Transport Development nip companies may soon be )laying the TDG logo on ir trucks in a bid to improve group's profile in the...

• As Ministry of Defence dissatisfaction with Land Rover's naturally-aspirated diesel engine grows, Land Rover has agreed to...

Stock Exchange sting in three months, says he company's broker Philps & Drew. NFC chairman 1ir Peter Thompson is exected to use...

• A leading delegate at the Road Haulage Association's annual conference, held in Portugal this year, has slammed the event as...

• Trailer rental company Tiphook has bought Rentco for £71.5 million to become the new European market leader with a fleet of...

managing director. He replaces Mark Pigott who is returning to the United States to work at the PACCAR corporate office....

• Last year was a boom year for the road haulage industry, with public hauliers putting the squeeze on own-account operators...

• Freddie Plaskett, in his swansong speech at an at times stormy Road Haulage Association conference in Portugal, said he was...

/ As predicted by Commercial Motor (7-13 July) Bedford has replaced the KB series of pickups with a new range of Isuzu-built...

• For this year's Motor Show, Volkswagen has improved the level of equipmen; in its vans, and is also unveili two unusual...

• Rockwell is to reveal a preproduction air-actuated frontaxle disc brake for heavy trucks at the Motor Show this week — less...

• Ford has made a number of changes to the drivelines of the light commercial vehicles which it will be exhibiting at the...

Leyland Daf Freighter and Roadrunner rigids fitted with the Cummins B/Leyland 300Series engine. a Seddon Atkinson has supplied...

• Foden Trucks may not be at the Motor Show, but that hasn't stopped it from getting on the new vehicle bandwagon. Its...

• Peterborough-based bodybuilder Lawrence David has followed the example of York and Southfields and is now offering its own...

• Motor Panels of Coventry has designed and built a special Ford P100 pickup that could go into production next year. The...

Driver John Leach got an )Solute discharge for an axle verload last week through 7rexharn Magistrates. His emoyer, Roadferry...

• Central Roadways has been heavily penalised by Dudley Magistrates for a series of tax and tachograph records offences....

• Ryder Truck Rental is to buy 800 new trucks, ranging from 3.5-tonne vans to 38tonne tractor units, from Iveco Ford, Mercedes,...

• Direct Link, the courier company, is to waive the nondocument surcharge it previously levied to ensure the speedy transit of...

to deliver from Marks and Spencer's new distribution centre near Paris. On completion in 1990, the centre will have 10,000m z...

• The Motor Show marks the birth of Parkfield Automotive, a new component manufacturing group with a projected 1988/89 turnover...

• The chief-executive of Co solidated Gold Fields, transpc subsidiary ARC, Keith Orrell. Jones, says ARC's business can only...

overnight parcels and press freight operation east f the Iron Curtain. This week ie company announces a 12ionth, .2150 million...

1 Plaxton has turned in a preix profit of £3.73 million of le nine months to end-June. During this period, the comany's coach...

new vehicle leasing business, Norfolk Finance. "Within five years, we hope to be running a fleet of 10,000 vehicles," says...

• A full stock market flotation within a year is the goal of Peter Dawson, whose personally-owned Dawson Group transport...

in earnings this year as their opposite numbers in the car industry whose wages have risen by 10% — 3.5% more than in truck...

• The 1,800 workforce at Busways in the North East has put forward a multi-million pound proposal to buy out the company from...

• Record midibus sales have been announced by MercedesBenz which has sold more than 300 vehicles this year. London Bus topped...

• The first Reeve Burgess 15-seat coach based on the latest Mercedes-Benz 407D van has been delivered to Duckworth's of...

• A bus and coach operator' poor maintenance record told against it when it applied for ; licence to run 10 new vehicle:...

routes 28 and 31 b . `London Buses. These Gold Arrow services will be introduced on .4 February for service 28, from Golders...

denoting operational areas on the buses are being phased out. In future every bus will carry a badge denoting its depot and...

• Ensign has launched a new 53-seater luxury coach called the "Charisma" in the UK market, built by Yugoslavian manufacturer...

• Changes have been made to two models in Optare's VWbased CityPacer range. The CityPacer 11, which is designed for city...

• In order to combat increased rail competition in the Cardiff-Aberdare corridor, National Welsh has announced a coach service...

given the go-ahead for a staff and management buyout at bus operator Yorkshire Rider. • A free late-night bus service may be...

