THE new shape of Nationl Freight Corporation i Scotland should be known b the end of this month, when major review of...

CM CONTINUES TO LEAI the field in weekly circulatim for road transport journals Our confirmed Audit Bureat of Circulation...

EYLAND VEHICLES has ppointed a new distributor in icotland, which starts operaons in the spring. Kirkby Hogarth in Hillingn,...

.0DENS chairman Leslie olley retires at the end of i xt month. Mr Tolley, who is also airman of the British stitute of...

LABOUR attempt to promote freight integration by imposing .Isponsibility for this development on whoever takes over the...

IERTZ plans to launch its new venture into lorry rental in the aiddle of this year, and aims to be brand leader by 1986....

MORE oral hearings of the Armitage Inquiry were scheduled to take place this week. The Freight Transport Association, National...

BRITISH RAIL and National Carriers are taking a joint look at the future operation of the Rail Express Parcels contract which...

THE EXPLOSION in fuel prices which followed last year's OPEC decisions hit Britain's commercial transport firms harder than...

GOVERNMENT proposals to reduce the cost of vehicle licensing include the transfer of 31 Local Vehicle Licensing Offices' work...

AN AMERICAN company is the front-running candidate to take over part of the Scottish Development Agency's share of...

FORD'S recovery from the doldrums of its 1978 strike continues, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders...

!al; picketing to MPs. Now we all k where we stand, be we pickets, 1 supporters or enemies, or policemen. As he pointed out,...

MAGNALOAD Ltd of Billingham, Cleveland, in conjunction with its sister cornpany, Mammoet van Wezel B.V. of the Netherlands, is...

WE ARE a service industry. If manufacturing industry and )ciety want us to operate in a primitive way, we shall — but at a...

IE. MAN in the street could not tell a 44-tonne lorry apart from 32-tonner, Conservative MP Tom Normanton told the . mitage...

THE ENVIRONMENTAL and conservation organisation, the Civic Trust, has told the Armitage Inquiry that road freight transport is...

NATIONAL CARRIERS Ltd is launching a full-scale attack on the Scottish contract-hire market to bring business up to the level...

OVERDRIVE, the contract' driving agency, reports an increase in business following the launch of its new contract which gives...

EVVICE-BANKRUPT Gloucestershire haulage contractor David Warklove, was ordered last week to account for E15,000 he drew 'rom...

[HE Transport Tutorial kssociation is organising a veekend revision course for ;tudents intending to sit the lualifying and...

BRITISH Road Federatitm director Robert Phillipson hit said that Britain suffers Prot "negative planning". Speaking in...

worksho • INTERTRAFFIC 80 is to, bt held at the RAI ExhibitiOt Centre in Amsterdam from April 21 to April 25. International...

SPEAKING to the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport (CPT) in London last week, Transport Minister Norman Fowler...

AN ATTEMPT to stop bus companies being referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission under the Competition Bill has been...

ALL of the main British builders record increased in January and imports ar too, according to the Soc of Motor Manufacturers...

WEST MIDLANDS PTE r have to cut back its servi before it seeks another ft increase this year. This was said by the Vt,...

LEYLAND VEHICLES Lt( expected to announce plan: transfer the production of stricken Leyland Tii double-decker to the Leylt...

oor maintenance IF an operator employs a commercial garage to Lain his coaches, the operator himself is still fully responsDr...

the result of the first Market Analysis Projectstudy to be carried out in the, area for NBC subsidiary Maidstone and District....

DESPITE the two prototypes still being blacked by Dublin trades unions, Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE) and Canadian manufacturer...

MIDLAND RED must wait f a later hearing of Ea Midlands Traffic Commi sioners to decide the future a bus route in Coalvill...

DYFED County Council ha published its second publi passenger transport plan. Th 1980/81 plan concentrates o current proposals...

THE BIGGEST Jetvac unit of its kind yet built has been supplied to a Middle East refinery by Whale Tankers Ltd of Solihull....

A BRAKE SHOE replacemei scheme, aimed at reducir trailer downtime, has been troduced by Don Internation Limited. Two shoes...

THE WAGNER EFSG-M order picker, available with 1000kg or 1500kg capacity, is lift truck with a dual functioi The operator lift...

REATER London Council's ans to restrict the use of awbar lorries in the capital , 'M, February 23) came up for ;cussion last...

If yodie always thought of pallets just as bits of timber, take e plunge wi - n Davic WIcox into Chops blue pool and test to...

Bill Brock takes a look at Collen operation in Kent and discovers a tilt in the right direction - 1N TRANSPORT, the best deas...

Accidents involving lift trucks are alarmingly frequent. Brian Chalmers-Hunt looks at a new safety booklet which should provide...

How exactly can the transport manager's role John Durant talks to the ETAS Alan Kevan oe defined? \I THESE DAYS of...

An American information and market research firm has predicted a strong shift to lightweight commercials in the next ten years....

7 ra nsport 2000 AM sure that the tactics of the 'arisport 2000 pressure group, 'lanced by the rail lobby, are 'miller to your...

kssociation IAY WE draw your attention to ews Extra (CM, February 16) which is stated that Mr Ridgray of P. S. Ridgway Ltd is...

I AM INTERESTED in your theses competition to celebrate your 75th anniversary. I note that there are six separate awards. On...

I HAVE NOTED with interest the announcements appearing in Commercial Motor in respect of study awards sponsored by various...

AFTER READING with interest your article "Special types regulations, 1 (CM, January 26, p52), could you help with a solution to...

No spooks Just David Wilcox visiting Cory's bonded warehousing operation where securi - y has to oe really tight to protect...

John Durant repot on e flourishing Storemasters specialist warehousing and cistribution operation NO ONE is likely to thank me...

to the industry Transport operators are increasingly turning to forKlift - rucks, and Brian Chalmers-Hunt reviews -- le...

IRTH-WEST ENGLAND is :paring to receive at least ,000 overseas tourists, who wallow in industrial haeology and other cultural...

ULTIPART, a new venture by yland Vehicles to supply lams for all popular makes of my and bus, "aims to secure a rge slice of...

IDEAS won £605,621 for more than 2000 Ford employees last year. The average award for each successful suggestion was But 151...

SHEFFIELD residents have been recommended by a South Yorkshire county councillor to forget their manners and rush the six...

THIS is the age of sponsorship. Almost everyone is sponsoring someone in something. I have sponsored countless children in...

GODFREY MESSERVY, wh will become executive chairman of Lucas Industries Ltd on April 1 while continuing as grbuil managing...

Tim Blakemore reviews e latest in trans oort ec uipment and tools Two in one KEW SALES has launched a new combined high...

David Brooks AVIS Truck Leasing and Rental has promoted David Brooks to the new position of UK fleet manager with...