resources of all other pars carriers in the country, combined operation could no way match the Post ice system," he says. "It...

• At least six deaths a year caused by truck wheels flying off could probably be prevented by better design, regular...

big cost savings when the single European market is established in 1992, says top management consultants P-E Inbucon. British...

• Truck drivers are being ripped off by Britain's in-cab phone suppliers, according to cellular telephone retailer Talkland,...

Vehicle Engineering of Shildon, County Durham. The 23-seater has been developed by CVE from a Steyr vehicle, for which CVE has...

• The Court of Appeal has banned lorry drivers made redundant by the closure of an "unprofitable" Union Traffic depot in...

• The number of passengers using buses fell in the first year of bus deregulation, despite a 13% increase in distances...

• A lorry driver convicted of a fuel theft and defrauding the DHSS has been granted a new operator's licence to enable him to...

distance load when two of its drivers refused to take it was entitled to dismiss them, an Aberdeen industrial tribunal has...

• The lack of a professionally competent transport manager could result in the forced sale of a South Wales skip hire company....

• Truck manufacturers have been giving out general advice on replating for 17 tonnes GVW. ERF says that if a truck has plated...

• Steering lock-up problems with the ERF C-series have been tracked to an inadequate oil-supply system and the manufacturer is...

• Bedwas Bodyworks has built 20 van bodies for Royal Mail letters. The 12.8m bodies — fitted on Mercedes 609D and Renault S56...

• NFC Contract Distribution has ordered a new trailer fleet for its dedicated Black & Decker delivery service. Twenty 12.2m...

• Lada is aiming to undercut ts established competitors with he launch of the Samara 425 .ar-derived van. A price tag of just...

• Another new contender in the increasingly competitive car-derived van market is the Fiat Citivan, based on the Uno estate...

• Lancashire Constabulary's mounted branch has bought two horseboxes made by Leyland Daf with coachwork by James Cocker & Sons...

• Cannons of Abingdon has provided two specialised ink tankers for BASF. They will be used to import ink products from Europe...

• Leyland Dafs Dutch-based parent Daf BV made a healthy £16.7 million (Hfl 57.6 million) profit in the six months to the end of...

• Stoke-on-Trent-based storage and transport contracts company Longton has won its first major deal since a 21.5 million...

• Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust, parent of coach company Wallace Arnold Tours, increased profits from £609,000 to £814,000 in...

• Independent Express, the national parcels carrier, has won a major contract worth around £75,000 with Standard Fireworks in...

• A doubling of profits for its eight Iveco Ford and Leyland Daf distributorships has helped Birmingham-based motor dealer...

into PSV contract-hire is being considered by managers and directors at BRS. Although the company revealed several months ago...

• UK heavy truck manufacturer ERF has appointed its first dealer in Eire and another in South Humberside and Lincolnshire. The...

• BRS Eastern has won a two-year, 2750,000 extension to its contract with Unipart subsidiary Edmunds Walker. It will supply...

secondquarter nett profits this week, with first-half profits of around £311 million despite losses caused by a three-week...

• The first two of the new Leyland Olympians being bodied by Leyland at Workington have been delivered to Isle of Man...

from local PH • Twenty-five bus and coach operators in the north-east of England have come together tc set up Network...

• A new 37-seat coach body, :he Harrier, was unveiled by Reeve Burgess last week. The Chesterfield-based firm as traditionally...

• Frank Bocking and his company, Redway Coaches of Leigh in Lancashire, have won a new four-vehicle PSV 0licence from North...

jobs have been warned by trade union leaders that they risk cramped living conditions as well as many weeks' separation from...

• Nearly half of Scotland's parents are unhappy with school bus services, according to a report issued this week by the...

• Following the recent High Court overloading ruling on Travel Gas (Midlands) (CM 713 July), a Crown Court judge has quashed...

its drivers were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling 23..3 last week by the Chester magistrates, for a tyre offence,...

• Suspicion over who really controls the business of Anthony Newman, trading as Tony Newman Transport, of Girvan, has led to...

• As predicted by Commercial Motor (7-13 July issue), Ford has announced the availability of two special editions of the Escort...

• Rumours have been circulating about recruitment at the Luton IBC Vehicles plant, and personnel changes at Vawdiall may...

• The Consumers' Association has called on Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley to speed up the Department of Transport's...

• Harrods has splashed out on an exclusive fleet of "vintage" vans made by Fleur De Lys Automobiles of Newark. Each...