• Tradesmen who use vehicles to transport goods from wholesale markets to their business premises are breaking the law if they...

• A series of brushes with the law finally caught up with Morley-based Cramscene last week when a Leeds public inquiry turned...

• Overloading charges again: M F Hanson (Transport) and one of its drivers were dropped by Bingley Magistrates following...

In our latest survey we asked 250 big-truck operators how they viewed 40-tonne operations in this country — if, indeed, they...

LEASING ON THE MOVE • Vehicle leasing company Leasing Principals has moved to new premises in Bagshot in Surrey. The address is...

HERE COMES SALLY • Sally Line is replacing one of its vessels on the Ramsgate to Dunkerque route with a bigger vessel, the...

INCREASE YOUR AXLE WEIGHTS • From January 1989, some operators can increase their maximum permitted weights on three-axle...

CARRYING THE CARD WITH BP OIL • BP Oil is introducing an electronic payment system into its fuelling sites which, the company...

ELECTRONIC WEIGH-I/ • Axle-weighing specialist Weighwrite has unveiled its 5 perdynamic weighbridge. It recognises an...

MORE HAZARD CENTRES • Two more training centre have been recognised under the National (Dangerous Sub: ances) Driver Training...

FREIGHT AWARD FROM PILO CONTAINERS • P&O Containers has launched a competition, in conjunc tion with the Institute of Freight...

GUIDE TO ADR • The Freight Transport Association has produced a guide to the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road....

A13 CLOSURES • The Department of Transport has warned motorists of forthcoming closures on both the A13 Beckton flyover and...

driving variety) as well as Indians. Buses go where they please, scooping up and depositing passengers by the side of the road,...

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

to see who can produce the vehicle with the greatest engine output, then Scania could well have been the catalyst for it....

Heuga UK makes, markets and distributes carpet tiles. To deliver some 200,000 tonnes of tiles in a year, it uses drawbars...

to read e article "Workshop Conferee Report" (CM 29 Septemr), Linda Williams, the Prin)al Inspector of Factories for e Health...

• What an interesting idea from Mrs R Keyworth (CM 814 September) suggesting a competition for the most appallingly signposted...

we have received many calls from your readers about the Autoroute package. May I help clear up one point of confusion evident...

THE TRACK With the Constructor 30.261_ 8x4 tipper, Leyland Daf has come up with another basic, tough, productive wagon:...

Time was when a driver was on his own once he was out of sight of his base. Not any more: with the latest technology the cab...

The state of Britain's roads has become a major issue. Traffic volumes are constantly rising, while road-building programmes...

of the Philips' concept, which incorporates large-volume demountable bodies hauled by a drawbar. The specification calls for...

Deregulation of London's buses is on the horizon — but will it improve services? • London's big red buses are as much a part...

McCartney is the new director of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association. He moves to the VBRA from the Directorate of...

Scorpio has named Jeff Simpson as national sales manager. He joins the company from Bees Transportation where he was sales...

general manager at BRS Southern for Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. He will develop new business and ensure the area is serviced.

two new appointments. Brian Warren has become general manager, having worked for the company for two years. Howard Ward has...

as employee relations manager at its Wiltshire head office. He joins the contract company from the Road Haulage Association...

marketing manager of TIP Europe, at the Watford head office. He joins TIP from Swan National Rentals, where he was European...

the European Garage Equipment Association is Peter Rehberg of Bear Deutschland. Leon Vervekken from Belgium becomes the...

George Gamesby becomes manager at the newly refurbished Central Motor Auctions centre at Middlesbrough.

Larry Long has been appointed vice-president and European regional manager of the United Parcel Service's regional...

of marketing manager at Don-Bur's headquarters in Staffordshire. She will be responsible for promotion of the company.

Martin Lane has been named as group finance director for Perry Group. Previously Lane worked at Lex Service for 17 years and...

has completed a series of senior appointments at its Aftermarket Division in Rugby. In sales, Paul Lyons has been appointed...

Trevor Bridge joins Boughton International's Vehicle Division as area sales manager. Working from home, he will sell equipment...

Eberspacher in January 1989 to develop his own company. Russell Brown will take over this position, having served with the...

Herman Ebner has joined Federal Express Systemline as manager of the company's recently launched International Distribution...

controller at the Light Vehicle Division of Wincanton Vehicle Rental at Camberley. He joined the company as group chief...

Simba Security Systems has recruited Mark Feltham to join its security and cellular sales team. Feltham will have...