• The Road Haulage Association has been worried about farmers undermining and undercutting their market for many years. Red...

• The CIT has told a Commons transport spending select committee that road spending has failed to keep pace with demand....

• Motorists should be charged for bringing their cars into congested city centres, Leeds University's Institute for Transport...

• The new bridge between Thurrock and Dartford should open early in 1991, says Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley.

• Transport Minister Peter Bottomley said last week that it would be "difficult to have an extra Severn crossing by 1995", but...

• Commercial vehicle production fell by almost 7% in March to 27,300 units — but the January-March figure is still 21% ahead of...

• The British Government last week renewed its promise to fight EC plans which would force drivers of lightweight trucks and...

• Iveco's managing director Giorgio Garuzzo has repeated his calls for protection for Europe's commercial vehicle manufacturers...

• Farmers are taking away work from hauliers following Budget changes which appear to sweep away all haulage and carriage...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate forecasts that it will be constrained by its budget from increasing its enforcement work during the...

• Eight more drivers have been fined for breaking the London Lorry Ban. Four of them — Alf Walker (R W Boyles Haulage,...

• Spray suppression kits are causing thousands of pounds of damage every year to tipper tractive units, according to the Road...

• Workers at Perkins' Peterborough engine plant were still on strike over pay as Commercial Motor went to press. Perkins has...

• An un-named large British automotive group has made an offer for Corby-based Tadchurch, builder of rubbersuspended bogies....

• There was a 13.4% increase in international road traffic between European countries during the first quarter of last year,...

• London Bus drivers are expected to be balloted about strike action after their rejection last week of a 7% pay offer. The...

Road, Saltley, distribution depot in Birmingham with the loss of 85 jobs and plans to lay off about 20 lorry drivers at the...

/ Volvo Bus made a profit of 227.5 million last year worldwide, on turnover increased by 69% largely through the acquisition of...

• Daf BV, the Dutch truck and bus builder which owns Leyland Daf, is aiming to raise between 2211 million and 2236 million...

• Top sources at Daf have scotched rumours circulating at the Tipcon exhibition that Daf is about to buy Steyr Trucks. Harry...

Commons means that 40tonne trucks are as far away as ever, said Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley at last week's CM...

• The winners of the Commercial Motor's 1989 Testers' Choice awards were presented with their prizes last week at CM's Fleet...

Speakers at this year's Tipcon Conference warned that our clogged roads system is deteriorating; that some haulage sectors...

1. Two years after the UK launch of the MAN F90 series with the 17.332FTS 4x2 tractive unit, it is now available with an...

Germany increased by 6.5% in 1988 to 409,550 units. Daimler-Benz sales improved by 6.4% and MAN's by 9.3%. Daimler-Benz has a...

engine at Shotts in Lanarkshire. This milestone marks seven years of L10 production at the plant. More than 15,000 engines have...

• 'f he first MacPac 55 to be built on a Mercedes chassis has been bought by Roystonbased Tyler Environmental Services for its...

• MAT Transport has put two revolutionary prototype high-volume carpet trailers into service on its regular runs between...

• Birmingham-based Summerdale Truck Bodies has won a contract to supply four refrigerated vehicles to Pine] Dairies in...

• CV bodybuilder Telehoist of Cheltenham has won a contract for more than 400 skiploaders from Trio Containers of Newport...

• Steyr Trucks (UK) is to unveil a "hushed and emission friendly" vehicle based on the Steyr 17S21 17-tonne two-axle rigid at...

• This month's Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators show will feature the debut of one of the most powerful winch trucks...

• Securicor Express forecasts that it will have a linked distribution system covering the UK, Ireland, France, Luxembourg,...

• Cleveland-based tanker operator Dennis Dixon has won the British Standards Institution's BS 5750 Part II quality assurance...

• Schmitz Trailers, the German reefer specialist, is to open a UK assembly plant this year. Schmitz, which, with its Cargobull...

• Ashley Group, the distribution company being set up by former executives of the Dee Corporation, has bought Spanish food...

