Business Moves

TEESBULK EXPANDS • Teesbulk Handling is expanding its Tees Dock site, increasing its berthing facilities and handling capacity and building a rail shed. For further information......

Ferries

SCANDINAVIA CONNECTION • Ferryrnasters has centralised its operations and customer services departments for Scandinavian loads at the firm's office at Middlesbrough. The......

Technology

UNDER PRESSURE • New Products EC is offering a pressure detector which can be fitted to truck wheels, checking over and under tyre pressure and identifying faulty tyres. The WPD......

Safety

ALERT TO ASBESTOS • A guidance note advising staff and supervisors about working with asbestos insulation and coatings has been published by the Health and Safety Executive. The......

Number Plates

DTp GETS PERSONAL • The Department of Transport is thinking of offering a batch of personalised number plates to the public. The plates, which are not in circulation at the......

Services

AA IS GOING FREECALL • AA members will be able to make 'no charge' calls for help when the Automobile Association brings in a free telephone breakdown number later this year.......

Publications

BUSINESS TIPS • Insurance brokers Alexander Stenhouse has published a detailed guide to risk management and risk assessment for large vehicle fleets. The booklet gives practical......

Breakdown

AA GOES COMPUTER • The Automobile Association has fitted computers in its 700 London patrol vans, enabling drivers to stay in touch with the association's computerised......

Bodybuilding

PUSH-BU1TON CANOPY • S P Lynch of Ryton in Tyne and Wear has been appointed the sole UK distributor for the West German bodybuilder Langendorf. Langendorf supplies a wide range......

Traffic Survey

SCOTTISH ROAD LINKS • Traffic surveys will be carried out in Borders, Central and Lothian Regions during April, as part of a study into road links between Edinburgh and the......