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19th May 1988
19th May 1988
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Il COMMENT FARES FAIR

• The decision by London buses to retain some of its open-platform, two-crew Routemasters for central London operations will be...

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IONEWSHEADLINES

• Transport Select Committee MPs visited Sainsbury's Charlton depot in south-east London last week to see how the food giant...

auliers count cost of ferry war

• As the cross-Channel ferries begin to sail again on schedule, Britain's hauliers are counting the cost of the 16week...

Minibus boom in official

• Bus deregulation has led to a minibus boom in most of Britain's town and cities, transport minister David Mitchell told MPs...

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Brit wins Magyar truck Grand Prix

• Andy Levett won last weekend's Hungarian truck Grand Prix in his R B Racing learn Scania T143. Class winners at the...

RHA outraged over subsidy to haulier

• A £140,000 subsidy to help a Scots haulier buy tipper trailers for transporting seaweed has outraged the Road Haulage...

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NFC Lynx get stronger

• The National Freight Consortium's hitherto-troubled Lynx parcels business is recovering and may be in the black later this...

Roy Bowles over RHA

• As expected, the Road Haulage Association's national chairman for the next two years is Roy Bowles JP, of Roy Bowles...

Met weighs up pads softly softly

• Axle weighing pads are being tested by the Metropolitan Police for the first time in west London. The police are carrying out...

Hero driver saves M4 crash family

• A driver who risked his life to save a young family from injury and probable death has been rewarded for his actions by Sir...

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Japanese Justy

• Subaru has added a third commercial vehicle to its stable with the car-derived four-wheeldrive Justy hatchback van, and more...

Iveco pursues Finnish market

• Iveco used last week's Helsinki Motor Show to announce that a new whollyowned Finnish subsidiary — International Vehicle...

S841 have Whitacres five-crew cab

• Doncaster-based S & H Recovery has bought a specially-converted recovery vehicle which can accommodate up to five crew...

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Boughton wins battle

• After a three-year assessment, the army has finally chosen the Reynolds-Boughton RB44 for its two-tonne Truck Utility Heavy...

Daily deliveries for letters

• Royal Mail Letters has taken delivery of a fleet of 116 Iveco Ford Turbo Daily fivetonne GVW 49.10 vehicles to handle the...

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No harmony in Luxembourg

• Next month European Community transport ministers will gather in Luxembourg to discuss liberalisation of transport in...

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Senator deal extended

• Masterhaul, the road/rail operation owned jointly by Freightliner and Russell Davies, has extended its UK haulage agreement...

Ailey Express buy ten new Volvos

• Northamptonshire carrier Ailey Express Parcels has bought 10 Volvos to replace part of its 120-strong fleet. The four FL4s,...

Mild winter lifts Sealane business

• Business is booming for Sealane Freight which has emerged as a leading carrier for UK brick importers. An upsurge in...

VAT problems 'often a self-imposed burden'

• The burden of keeping VAT records on hauliers and other small businessmen is often exaggerated, says a new survey. Over...

New Midland pub contract for NCCS

• National Carriers Contract Services has signed a contract with Wolverhampton and Dudley Brewery to deliver to 60 new pubs...

Blooming good deal for Heemy

• Cardiff-based Heemy Flowers has signed a five-year 2325,000 deal with BRS Western to supply six new vehicles on contract...

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TNT's birthday deals

• TNT celebrated 10 years' operations in the UK last week by securing a major new contract with the giant Unilever group to...

Military call-up for Trailmaster

• Trailmaster Trailers has won a six-figure contact with the Ministry of Defence to supply the armed forces with 72...

Transfleet suits Burton

• Transfleet Services has won a prestigious 21 million contract hire agreement wih the Burton Group to supply a new transport...

Faber Prest buys Otis

• Birmingham-based Otis Vehicles Rentals has been taken over by Faber Prest and will become a major component of Faber's...

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LA challenges Taylor

• International haulier Adrian Taylor is under pressure from West Midlands Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh to prove that...

Driver wins after boss' death

• A Leeds Industrial Tribunal has ruled that a driver who carried on driving the same vehicle, doing the same work, for the...

Bus firm awaits Ashford decision

• London Country Bus (North West) is going to have to wait to see what action Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Air Vice...

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PCT: new bid mounting

• Staff at Portsmouth City Transport are expected to mount a fresh bid for the beleaguered municipal bus company in the...

Southern Vectis opens doors

• Southern Vectis, the Isle of Wight-based bus company has agreed to allow rival operators to use its bus station at Newport in...

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Plaxtons builds more

• Scarborough-based bus and coach bodybuilder Plaxtons (GB) aims to boost its production by over 13% and to take well over 50%...

PSVs still boom

• The long-awaited recovery in the bus and coach market suffered a setback last month when registrations were down 15% on April...

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Lea Anto loses licence

• Watford-based Lea Anto Continental lost its licence last week when the firm failed to produce tachograph charts for...

Unfair dismissal for driver suspected for pilfering dery

• A Dairy Crest milk tanker driver was unfairly dismissed after the company suspected him of pilfering derv, a Leeds industrial...

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Controversy at AVRO show

• Despite the absence of Wreckers international, most of the exhibitors at the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operator's show...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BY THE HAWK • It had to happen. All those racing trucks screaming round Brands Hatch were bound to make any of those benighted...

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Dover to Birmingham without moving.

T at gearlever is connected to an Eaton Twin Splitter transmission. And that's how the remarkable feat described in the...

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DEAR

SIR NOT FAIR ON WELFARE • Thank you for your extremely objective road test on our Ford Transit PV400 MUT Integral Parcel Van...

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Vakuum Vulk: ok from A-Z!

The patented VAKUUM VULK system and its cold-retreaded tyres can be boiled down to one single word: ok. Safety: ok! VAKUUM VULK...

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ROADTEST RB44

automatic unit. Our test vehicle, which is built to MoD specification, has the automatic option. This is a unique choice as far...

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RENTAL SURVEY

• The strength of demand for hire vehicles derives partly from the buoyancy of the British economy, and partly from a changing...

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EUROPCAR/READING GARAGE: ASSOCIATED TYRE SERVICES

• When the FTA inspector discovered the Dodge's nearside rear inner tyre was flat we phoned a freephone number and were put...

STORMONT VEHICLE HIRE: NATIONAL TYRE SERVICES

• Like other vehicles in our survey, our 0813 came with built-in tyre defects—or to be precise two, for there was a nail in the...

WHITGIFT HIRE: MOTORWAY TYRE SERVICES

II When John Bowler discovered the slow puncture, caused by a brace of nails in the righthand rear outer tyre of the Whitgift...

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HI RE AND

ft MA/ARDS • Britain's biggest CV rental company is entering a new era. BRS Truck Rental has boomed in the eighties — during...