• The Royal Mail has placed an order for 76 Leyland Daf trucks worth around 22 million. It new Superservice 24 and Superservice...

• Chloride has sold its lossmaking automotive battery group, Exide Europe, for 215.7 million to the Malaysian Wanandi Group and...

stake in Combustibles Blanzy Quest-Powell Duffryn, the French fuel distributor, for £5.6 million to PD's joint venture partner,...

• Wincanton Vehicle Rentals has added a flexible contract maintenance scheme to its range of services, allowing fleet operators...

• Hauliers' costs have risen steeply this spring, according to the Road Haulage Association's survey of operating costs —...

• Sitaclean, the French refuse collection company which entered the UK market last November, has won its first British contract...

• BRS Southern has won two new contracts from its Newington-Butts depot at London's Elephant and Castle. The first is to...

• Basildon-based ATB Skips has been bought by Leigh Interests for £1.01 million in cash.

• RO-RO traffic through Felixstowe rose by over 15% last year to 3,741,242 tonnes. Container traffic grew by 21% to 15,420,278...

• Loughborough-based bodybuilder Southfields has supplied its 100th unit to The John Dee Group, bringing the total value of...

in Ice cube manufacturer Ice International has won a fiveyear £180,000 contract with refrigerated vehicle specialists Rockfield...

• Fixed contract fees will be replaced by performancerelated charges in the 1990s, according to transport consultant Bernard...

• Leyland Daf has won an order worth around £2.5 million to supply Tarmac subsidiary Tarmac Topmix with 90 new vehicles,...

• Wincanton Distribution Services' Midlands and Northern operating regions have been awarded the British Standard quality mark...

• Passenger Transport Authorities and their bus operating companies have rejected a Government move to divide them up into...

• Milton Keynes is launching improved coach links between Heathrow/Gatwick and many parts of the Midlands, the North and...

• Go-Ahead Northern, which operates from Newcastle's Worswick Street bus station, is considering pulling out of the city centre...

• Busways has splashed out £3.5 million on 57 new buses. The 25 Leyland Lynx single-deckers, 20 Scania/Alexander singledeckers...

• Successful trials of six Leyland Lynxes in the West Midlands Travel fleet have led to an 211 million order for 150 more. The...

• CTF Training of Preston has placed a million order for more than 200 vehicles, many of them Ford Transit minibuses, with...

• Busmen at Western and Clydeside Scottish companies are faced with a choice of two rival buyout schemes. The two companies are...

• The dispute which has kept Central Scottish buses off the road since 10 April has gone to arbitration. The dispute was...

• Leyland Bus is to carry out a "major development" at its Workington, Cumbria plant — but has yet to reveal what form it will...

• All that's best in the truck world was on show at the East of England showground near Peterborough last weekend when the...

Tipper operators demand durability from their vehicles and equipment — and picking the right (or wrong) gear can make the...

• Nissan president Yutaka Kume has revealed plans to more than double production capacity for commercial and 4x 4 vehicles in...

• Spanish vehicle manufacturer Seat says the latest Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders figures show that its sales have...

• A nationwide forecourt 'dipcheck' conducted by the AA earlier this month found that about 13% of Britain's car and van...

is finally being brought in to the UK, with the standard highcube body and a choice of bodystyles based on a chassiscab...

• By the end of the year, one-tonne pickup buyers will have bigger-than-ever choice as a number of models go on sale for the...

• Buyers of petrol-engined vans should brace themselves for price increases of around 500 if vehicle manufacturers incorporate...

• Macclesfield-based MMB International has supplied an ambulance based on a petrol 160 Ford Transit to ICI's Huddersfield...

on a Mercedes 609D chassis cab for J&S Construction in Haslingon. The vehicle, one of a fleet of eight, has 3.65m dropside...

• The answer to some suspension problems suffered by pickups and light vans might be found in a new air-suspension kit on the...

• Sheffieldbased H R Hodges (Demolition & Plant Hire) was this week planted two additional vehicles by North Eastern Deputy...

