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8th March 1986
8th March 1986
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T 11E TROUBLE with spare parts prices and supplies is that

there arc two, equally valid, points of view — the short-term one and the long-term one. In the short term, it would be a...

WE'RE LOOKING at remanufacturing and the problem of spurious parts next week.

• Unipart claims to be the leading replacement parts company. What standards does this company set and what is available at the...

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iords open up the ,pare parts business

HOUSE of Lords has . ed the way for parts tufacturers to break de builders copyrights of C parts for their products. he five...

£13.40 is new subsistence limit

- UHL IN Revenue has agreed a new figure of s:13.40 per night as the maximum tax-free subsistence payments which may he made...

National Bus chief quits: 'I can't liquidate'

)RALE at the National Company's headquarters, .a.dy low as the company pares for privatised fragntation, has hit a new low h...

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Sherpa seeks a mate

-EXCLUSIVE FREIGI II ROVER is seeking a Continental truck manufacturer to sell Sherpa vans through its own dealer network —...

Rascal breaks new warranty barriers

THE BEDFORD Ra microvan will be the commercial vehicle to offered with the option manufacturer-backed sec and third warranty...

Ridley slams Sealink boss

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley has launched an astonishing attack on British Ferries chairman James Sherwood over his...

Leyland MDs back GM deal

LEYLAND TRUCKS and Leyland Parts managements this week backed General Motor's bid for their businesses on the eve of the...

TDG company

backs down WILLIAM HARPER, t Transport Developme Group haulier which tried break the Merseywide Trai port and General Work...

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;pedal types pleadin

ANSPORT trade associas are pressing for more ible rules for special types ides, but a leading envimental group fears that...

Big names for Truckfest

BIG NAMES from the commercial vehicle industry are teaming up with television sport and entertainment stars, as the...

Have you seen these tyres?

A RUGBY haulier offering a £1,000 reward for the return of 22 trailer tyres stolen from its depot last weekend. The 11 22.5...

Three months to Dartford crossing

PRIVATE promoters planning to build a third Dartford Tunnel must submit their proposals by May 31, Transport Secretary Nicholas...

igh-power model joins lveco's 7.5-tonners

ECU is now offering a 3kW (138hp) 7.5-tormer in UK following revision to premium 79.14 van and assis cab models. By increasing...

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Charter man: lot me'

A CHARTER 14, idways director Gordon Greenwood, has told the jury in the fake tachograph records trial at Preston Crown Court...

RHA demands 'danger' O-li .ances

TRANSPORT Minister David Mitchell is to be asked again to introduce tougher operator licensing rules for dangerous goods...

Ford extends exhaust lab

A it).5 in extension to Ford's exhaust emission laboratory at its Minton, Essex engineering and research centre was officially...

New firm aims to succeed VSE

VEHICLE SYSTEMS Engineering, the suspension conversion specialist based in Hackne' Wick, East London, has gone into...

Scots buy Sherpa V8

FOLLOWING the recent launch of its 98kW (132hp V8 petrol engine option 0: the Sherpa (CM, November 23, 1985), Freight Rover has...

Al improves

THE .0.5 MILLION bypass at Tranent, East Lothian, part of the Al improvement, is being opened by Scottish Environment Minister...

Heron moves

HERON FREIGHT, the High Street and contract distribution and warehousing subsidiary of Heron Motor Group, is relocating its...

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Murray to build WA bus business

THE UK sales operation of Walter Alexander and Company, the Falkirk-based coachbuilder, has a new manager. Ian Murray is...

Trimoco's hire and lease ma

TRIMOCO Leasing has pointed Keith Lonsdale manager of the group's tri rental and contract hire ope tions. He will be...

Texan is tankers head

TEXAN Garry Watt has been appointed managing director of UK tanker group United Transport Tankers. Watt was previously...

Manager for

THE POST of group contracts manager for British Road Services has been given to Neil Walshaw, formerly contracts manager with...

BRS group contracts

• A new distribution manager has been appointed at the BRS Midlands Birmingham branch. He is Mike Breeze, w previously spent...

