• As our recent survey showed, training in the road transport industry is a bit like the 30mph speed limit: everybody...

a year between 1976 and 1987, but heavy goods traffic has fallen since the beginning of the 1980s because of the M25, says the...

• The first sign that the Go eminent is prepared to allow private parcels carriers to break the Post Office's letter monopoly...

• Angry locals are attempting to stop three transporter firms using an operating centre in their village to distribute 300...

• Home Office Minister John Patten has praised the "extraordinary personal bravery of NFC Cartransport driver Bob Perry, who...

fuel companies for allegedly forming a cartel to control market prices. The FTA claims the cartel lures new customers by...

The Swedish Truck Superix at Mantorp Park last eekend was won by Rod hapman in his Uniroyalionsored Ford Cargo. Chapman stormed...

contract hire and distribution group, have voted by a majority of 31% to continue industrial action. At an informal meeting,...

before 1992, according to a motion debated at this week's TUC conference in Bournemouth. Otherwise hauliers will face unfair...

• Leyland Daf is to give its 6x2 Roadtrain model more power, with the launch of the Perkins 12.7-litre turbocharged and...

• Wincanton says it is the first distribution firm to win the British Standards Institution seal of approval, and to...

• Appeals against the controversial London lorry ban Condition 11, which enforces the fitting of air-brake silence have been...

• The Department of Trans. port will collect registration di tails of all vehicles involved in injury accidents from 1 Januar...

• Efforts to combat graffiti and vandalism on its buses have been stepped up by operator West Midland Travel, which estimates...

• Steyr Trucks, the British arrn of the Austrian SteyrDaimler-Puch combine, is in business — with "no stock, no orders" and...

for economy • Ford Truck in the United States has put its money where its corporate mouth is by producing performance...

• Leyland Dafs "Popemobile", built in 1982, has been refurbished for Pope John Paul's visit to Africa this month. The...

• The JCB excavator display team is travelling to shows and events around the country on an Andover step-frame low loader...

I Ford has developed two ?.w engines for its Escort van id for the Combi — a low)of version of the Escort. The 1.8-litre...

• Wholesale butcher Derek S Wood Associates has acquired a Mercedes-Benz 407D van for meat deliveries in north and north-west...

• Nokia-Mobira has launched a small car phone which has a hands-free unit, access to extra channels to avoid calls being...

• Ford has launched a reTamped edition of the Transit :ailed the Bonus. The new model is based on he short-wheelbase Transit...

• Irish reefer manufacturer Manton International is launching a major sales drive in the UK after being bought out by a...

• Elect Direct, a Northampton company specialising in warehousing and delivering electrical white goods to retailers, has...

• Motor dealer and contract hire group T Cowie has extended its PSV interests by buying coach distributor Hughes Daf and its...

• Hoddesdon-based wines ar spirits distribution and warehousing specialist Cert Services is moving into Scotland with the...

• Volvo's first-half profits fell by nearly 12% to £.351 million (SKr 3.8 billion) compared with the same period last year....

• The British Association of Removers with 800 professional removal companies as members, has become a shareholder in the...

• Danzas (UK) has agreed with Danzas NV in Belgium to start new groupage services from the UK to Belgium and Holland....

record this year Volkswagen expects its worldwide sales to climb to a record 2.9 million vehicles this year, following a 2%...

• Harry Blundred, chairman of Transit Holdings, has launched a new minibus service in Abingdon, near Oxford, as part of a...

• A "ring and ride" minibus service has taken to the road this week in the Midlands. The five-days-a-week service, backed by...

• Bus fares in major cities outside London have soared way above the rate of inflation and the number of passengers has...

• Independent Manchester minibus firm Bee Line Buzz as been sold to Ribble Motor services and 250 redundancies ;40% of the...

The council has accepted the proposal from the staff, and has asked Scottish Secretary Malcolm Rifkind to approve the deal....

• A big drop in the number of van conversions, accompanied by an equivalent rise in the number of purpose-built bodies, is...

• Several senior appointments have been made in West Yorkshire Travel Group's bus companies following the recent...

with county councils and community groups before selecting a site for the proposed bus station in Holywell. The two potential...

• Midland Red South has bought five new minibuses for 125,000. The vehicles have Iveco Ford chassis and engines and will be...

• A new low-floor minibus, the Omni, has been launched by City Vehicle Engineering of Shildon in County Durham. In a 24...

• British Car Auctions' recent decision to make its fortnightly truck sales weekly should be a classic example of the right...

• A bid for a new international licence by Anthony Newman, trading as Tony Newman Transport of Girvan, has been turned down...

• A contract-hire customer of British Road Services — Huddersfield-based Heywood Williams Glass, which trades as lmpactex...

• Defence arguments that 13rackmills Haulage and one of its drivers had been charged under the wrong regulations were...

I Despite his initial denial, e managing director of acup-based Anglo Freight Bus o, Albert Graham, admitted ding and abetting...

• G S Deighton Haulage Coniractors had been entitled to conclude that the contract of employment of its sole mechanic had...

& Sons was renewed last week with operating time conditions following representations from local residents. The residents told...

last week to answer various allegations against it, including 10 charges of failing to produce charts and two charges of using...

• United Biscuits (UK) has won authority for an additional operating centre in Perth without restriction, despite...

• Curtain Trailer Transport Services of Renfrew has been ordered to pay three redundant drivers the equivalent of two weeks'...

AWD has launched its British-market successor to the Bedford range. The trucks looks similar, but the company and the product...

ERF RINGS THE BELL IN NORTH YORKSHIRE • S A Bell of Mahon, North Yorkshire has been appointed an official ERF dealer. It...

FROM THROSTU TO DUAMOCK • Fuel management equipment manufacturer Triscan is to move from its 'rhrostle Street/Dimmock Street...

B EDFORDS GO UP is The prices of Bedford vans have increased by an average of 2.4%. Average prices, including car tax and VAT...

SUCCESS THE SEWELL WAY • Sewells has set out its schedule of training courses for 1988/89. Courses range from parts...

HARD CELL • Switched Mode has produced a cellular interface which allows users to unplug a standard phone, take it to a car...

CLEAN A SCREEN WITH HOLT LLOYD • Mixra is a new windscreencleaning foam from Holt Lloyd. The company says the foam will...

INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS OFFERS MORE • International Express has joined forces with two companies, SA Adutrans Internacional and...

FASTER HELP ON THE MOTORWAY • Motorway Tyres has improved its emergency tyre rescue service for commercial vehicles....

fire-appliance market. With this in mind, it launched three new models last month. We put all three through their paces. •...

One day soon you could be monitoring, or even adjusting, your tyre pressures without leaving the cab. We take a look at the...

excited partially sighted 11-year-old Andrew Whitehead so much that he insisted on waiting for them to roar by his home before...

Peugeot's 205 CDV has a new engine and gearbox which have given it a useful turn of speed with fuel economy that might tempt...

been named as the new group vice-president of the Varity Corporation's North American Enterprises group. Based in Toronto, he...