• Kirldees Metropolitan District Council Pm, and local resi dents have blocked a bid by Peter Maughan Transport to free...

• A licence bid by P K Excavations & Plant Hire, a company formed by the directors of two failed companies, has been adjourned...

III North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner John Levin has refused to renew the licence held by Stockport PSV operator Philip...

• No action has been taken against Blackburn-based M&E Coaches for allegedly failing to operate registered services. At a...

• Richard Palkinghorn, trading as Pulkinghorn Bros of?rudhoe, bid for - a new 15vehicle licence following the death of his...

• Daventry magistrates 6 have dismis sed allega

Haulage of Station Road, Elmesthorpe, Leics, has used a vehicle without an operator's licence; allowed it to be driven by a...

• Monmouth magistrates gave T D (Brynantrnan) an absolute discharge after it pleaded guilty to using a vehicle with an insecure...

TIP ON THE MOVE • Trailer rental company TIP Europe has moved to new offices in Aylesbury. The new headquarters is Ardenham...

KALAMAZOO • A nationwide programme of roadshows on how computers can assist motor trade businesses is being run by Kalamazoo....

All FT products will be on display at the events which will be held in Bristol, Walsall, Cheshire and Merseyside. For dates,...

and buses displaying its gearbox range, including the new.WT transmission (CM 612 April), is scheduled to make the following UK...

ROAD TRANSPORT AND THE LAW • The Road Transport Industry Training Board is running a product liability course on 8 June and a...

The first course has been developed to make the industry aware of the implications of the product liability provisions of the...

SAF running gear has started a programme of one-day in-house training courses on air suspension. The courses will be held at...

UN KEEPS THE TRANSPORT PEACE • From 1 January 1990, certain packaging used in the international transport of dangerous goods...

TIPPER 1989 • Taunton-based publisher Transport and Distribution Press has published the 1989 Tipper Book which includes lists...

a directory giving information on the range of services available to members, which replaces its previous selection of...

FLAME-PROOF SERVICING • H&L Garages of Immingham, Humberside, is offering a new "flame-proof" service and repair facility for...

a contract hire service called Citicontracts. The computerised service, which is aimed at small fleets, offers operators the...

A-8 AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • The route guidance computer program, Autoroute, is now available in an improved version called...

EXTRA DISCOUNTS FROM LUCAS • Lucas has introduced an extra 10% discount on all Lucas ignition products, including Speedleads,...

for distribution managers. Workplan 3 can respond and adjust delivery times as well as calculate destination routes. For...

of Great Britain using microcomputers and computeraided design and is now marketing its cartographic database on disk and tape...

BY THE HAWK • Staff at Great Yeldhambased Thompson Haulage were aghast recently when the firm's cats, Ginger and Fluffy (both...

What professionals want is quality, economy, and a good choice. Tyre users are no exception to the rule. Vakuum Vulk's...

the Hawk has to sympathise with the folk at Gateway's distribution depot at Huntingdon, whose big day was rather more memorable...

Commercial Motor's 25th annual Fleet Management Conference last week heard how the law on overloading, due diligence, truck...

• With reference to articles on training over the past few issues of Commercial Motor, I have a question to ask all the owners...

and accurate assessment of the lorry drivers' lot in Commercial Motor (CM 30 March-5 April). Like the driver who gave Blue...

Ford's Escort van is the biggest selling vehicle in its class, and has gained a new engine and other improvements to help it...

David Atkinson's Unimog is his constant companion. It takes him across the rugged landscape of Cumbria, up hill and down dale,...

South West area manager to international manager of Interlink Express Parcels. He is now responsible for administering parcel...

as sales manager from Ryder Truck Rental. His brief is to concentrate on contract hire in York and West Yorkshire. Roger...

manager of Seabourne European Express, after 12 years' service. Heading a depot of 40 staff, he handles customs clearance from...

a contract hire team headed by contracts development manager, David Basey. David Crews, contracts analyst, is responsible for...

relations and public affairs department at Scalia since 1955, has relinquished his position to spend more time on planning...

national sales manager of Fleet Management Services. Before joining the company in 1985 as areas manager, he spent four years...

appointed the following four non-executive directors to its board: Robert Calderwood, chief-executive of Strathclyde Regional...

