Many hauliers felt uneasy when Mrs Barbara Castle freed lightweight goods vehicles from licensing and other controls but they...

Govt Bill's 1974 date to streamline system and impose upper levy of one per cent of payroll from our Parliamentary...

• Certain lubricating oils which were expected to be standard rated under value-added tax will come within the zero-rated...

• The top job in the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive is to go to a local man who has spent most of his career working...

• Community transit guarantee vouchers are now available to members of the FTA and RHA. By using the vouchers companies avoid...

Dykes Bill will now give 5-ton unladen weight access concession • The restrictions on access within London in the Heavy...

• The FTA has welcomed the changes in the drivers' hours and records rules which the DoE is to propose shortly and which will...

• Work began yesterday on a £500,000 lorry park at Carlisle — one of the worst black spots identified in a government report on...

• Two moves came this week, to ease congestion on London's roads. On Tuesday, Opposition leader Harold Wilson pledged Labour...

• Mr John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries, rejected demands in the Commons on Wednesday for a White Paper on the...

• A consortium which includes Hilton Transport Services and a concern jointly owned by First National Finance and Central Real...

and pay accordingly, says Labour transport spokesman • Because it would cost from £6000 to £10,000 to put a modern artic on...

• Urgent steps are being taken to increase substantially the 260 weighing sites where checks on the loading of domestic and...

• The latest multi-purpose ship of Sealink, Senlac, enters service on the NewhavenDieppe route early in May. Accommodation is...

• A Kangarou service has been added to the range of facilities of Pickfords International Ltd. The first such service will be...

• The use of after-burners and associated equipment might add £300 to the cost of a vehicle, forecast Mr John Peyton, when...

• A door-to-door international distribution service has been started throughout Europe by British Road Services Group. The...

• To serve north-east, south-west and midlands areas, Rentco Nationwide Trailer Rentals have lately opened agency facilities as...

• Dirty lorries are the major cause in the spread of swine vesicular disease which has led to the slaughter of more than 30,000...

• Road transport in Germany increased its share of freight moved in 1971 to 21 per cent, from 19.2 per cent in 1970. Road...

• Standards acceptable to the Factory Inspectorate to comply with the 1972 Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum...

• Now that Scania (Great Britain) Ltd has transferred (CM February 23) its hq from Cranford to larger accommodation at 11 Mount...

• A separate company to develop and market materials-handling systems directly connected with road transport has been formed by...

• The office telephone number of the secretary for the Norwich centre of the LDoY, Miss G. C. Moorby, is Norwich 34400 and not...

• Three Seddon 16:four Perkins-engined Motive units have recently been added to the trunking fleet of Blue Peter Retreads Ltd....

• Clearer legislation for the transport of dangerous chemicals and better training for drivers of lorries carrying them are the...

• Three-weekly maintenance of heavy goods vehicles by a competent commercial garage should be accepted as a sufficient...

• Storrington hauliers S. W. Cole and Sons have had their licence curtailed from nine to three vehicles with another vehicle...

• The first Scottish application for dial-a-ride bus operation was heard in Glasgow on Monday when Ben Thompson Cabs Ltd of...

Haulier denies allegations about dismissal threat • A former driver for J. Wyatt Jnr (Haulage) Ltd, of Diss, Norfolk, claimed...

• North umberland* haulier, Selby Morton and Sons Ltd, failed in its appeal in London on Tuesday to reverse a decision by the...

• Evidence that A. and P. McNamara was about to sign a contract for regular maintenance of their two vehicles failed to secure...

• The inspection and maintenance arrangements of a Norwich company, M. E. Underdown, were quite satisfactory until July 1972...

Michael R. Kelly, 37, formerly director of rental development at Ryder Truck Rental and before that operations manager of the...

by Martin Hayes • Britain's first free bus service is alive and well and operating in Nottingham. For four months now it has...

• A comprehensive guide to the personnel of the National Bus Company and Scottish Bus Group has just been published. The...