Pennock chairs CT

LORD PENNOCK, man of the BICC engineer] and construction group, I replaced Sir Nicholas Ht derson as chairman of I Channel...

Connolly moves up in commercial oil

COMMERCIAL trade general manager of BP Oil Limited, the refining and marketing arm of British Petroleum, is Nick Connolly. He...

Orr up at Renault

GENERAL manager of Renault UK's western region, Eddie Orr, has been promoted to sales director. He succeeds Colin Bruder, who...

Dayton grows in the North

DAYTON Walther has appointed Brian Irvine as northern area sales manager, a new position created following a 50 per cent sales...

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knning Group goes for ontract hire market

E KENNING Motor up is poised to enter the imercial vehicle contract market on a formal basis. already has over 3,000 t...

ally Telegraph calls in BRS Northern

Ili DAILY TELEGRAPH zing an outside contractor distribute northern editions the newspaper from :1 new nting plant at Trafford...

Lex Service closes magazine company

ONE OF the Lex SCr, ICC ;roup's more labour-intensive transport businesses, already offered for sale, is being closed later...

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Rai!freight fights back

RAILFRE1GHT is fighting back against road competition in South Wales by cutting its costs by £2 million a year. The...

Lorry driver thwarted armed raid in Suffolk

A SHARP-EYED London lorry driver thwarted an armed raid in Suffolk, Ipswich Crown Court heard last week. Within an hour of a...

North Yorks claims 33 per cent of lorries overloaded

ONE. in three lorries using roads in North Yorkshire is overloaded. The claim comes after a clamp-down on commercial vehicles...

Butt wins Texas distribution contract

NORTHAMPTON haulier C. Butt has taken over a national distribution contract for Texas Homecare. Butt captured the work after...

Abels creates extra jobs

I-AHIES REMOVALS Colchester, acquired by in national remover Abets East Anglia, hopes to doi its workforce this year. The...

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iustria bans short-cut

;ED with mounting road ;port problems, Austria is in lorries at night from a section of a road used as ort-cut by thousands of...

Coal limits agreed in Northumberland

COAL LORRY numbers in Northumberland have been agreed with the National Coal Board. This follows months of confrontation over...

wland services Austria and rtugal

N LW overland internall freight services have started in recent weeks. Ed, which has run an ;lo-Portuguese groupage ice by sea...

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Vans show car comfort

WHILE the main attractions at the fourth annual Fleet Neti5 Motor Show are still cars, the number of light commercial exhibits...

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For Express say Extra 2-day tours rule

TIME has finally been called on the ageing 4F6 van following the launch this week of the Extra Renault's new car-derived van....

Novel trailers for West Wales steel haulage

WEST WALES haulier and Volvo dealer Manse] Davies has begun to operate two novel dual-purpose tri-axle semi-trailers. Both the...

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Community group 'broke rules'

WYTI1LN SHAWL Neighbourhood "fransport Ltd has been convicted of using a minibus without a PSV operators' licence. A minibus...

ish lightweight enters service with United

117E1) Automobile Ser s has started running the t Irish-built bus from the ieral Automotive Corpora1 to go into operation in...

West Yorkshire PTE makes El million

WEST YORKSHIRE PTE made a surplus of E7 million during last year. It budgeted to break even with the use of some of its...

Dodds buys TTH fleet

DODDS of Troon has taken over Townsend Thoresen Holidays' 10 coaches. It will operate them from a base in Larktield, Kent and...

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World Bank damns transport subsidies

A WORLD BANK study just published sharply attacks subsidies paid to public transport systems as ineffective and unfair. The...

Kenning sells coaching wing

HOSPITALl'IY on the Move, the Crawley - based executive coaching operation in the Kenning Motor Group, is being sold....

Crusader buys

NATIONAL Crusader. the recently formed division of National Express, is acquiring Traveldata, the coach brokerage operation set...

Ensign broker

which will inevitably follow the Transport Act". Leon Daniels says that his organisation now wants to concentrate its...