Paxton as aftemiarket sales manager. Prior to this he was regional manager for the Midlands, a responsibility which he retains.

of BRS Southern's Cambridge depot. He joined the company in 1987, undertook the management development training course and...

as general works manager, responsible for manufacturing at the Sheffield site and quality assurance. He has spent the past 14...

named Len Minnikin as Yorkshire regional general manager to take charge of the group's largest subsidiary, John Dee Yorkshire....

Mark Donkin as truck rental manager. Previously with BRS (Northern), he has taken over from Ron Carlow who has been promoted to...

head of marketing for the Port of Flexistowe, the UK's largest container port. He was previously director of sales and Europe...

operations director at Lada following John Hearmon's promotion to operations director of Autocar and Transporters. Clarke...

• Securicor Parcels is linking with one of France's largest parcels operators as part of a £30m development of the firm's UK...

• Cardiff Bus Company has refurbished both its garage and workshops. One of the problems has been the collection of diesel...

• A reflective safety strip to highlight the side of lorries and trailers to traffic at night is being made by London Artid...

• Renault Trucks is currently introducing a service charter. "The charter is effectively a code of practice for the dealer...

• While we understand that this year, MoT testers have been "taking it easy" on many operators' failure to fit spray...

• An electronic seal design to supersede metal or plastic seals used on lorries to prevent pilferage has helped Caerleon,...

Own-account operator Mattesons Wall's is happy with its Leyland Daf maintenance contract, but believes independent workshops...

Motors Commercial Vehicle Division in Wootton, has been announced as Apprentice of the Year in the Oxford area by the Motor...

Although a certain amount of practice is needed in order to use the Leicester Triac from Welwyn Tool, effect repairs can be...

continued from page 5 finding accommodation. The objective of dealers' workshops will be to return vehicles to customers...

• The Normand Group and Shell Oils have combined in a Youth Development Programme to create 240 jobs in three years. Normand,...

• Welding equipment manufacturers ESAB AB increased pretax profits last year to 227 million on sales of 2396m — 92% to...

• Foam air filters manufacturer Pipercross has been taken over by the 2.50 million turnover Beaverco group in a move aimed to...

• Bainbridge Silencers, which claims to be the first UK manufacturer to offer free training assistance to its customers, is to...

on British roads since its introduction in September 1985. Along with its sister model the FL7, it replaced the F7, but not the...

sheet provided by the driver, knowing that from past experience the driver was fastidious at fisting all items causing problems...

Workshop, in order to find out why contract maintenance schemes are becoming so popular, contacted manufacturers to find out...

'Unique' GEA gears up quality for '92 President Dave Thompson calls for more liaison as the components industry prepares for...

Remedial action is called for under the voluntary code of practice whereby manufacturers' recall vehicles are reported to the...

• Department of Transport contracts to develop computerised roller brake tests for commercial vehicles have been won by...

• Bedford now offers a complete range of approved accessories for the new Astravan and Astral - lux. The line-up includes...

• West German equipment manufacturer Robert Bosch will be manufacturing a new compact alternator from 1991 at MisIdn,...

• All manufacturers and suppliers of garage equipment need to reassess their business in order to respond to the farreaching...

• 0-rings can cause severe burns and lead to amputations. The danger has come to light, we learn from a vehicle manufacturer,...

• The Nederman 870 is probably the safest and most efficient hose reel which can be used for welding and cutting applications,...

• To reduce wear and possible damage, Genii has introduced three new systems on its Turbo Laser H2000 and H2 60 0 hot-water,...

• Stanners Paints has added an automated, computercontrolled IRT infra-red arch to its range of Swedish quick panel-drying...

• Enco Express is launching a computerised brake and wheel alignment analyser that will, it says, "revolutionize the vehicle...

• Welded steel regular and explosion proof containers from Mill Automotive in five and 10litre sizes, include the Paddy Hopkirk...