Argument for enterprise S THERE a case for private enterprise in the public sector? The powerful arguments or and against have...

BREAD DELIVERY van operators have won at least a 12 months' reprieve from tachograph legislation, following a decision last...

A NEW TRADE association re presenting manufacturers anc operators of heavy haulag( vehicles was launched at Corby...

THE POST OFFICE has been called to the Department of Transport to discuss the reasons behind its continued exemption from...

THE MONTHS of speculation about the exact nature of ERF's partnership with Hino ended on Monday when ERF chairman Peter Foden...

VIAJOR DRIVE for new employee shareholders is being launched the National Freight Consortium, but it is still being opposed by...

Nationwide Transport (CM, May 7) is to be announced in Amsterdam next week. The two Australian companies have reached...

AN INDEPENDENT review of the means and methods of calculating road track costs for heavy goods vehicles has been ruled out by...

GENERAL MOTORS last Week killed any speculation about it being a possible new owner of Seddon Atkinson, when it unveiled a E70m...

THE WEEK'S announcements of "back door" Japanese imports may not be the last. Bedford admitted that it is exploring the...

HAULAGE representativ4 predict an "upward turn" their relations with the Gover ment, following a meeting la week between the...

is ree hotting up for the CM Lorry Driver of the Year final at Cranfie Bedfordshire on Sunday, September 18. Readers looking...

STARTING FROM August 1, vehicle registration marks will have a new reversed format, with the year suffix first. For example, A...

THE CASE for a London lorry ban was strengthened in many minds last week after a French 38-tonne articulated lorry crashed into...

THE GREATER London Counc North-East London lorry ban due to start at the end of t year, to coincide with t opening of the...

OVERLOADING offences committed by C. P. R. Vehicles Deliv of Norwich were apparent on the face of weight tickets check(...

rERLOADING offences led to P & 0 Roadways of Felixstowe being ed £500 and two of the company's drivers £150 by the St mudsbury,...

BRITISH transport firms are making increasing use of West Germany's highly efficient and rapidly expanding piggy-back system,...

JEW transport management, islative and costing compusystem has arrived in the m of Cats, the Computer led Transport System. ;...

THE AMOUNT of goods carried by hire or reward operators in the Irish Republic has doubled over the last 16 years but hauliers...

Troubled waters E44,000 awarc THE RECENT opening of the revived South Yorkshire canal system has highlighted the potential of...

caused by his "tipper" sudder lifting up of its own accord, ! Justice Beldam said in the Hi Court last week that there oug to...

,TERN ELECTRICITY has delivery of an electric'tired Ford Escort van. le electric Escort is unique mg the current generation of...

FIRST Volvo F6 6x2 rear-steer rigid chassis designed and built e company's Irvine, Scotland plant is to be operated by Cleana,...

THE TRADITIONAL uses of electric vehicles are going from strength to strength according to John Wedgwood, president of the...

Sue Rodgers now controls the day-to-day operations of a 70strong fleet of collection and delivery vehicles, trunking trailers...

PETER KIRKY and Keith Studer have been made joint managing directors of Lep Transport and will be based at the group's head...

SOUTHERN BRS has made appointments at two of its branches. Mike Parish has become branch manager of the Croydon centre. His...

He will have corporate responsibility for contract hires and will provide an advisory service for existing customers in...

this year to becoi the Ford Motor Company's pr( and information manager. A BRF spokesman confirm that Mr Cannell would be le,...

CARPET EUROPE, the Carpet Express trans-European and Scandinavian operating subsidiary, has promoted Allan Hewitt from sales...

DFORD is plugging a gap in British-built van range by asnbling a Japanese-designed p-ton "compact" van at Luton rn the end of...

B's new two-tonne loader, type 230 designed for light ides, is now available from irge Cohen Machinery bf don, NW10 and its...

VACU-LUG Tyre Organisation of Grantham is extending its range of Duramold radial truck remoulds by introducing a new tubeless...

THE FIRST of five new tri-axle semi-trailers designed for 38 tonne gcw operations are being supplied to the Lucozade-liveried...

WELFORD TRUCK BODIES has supplied the bodywork and special equipment on the first of seven Dodge Commando 2 RG.08 chassis for...

SUCCESS in mini skip loac inspired NCS of Chesterfielc produce a 1.5curn (2cu transit concrete mixer. Using proven mechanical...

GARDINER DUSTGARD i bodywork package which i appeal to many local authc fleets. The Dumpit underfloor tipj gear assembly has a...

DAVID WEBSTER of Stanstead Abbots, Ware, Hertfordshire, been awarded a contract to develop a motorway rnainteng vehicle to...

PLC PETERS of Hayes, Middlesex has developed a new design of outward-swinging power-operated plug door for coaches. It...

THE FUTURE of Leyland's coachbuilding subsidiaries has been cast in doubt by London Transport's decision to buy no more Titan...

THE HESTAIR GROUP wa charge at Duple Internati this week, having gained a per cent share of coachbuilding group and ov...

A STIFF warning to drive express coaches to stick ti 7 Omph speed limit on motorways has been give Transport Under Secre Lynda...

UNTIL the 1984 12m Bedford reaches the market, Bedford customers can buy stretched YNTs with air suspension at the rear, as...

SELECTIVE vehicle detection bus priority is being introduced in London Transport's Selkent operating area of South East...

le danger objections E ENORMOUS changes in Kators' licensing which were icted in the Transport Act ;sed earlier this year have...

JOSE OLD enough to have lult memories of food tioning will recall the awe with hich it was necessary to treat e Food Office...

. . . agains t mice? It makes sense to protect a valuable asset with adequate insurance cover says John C. Vann, and he...

. great name ves on . :AMMELL has not only caped loss of identity in the 28 ars since Leyland took over: it s opened the only...

RICHMOND, Yorks, made famous by its le g endary sweet lass, now has another claim to note, It has the nation's finest dustmen,...

THE LIST of speakers and delegates at this year's Institute of Wastes Management conference makes it clear that there is no...

Calling all dealers who've been hoodwinked by charlatans, confronted by cranks and bamboozled by buffs — Frank Tinsdale offers...

Pay less for lubrication Three steps to help cut operating costs. Save on each barrel of oil you buy. If you use enough...

s popular competition ; a lot to encourage a titer image for the road sport industry. The i es this year favoured a...

There are three classes in the 1983 Commercial Motor International Livery Competition. Class one is for vehicles up to 7.5...

B.Cal + DC-10 + ERF + ULD is the formula for speedy air cargo. British Caledonian's jet-set lorries are there to keep pace with...

There's brass in muck. The seige of town halls by cleaning contractors,proves it. But can the job really be done better by...

Pssst! Want to start a small business? DID you know that there have been no less than 86 schemes introduced by successive...

by Keith Vincent A hidden ally at Brussels RITISH road hauliers may have little to console them in the current campaign of...