• A second rural minibus service in East Lothian is to be started it was revealed this week. East Lothian County Council was...

• A printed version of the West Midland Passenger Transport Executive's Transport Development Plan is now available. The plan...

• Nottingham Corporation Transport is just taking delivery of its first new double-deckers for 24 years. During that time the...

DoE admits licensing confusion by Johnny Johnson • A great deal of controversy has arisen among busmen following the answer...

• Revolutionary plans for providing bus transport for remote villages within its area are now being formulated by Eastern...

• Revenue of £1450 has been earned since April of last year by the post buses operating in the Scottish Postal Region. This was...

• A "tidying-up" operation for fares on some long-distance routes outside the Greater London Council area has been announced...

• Discount on prepaid tickets has been increased by Coventry City Transport. Multi-journey prepaid tickets will replace the...

by Gibb Grace • Commercial Motor reported last December that France would raise her gross vehicle weight limit to 38 tonnes in...

• First deliveries of right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz L206D and L306D vans and chassis cabs are now taking place in this...

• Luton versions of the Toyota Hi-Ace van have been announced by Imperial Coachbuilders Ltd and Coachwork Conversions Ltd. The...

• Detail improvements to safety, driver comfort and external styling have been made to the F86 and F88 trucks in the Volvo...

by Gibb Grace SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS in Volvo F86 models were introduced at the Brussels Show in January this year, and from...

Last week's rail stoppage was not without its compensations. Travelling into London by car one of our staffmen found himself...

Not much community spirit IN the complicated negotiations leading to British membership of the SEC, little was said about...

• Charles Greystock, who has just been appointed mechanical engineer after 32 years with London Transport, began his career at...

The prospect of a change — now delayed — from under 3 tons unladen weight to 7.38 tons gvw as the rating that decides whether a...

UNDERMINING THE REMOVALS INDUSTRY? CM investigates accusations made by established hauliers and removers against some new...

without difficulty or delay is important in distribution and delivery operations. In CM next week we'll be describing and...

THE LILY THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND POST BUSES by Martin Hayes pictures by Dick Ross THE PRINCIPLE of combining mail...

Small goods vehicles are not so insignificant as to be outside the transport law altogether, though they are not subject to...

VOTING PROCED S IN THE COMMUNITY A body charged with both administrative and policy making functions, the EEC Commission has a...

by Martin Hayes IF THERE is one transport trend of the late Sixties and early Seventies that is guaranteed to upset...

In the right circumstances, mixing minibuses and bigger vehicles can be advantageous, but operating costs are not markedly...

by Reg P Block TAKE any number of mixed vehicles, list and measure weekly or monthly those cost ingredients which continue all...

Never overlook paint manufacturers instructions: any even slight product change will be accompanied by back-up information...

Published in association with CM are guides to costing, emergency service and legal weight limits. Commercial Motor Tables of...

Every reader can create his own reference library by slipping his weekly Commercial Motor into an easy-to-handle EASIBIN DER to...

driving test and would like to know if I can take lessons and the test in a recovery vehicle which is not registered and...

it later this year for a 32-ton tractor with a semi-low-loading trailer and a 40 ft flat, or an eight-wheeler with a drawbar...

A Normally an endorsement is made for three years. At the end of this period the driver may return his licence to the issuing...

demonstration takes only a few minutes bat the journey to the demonstration could take an appreciable time. Is it necessary for...

contract with the local Highways Department, resurfacing roads with a gritter attachment. I have noticed that the tanker...

England and recently was asked to collect a generator from a point in Lincolnshire and return it to base, a round trip of 360...

matters by John Darker AMB M The Budget approach to van rental LIKE the Budget Rent a Car organization, Budget Rent a Van...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CS), MIMI, AMIRTE Evidence A SUMMONS to attend a court can be worrying for those unaccustomed to such...

learning byJohnny Johnson Is the industry ready for keen young managers? NO matter how fiercely the flame of ambition burns,...