workers should think twice before campaigning for imcontrols, a European MP warned last week. ALAN MILLAR )rts. lichael...

2KFORDS Heavy Haulage Ltd now carrying out maintenance d repair work on commercial hicles and private cars at its anchester...

A LORRY is like a goldfish in a bowl. It is always being watched and its deficiencies cannot be hidden, said Freight Transport...

PLACKETTS Transport Ltd of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire is the only transport company to win a Manpower Services Commission Fit...

E introduction of the tachograph has already begun to show ults and drivers are now paying more attention to the law, said EEC...

VN-ACCOUNT documents for rthern Irish operators running the Irish Republic are now ailable only from the Northern land Chamber...

IDEA for a Channel link has en put forward under the rection of Ian MacGregor, airman of British Steel. The proposal comprises...

use an external organisation for ARMADILLO Management Safeguards Ltd of Brighton has launched a block credits scheme bringing...

IRISH operators have won an eleventh-hour delay in the implementation of the tachograph regulations. According to the...

A NORTHERN extension of the proposed Newcastle Western by-pass, between Scotswood Bridge and the A696 Ponteland, Road, will be...

WINCANTON Vehicle Rentals Ltd has opened its Manchester depot at Wincanton Ocean Estate, Old Trafford. The new depot offers the...

IF West Midlands Gas drib used one per cent less fuel, Board would save over 9,1 gallons a year. Presenting awards at Board's...

'OTAL of 164 charges alleging breaches of drivers' hours, records ulations and the 450km distance limit have been adjourned by...

owner-driver, Keith William rris, has been fined by Grays gistrates court for using a Ode which was overloaded 60 per cent on...

Northern England: M62 (Greater Manchester). Resurfacing work has begun on the westbound carriageway, four miles west of Eccles...

A LANCASHIRE lorry driver has won an unfair dismissal claim, after a Manchester Industrial Tribunal heard his employer had...

arid fraudulent conversion. But it said that, where possible, an employee should be given prior warning of any intended...

AN OPERATOR has been fined £50 by magistrates in Grays, Essex, after they heard that the driver of the vehicle had let him...

AN OPERATOR who use vehicle without an Opera licence has been fined £35 £10 costs by Grays, Es magistrates. In a letter to the...

.2 VERSATILITY of the Quinton Hazell energy absorbing unider device has been improved by the addition of the QH Brakep. his...

DETAILS of the interior of the a (Coventry) Ltd (CM, October 4) The cab, which forms the focal point of the Motor Panels Stand...

OVER the next five months the City of London Police will be converting up to 60 of their vehicles — ranging from BMW 525 motor...

LUCAS KIENZLE has introduced five new products at the NEC Motor Show (CM October 11g, writes STEVE GRAY. The first, and...

AIR FREIGHT in unsealed 2. (8ft) wide Jumbo containers pallets of the same width can easily Customs-bonded in road vehicle for...

;Ives extra payload )1.10ED unladen weights for three of ERF's Weightsaver dels could allow each of the vehicles to carry up...

)0DYEAR'S fuel economy exaits at NEC demonstrates the lationship between inflation assure and fuel consumption. Inflation...

B. WALKER and Son Ltd, the Watford and Stockport bodybuilder, has added the Peugeot 504 to its list of pickups which can be...

FOCAS, the Ford Operating Cost Analysis System, offers all commercial-vehicle, psv and car fleet operators the benefits of a...

THE DECLARED aim of the 1980 Transport Act is to "make it easier for applicants to obtain a Road Service Licence", and the...

A NEW single-unit water-cooling system is fitted to Metro-Cammell Weymann's Metrobus underframe on show at the NEC. The engine...

co , operatit TO HELP municipal bus dertakings meet any new c , petition arising from the 1 Transport Act, the Associa . of...

'ALUATION of a double-deck bus powered with liquid petroleum s has shown that the bus is cleaner and quieter than a convennal...

NEW RANGE of passenger 'hides designed to take advange of the car-sharing provions of the Transport Act has ....en launched by...

DEVOLVED management is the only way forward for London's bus services, according to Chartered Institute of Transport president...

STEVENSONS of Uttoxeter this week took over the Rugeley Bus Company which is a subsidiary of Middletons Coaches of Rugeley....

PARKING spaces for up to 1,600 coaches will be available in th( main park for coaches taking parties to the Birmingham Motor...

D YOU KNOW any bright )ung women who are looking ound for an interesting career here they won't be hampered sex discrimination?...

ANYONE who Correctly predicts the official attendance at the Motor Show after buying a 50p ticket from the Motor and Cycle...

DID YOU KNOW that pedigree cats have registration numbers just like vehicles? West Midlands PTE driver Fred Conway breeds...

THE FIRST of the 1981 calendars arrived this week — from Mintex. This company commissioned an art director to find a good...

AFTER the talking weighing machine and the musical cash register, now the talking fuel pump. It is on the Kysor radiatorshutter...

1M deeply concerned about continued good publicity t Volvo commercial vehicles eive through the media. It ims now they want to...

E Serck Services logo referred n your livery competition ret (CM, September 6) as iring no relation to the corn-. iy's...

ON READING the results of your livery competition (CM, September 6) I was rather appalled by the ignorance of the team of...

FIND articles regarding HCV's efforts to enter the UK market as distributor for the Eire-based EEC importer/assembler very...

I AM the secretary of the newly formed Lath Owners Register and I would like to hear from anyone who owns one of these...

THE INDUSTRY has sufficient resourcefulness to weather economic storms and our record in dealing with difficult times is good....

RON CATER is not a man to mince words. He says and writes exactly what he thinks and while his paper Driving for Profit on the...

FHOUT people there is not fit, but National Freight rpany deputy chairman tor Paige told delegates that )ple seldom, if ever,...

SPECIFYING vehicles is a complex and difficult task, Tony Wilding told Conference delegates. There are, he said, many variables...

lNUFACTURERS will have to ■ rk more closely together if If are to survive in the future, t nevertheless the healthy in-marque...

Sympathy for vehicles 'Comparing the performance of six haulage drivers, maintenance, tyres and fuel for "good" drivers cost...

It's nice to welcome another British haulage vehicle to the market and Bill Brock's road test of this 16-tonner reveal: it as a...

Noel Millier tries a vehicle fitted with th impressive new engine destined for Leyland's long awaited B43 coach; the chassis is...

Japanese imports are still flooding in, but British vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes continue to do well. Bill Brock looks at what's...

UK lorries still dominate the medium-weight market, says Steve Gray, but importers are making headway with many British Show...

That's the main aim of manufacturers at thi year's Show, and if you're a weightwatcher and who isn't these days, you shouldn't...

Turbocharged or naturally aspirated, synchro or constant mesh, single or double reduction —all the possible variations in...

. and that means lower weights, more capacity and quicker turnrounds. There's a wide range to choose from, says Bill Brock...

This section of the Show always has bazaar-like atmosphere, writes lain Sherri and even if you're just window-shoppir you're...

But space is just one side of the story. There's a lot more on the psv stands that's exciting and innovative, says Noel...

1 - ISH Road Services new distribution manager hael Latham will now be ressible for co-ordinating and . keting national...

Secondary action by Douglas Ainley THE ACT'S provisions on secondary action are complex but are designed to curb union powers...

Scania's 16-tonner lacks turbocharged fuel efficiency, but four wheelbases are offered, the cab is super strong and Tim...