Heart of England closes down

HEART of England 'Yours, the West Midlands operator ordered to pay fines and costs of £564.50 on charges associated with the...

Pahn launches bus spotting campaign

A MASS MONITORING Britain's bus services has b. launched by Transport 20 the environmental pressi group. Its new chairman,...

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Deductions check

'FHE WAGES BILL, now before Parliament, contains 10 key provisions. By repealing the 19th Century Truck Acts, which give...

Sex discrimination

THE SEX Discrimination Bill, also before Parliament, will prevent businesses with five or fewer employees from selecting...

VBRA assurance

A DEATH-in-service life assurance scheme, offering £2,750 per employee, has been introduced by the Vehicle Builders and...

Top troubleshooters

TI iE CONFEDERATION of British Industry and Inbucon Management Consultants are offering 600 managing directors, sales managers...

Fridge show

THE BIG event for the chilled and refrigerated transport sector is the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution...

High-standard extension

MECHANICAL warranty company Car Care Plan of Leeds celebrated 10 years in business last week by introducing for commercial...

Guide for small firms

A FREE leaflet designed tc help the self-employed and employers in small firms tc fulfil their health and salet) obligations,...

Wear exposed

AN AUTOMATIC wear indicator is the notable lean. • of a new range of webbing g slings. le slings are made by o Equipment...

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up 3pc

iIGHT Rover prices rose in average of just over e per cent on Monday, :ch 3. his takes the price of the ipest Sherpa van, the...

'ar sporter demos

LK iWAGEN'S offer of a 24 hour demonstration of ran porter van has meant :xtr i 350 demonstrators ig I ut out to the dealers....

Dangerous goods

FRIENDBERRY, a training school based at Stogumber, Taunton, Somerset TA4 3TP (phone 09846 310, international calls on 44-9846...

FORTHCOMING Chartered Institute of Transport meetings may be of interest

to road transport operators. March 12: Keeping track of containers. Talk by A. Grote, of Overseas Containers, 12.30pm, Overseas...

ROADWORKS

THE WEATHER may he showing signs of improving, but there is not much chance of roadworks going away. Below is a list of all the...

IAM Fleet

THE INSTITUTE of Advanced Motorists has formed lAM Fleet Training, a subsidiary company which will provide a range of driver...

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HARE WORK 0 KEEP RATES

ID competition we welcome in the dap, industry. However today's .perate cut-throat competition is ating heartache, cheating and...

FODEN SNOW BUSINESS

I AM most disappointed that you carried a photograph of a foreign truck engaged in snow clearance with the implication that it...

CONTINENTAL COMPETITION

1 HAVE been encouraged by the many calls following my letter (CM February I) expressing the view that a great deal of unfair...

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ZF Ecomat lets drivers take the comfortable route.

Every coach driver deserves a light, trouble-free gearchange to smooth the journey along. That's one reason why ZF Ecomat 4, 5...

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D ESPITE continued recession and falling vehicle registration levels Britain's coach and bus markets ritinue to attract importers.

One foreign name currently in the ws is that of Ikarus, the giant ingarian state bus producer that has its ;hts set on a share...

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STARTING A BUS SERVICE

It should be possible to start profitable bus services after deregulation. Noel Millier presents a step-by-step guide for...

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PLUSH TOUR PACKAGE

Duple's first own-model integral coach can carry an impressive number of passengers in comfort. It also promises good fuel...

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NO LONGER A PANDORA'S BO)4

Since it took over the license to manufacture the Maxwell automatic gearbox, Avon has been eradicating the bugs which plagued...

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HOW IT WORKS

THE MAXWELL four-speed unit is simple in concept and designed for ease of maintenance. It comprises three main elements: gear...

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DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS

Although it still lives under the same roof as Alder Valley South, AV Engineering is pursuing its own business. Tim Blackmore...

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THE GAP

Carlyle's Sherpa minibus prototype is put through its paces by Noel Millier who finds it a strong contender for the local bus...