THAT PART OF Britain's population which does not live in London could justifiably have been hot under its collective collar...

HE INDUSTRY's campaign for heavier lorries has been given a tammoth boost by the Confederation of British Industry's decision )...

THIS WINTER's wage round has reached its conclusion, with a signed agreement in Eastern England and an imposed settlement in...

A STRENGTH requirement has been added to the Government's sideguard proposals, which are intended to increase the appeal of...

THE 1985 Scottish Motor Show could be the biggest ever, if a new Scottish national exhibition centre for Glasgow is opened in...

TRADING losses of £74m last year by the Leyland Group hindered BL's recovery programme, but the company still hopes to break...

LANCASHIRE County Council has been advised to drop its plans for an amenity lorry ban near Clitheroe, and this could save one...

AN UPDATED and wider rani of Hino lorries will be introduci to the United Kingdom and HI markets later this year. In place of...

IT COULD COST up to £7,0i plus vat, to have a driven a; fitted on a new tractive unl This was stated by Transp Secretary David...

BRITISH operators might obtain fairer permit allocations if the industry formed closer links with the Government, a former...

HE UNAVAILABILITY of international haulage permits in the Cornion Market came under fierce attack at this month's session of...

iE CASTROL Gold Medal of e Institute of the Motor Indusy has been awarded to Prince ichael of Kent for his "outending services...

EMPLOYERS who do not communicate with their staff will be more prone to strikes and industrial action, Jackson Moore, general...

IT IS the sheer physical problem of building roads through residential areas that is delaying the Department of Transport's...

THE European Parliament approved a resolution in Strasbourg this month which calls for priority to be given to railways over...

SENIOR DISTRIBUTION management is being canvassed by the Freight Transport Association and the Centre for Physical Distribution...

THE GENERAL-MANAGER of Diffins Transport Ltd, Reginald Smith, who was dismissed by the company on the grounds that he had...

FREIGHT could be moved more efficiently if an alternative form of toll collection was devised for the Severn Bridge, Freight...

SOME 30,000 Scottish-basec lorry drivers are seeking path) with English drivers for tax re bate on meal expenses incurrec...

THOMAS Nationwide Transport, the Australian parent of Inter County Express and TNT Overnite, made a profit of A$40.82m (122.9m)...

AST WINTER's wage negotiaions brought in area settlenents of between 4.9 per cent Ind 8.6 per cent, according to he Road...

AVON County Council's plans For controls on heavy lorries will be considered at a planning and highways committee meeting next...

LORRY drivers and operators using Shropshire's roads have been warned by the County Council against trying to get away with...

THE DAF FT 2800 DKSE tractive Fuller RTX 11609A gearbox. It replaces the current Fuller RTO 9509A on all DKSE vehicles as from...

PILCHER-GREENE LTD, of Burgess Hill, West Sussex, claims to be the first bodybuilder in this country to have converted a...

THE TAUNTON CIDER Co It has carried out its own yar shunter conversion of a time-el pired Leyland Marathon tractiv unit, using...

was previouly the express parcels carrier's southern regional sales manager. He entered the transport industry as a 21-year old...

E MAZDA E1500 panel van, I seen at the Amsterdam tor Show this year, is now ailable in Britain reports EVE GRAY. k forward...

THE INQUIRY may not meet the Greater London Council, chairman last week's sessions, but he said it possible by then. "The...

THE difficulties that would aris if a decision was taken to brin in a lorry ban were emphasise by the evidence given by th...

GIVEN time and money, rail could offer a viable alternative to road transport in London. This was the message given by Bill...

THE PERISHABLE nature of the products at Smithfield meat market means that they must be transported quickly and at a controlled...

LONDON'S industrial decline has coincided with the growth of the lorry and its unrestricted access. The effects of heavy...

THE immediate cost to industry of a lorry ban would be equalled by the benefit to residential areas, said Peter Bibby, a...

VAN HOOL'S Astromegl double-deck coach is expected to be available in Britain fron this July. The British-specificatioi...

WEST YORKSHIRE PTE has announced an upturn in its finances in a report presented to the West Yorkshire County Council public...

• A FINAL decision on whether to go ahead with a Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport public relations campaign...

LONDON Transport's financia traumas are being shared by Co ras lompair Eireann, which faced with the effects of an Irisi...

ORD intends to hold on to its share of the psv market with a new ersion of its long running R-Series single-deck chassis. The...

to the operation of bus services by two private operators within Greater London. LT had refused to allow South London based...

But Timothy Raison, Minister State at the Home Office, said 'ere were no plans to introduce uch legislation. This point had...

BL's board has agreed that Le land is to go ahead with its Te rier replacement, codenama MT 211. During the recent strike at...

KYSOR, famed for its radiate shutters, will be showing a roa speed governer for petrol-el gined vehicles at the Institute; g...

THERE HAS recently been useful progress in devising methods to control spray from lorries, and the Transport Secretary is...

WOULD be grateful if you vould allow me to comment on four report "RHA's Boundary 'oily" which appeared in .7ommercial Motor on...

WITH reference to your articles concerning Saudi Transport '82 — CM February 27 and March 6 — I feel that there are some...

UNDER THE headline "Seasonal tyres" on page 16 of Commercial Motor wie February 20th, you report the introduction of the...

I NOTICED the very fine photgraph of the FTF Floor trucks in the Amsterdam Show report (CM February 13). I would just like to...

The new Gardner engine was every bit as good as we've all come to expect from this consistently reliable firm. Tim Blakemore...

IAIG — and I don't mean the no with the dimples — has a iord for it: Duplicitous. It escribes a Budget purporting to elp both...

NHAT must seem like an aternity in an Iraqi prison has not broken the spirit of John Smith, formerly managing director of...

A QUALIFICATION for political office in the Department of Transport is the ability to ride a bike — and not just so as to look...

THE Spring Transport Festival at the Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester, has become so popular in its...

AFTER 35 years in the Cooperative movement, in which he held about half-a-dozen posts as transport manager, as well as that of...

With 80 per cent of all company vehicles still bought outright, the potential for further growth is high. Mike Rutherford...

HAZARD WARNING panels have to be worn when a load of just one particular hazardous substance is carried. When multi-loads are...

Can private bus companies fill the gap left by the decline of public operators, or will they only cream off the best runs,...

ALL MANUFACTURERS in the commercial vehicle industry have to start development of new products a long, long while before the...

EFT is by far the most immon offence with which the Drld of commercial motoring ust deal. So if you suffer from Baling, you...

OLDER IS generally applied to le surface of the metal to be DIdered by a soldering iron, the nportant part of which is not on...