1 Peugeot Talbot exhibited a ew Express-based front-line mbulance at the Arnbex show. L has been jointly developed y...

1 Diesel power units still ave some way to go before hey take over the front-line mbulance market, says Laurie :apel, chief...

• Mitsubishi is to open an trim and body design for all engine test centre and laboratory near Frankfurt, West Germany. The new...

still under wraps • Is Cummins working on a diesel engine suitable for 3.5tonne GVW operation in the UK? The engine company...

has outgrown its site in Reading and is moving to a new, purpose-built 1.5 hectare site, just off junction 12 on the M4 at...

TRACK THAT TRUCK • A vehicle location system, which allows transport managers to track the progress of a truck to within 50...

MONITRONIX FUEL MONITOR • A new fuel monitor, which is designed specifically for bus companies and small transport operators,...

EASY LIVERIES • An illustrated four-page checklist, showing how to avoid problems when applying selfadhesive liveries to...

TUNNELLING TO PROF11 • The Viking Hotel in York will host a conference on 9 September, on the business opportunities which will...

CPC EXAM TRAINING • E P Training Services is conducting intensive courses for the national and international freight syllabus...

• Rockfield Truck Rental is to give all its new customers a free British Isles map. The offer is available from all of...

M1 SLIP CLOSURE • The slip road connecting the M1 and Al at Junction 2 in Barnet, London, will be closed between 07:00hrs on 3...

• London and the South East M25 Surrey: Contraflow between Junctions 11 and 13 (Chertsey/Staines). M1 1 Essex: Contraflow...

Commercial Motor which contained your 1988 parcels survey. As a distribution manager for a fairly large organisation which uses...

When we at Volkswagen checked your figures we found the Transporter's parts to be the cheapest among the nine selected...

• You report that buses have been privatised, but could I make the following observation. They are privatised, but not...

• I would like to reply to the article you had in your magazine of the 28 July about coaches being overloaded. I think, being...

Computerised route planning could make life easier for transport managers and drivers alike — but which system should you...

Legal complications led to Bill Ellis having to watch as his late father's haulage company wassold off.Thefollowing year he...

Haulier Bert Swift bought an ex-WD Bedford in 1 947. Now he is retiring after 40 years and selling the ageing Guy Big J trucks...

the motorway, is the overall impression of our Renault Trafic long-term test van, which has been with us for just over 23,000km...

MAN has leapt to the top of the Commercial Motor performance league with the 38kW — and came near matching that lead in the...

this week, telling of an East Coast Truckers' convoy for handicapped children on Bank Holiday Monday. It is the third year the...

has been to London to launch what is claimed to be the longest taxi ride ever -to the Sydney Opera House. Two passengers and...

Paint manufacturer Akzo Coatings has appointed Alan McVitie as regional sales manager for Scotland and the North East. McVitie...

Bandag has appointed Michel Petiot as general manager of Its Eastern Hemisphere Retreading Division, which is based in...

George Chadfield. He joins from the Road Haulage Association where he was national industrial relations, personnel and training...

Sealink Harbours has appointed Peter Fenton as general manager of Heysham port. Formerly port manager at Dover, Fenton takes...

Norman Black, well known in the Northern Ireland warehousing and distribution industry, has retired from his post as Belfast...

John Gillan has retired from his post as manager of Central Region's dial-a-journey service, which provides transport for...

Federal Express Systemline has appointed Allan Kenny divisional director, operations. His responsibilities will cover every...

Formerly export manager with BICC, he will be responsible for expanding Triscan's agent network abroad.

Paul Brien is the new regional manager in Dagenham and Neil Boylan has been appointed operations manager for the north UK...

Roger Bowker has been appointed Unit general manager for the London Regional Transport area Unit 11, which covers the Barking,...

Geoff Hollyhead, chairman of Hestair engineering, is to resume direct control of the Dennis Eagle refuse collection operation....

the subsidiary of warranty company Car Care Plan, has made Robin Ashwell its new director and general manager. Ashwell's...

WELLS John Wells has retired as director general of the Association of Vehicle Recovery Oper ators. Wells received a gold...

Phil Stratton is the new head of commercial services at BRS Southern. His role is to focus attention on service standards,...

New managing director of Containerbase (Scotland) is Allan MacFadyen, who will be based at the Port of Coatbridge. MacFadyen...

Richard Hollier has been appointed chief design engineer at Concargo, the Weston super Mare-based manufacturer of insulated...

Malcolm "Calum" Begg has been appointed operations director of the Port of Felixstowe. He joined the company in 1981 and moves...