Rha Pleads For Small Firms

• More recognition and assistance for small hauliers is being sought by the Road Haulage Association from the Board of Trade's independent committee of inquiry on small firms.......

Tyne Tolls To Stay

• Mr. MuIley has decided not to follow the Tyne Joint Tunnel Committee's recommendation to increase tolls for h.g.v. from 4s to 5s and to lower those for cars and light......

Haulier Loses Appeal Against Imprisonment

• The Court of Appeal . on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Mr. Robert Millar, of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, against a sentence of nine months' imprisonment in connection with......

The Pay-off From Higher Power

• Raising the power-to-weight ratio of a goods vehicle from 5 bhp/ton to 6 bhp /ton saves an average of 78 min delay per 620 miles to following cars and 33 min to following......

Metro-scanias For Leicester

An initial order for 12 Metro-Scania integral single-deck buses, worth £100.000, has been placed with MetroCammell Weymann by Leicester City Transport. Leicester's now......

Training Probe Report Denied

• The RTITB and the MAA have issued a joint statement following the report in the Daily Telegraph that: "The transport industry is to ask Mrs. Castle, Minister of Employment and......