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HAND300 < SILVER ROADWAYS ADDS ANOTHER • Silver Roadways, the general haulage and transport clearing house subsidiary of Tate and Lyle, has opened a new branch at Dewsbury Road, Ossett, near Leeds. Silver Roadways now has 13 branches throughout the UK. For further details contact John Murphy on (0924) 280600.
• GKN Autoparts' Witney branch has moved to new premises. The address is G1CN Autoparts Distribution, Unit 2, Thomey Leys Industrial Estate, Witney, phone: (0993) 74574.
REINFORCEMENTS AT KINDS CROSS • Staff Reinforcement, the temporary driver and warehousemen agency, has opened a new branch at 162 Pentonville Road, London. The Kings Cross office is open from 07.30hrs to 18.00hrs, Monday to Friday, and also operates a message service outside of normal hours. For more information contact Staff Reinforcement on (0923) 37031.
C&J HOURS CHANGE IN AVON AREA • Renault Truck Industries' Avon dealer, Coventry & Jeffs of Bristol, has introduced extended opening hours at its service and parts departments.
The College Green, Bristolbased dealer is now open from 06.00hrs to 21.30hrs, five clays a week, and from 08.00hrs to 16.30hrs on Saturdays. Both departments are fully manned on a double-shift system.
The move follows a 24 million-plus investment in the C&J site.
For further details contact general manager, Jeff Neill on (0272) 260031.
VOLKSWAGEN LIGHT CVS GO UP • Volkswagen has increased the prices of its light commercial vehicles by an average of 1.8% as from 1 February. Examples of the new prices, excluding VAT, are as follows: Polo Van, 24,820; Caddy diesel pickup, 25,630; Transporter 1.9-litre van (four-speed), 27,741; LT35ED turbo diesel van, 213,258; LT55 diesel chassis cab, (2.95m wheelbase), 211,471.
• Peugeot Talbot has raised the prices of its 205 and 305 car-derived vans and its 504 pickups by an average of 2.5%. The prices for its Express van and chassis cabs remain unaltered. Typical new prices for the 205,305 and 504, excluding VAT, are as follows: 205 standard van (1.1 litre petrol) 2,4,360 205 standard van (1.8 litre diesel) 24,945 205 GL van (1.1 litre petrol/ five-speed) 24,895 205GL van (1.8 litre diesel/ five-speed) 25,480 305 standard van (1.5 litre petrol) 24,970 305 standard van (1.9 litre diesel) 25,393 305GL (1.6 litre petrol/ five-speed) 25, 595 305GL (1.9 litre diesel/ five-speed 26,020 504 standard pickup (1 8 litre petrol 25,635 504 standard pickup (2 3 litre diesel) 26,595 504GL (1.8 litre petrol/ RO•RO '88 IN ROTHENBERG • The central theme of ROR0 88 at Gothenberg on 7-9 June will be the future of the business.
Leading spokesmen from the various sectors of the through transport industry will present their thoughts at the nine sessions of the Ninth International Conference and Exhibition on through transport using roll-on/ roll-off methods.
Extra areas have been opened to accommodate exhibition demands.
Those wishing to attend or exhibit should contact the RO-RO Conference Secretariat, BML Meeting Ltd, 2 Station Road, Riclanansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1QP, phone (0923) 776363.
• The Secretary of State for Transport, Paul Channon, will be the principal guest and speaker at the Road Haulage Association's annual dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London Wl, on the evening of Tuesday, 10 May 1988. For further details call the RHA on 01-736 1183.
EXPORTERS' NOT-UNE H ELP SERVICE • A hot-line help service for exporters and hauliers perplexed by government Customs 88 changes has been opened by distribution consultancy Davies and Robson. The service is free and experts will explain the changes and recommend ways of adapting to them. The consultancy can also carry out projects for any company for a fee. The hot-line is on 01-688 6801.
• National Windscreens of Tamworth, Staffordshire, is now offering its fleet customers a Home-Base Fitting service which allows operators to have damaged windscreens repaired at their own premises, at a time of their choice, outside the vehicle's normal operating schedule.
The scheme, which applies to both conventionally fitted laminated screens, as well as directly-bonded units, is intended to keep vehicle downtime to a minimum. In the case of fleet cars or vans, the home base can even be the driver's own home.
According to the company, with most commercial vehicles now fitted with laminated screens there is seldom a need to have a cracked or chipped unit replaced immediately, as most cracks do not affect vision or safety.
Vehicles with bonded screens, however, must be left for a few hours after the new screen is fitted. By using Home Base Fitting no time is wasted.
Each driver is issued with a Fleet Service Card, and for any necessary repairs he simply has to call National on 0800 (free) 633 133.
The 24-hour service is available from over 100 National Windscreen branches, and will operate alongside the company's normal roadside fitting scheme. For details call Ray Walters on (0827) 52925.
• Lynx Express Delivery Network, the parcels arm of the National Freight Consortium, is running a free consignment promotion on its 10.00hrs Next Day service.
Lynx will deliver one 10.00hrs consignment of up to ten packages (maximum weight 50kg per parcel) free for those who qualify by using the 10.00hrs service three times The offer, open to noncustomers and customers not currently using the 10.00hrs service, runs until 15 April: the free consignment may be sent at any time until 6 May.
A leaflet explaining the promotion has been produced with a 'tear-off section for the user to claim a free consignment. For details contact Lynx Express Delivery, phone 021-550 7676.
• Salter Industrial Measurement of George Street, West Bromwich has launched two new crane weighers capable of measuring loads of up to five tonnes. The DC2 weighers are compact (408mm long in the case of the largest-capacity model), battery-operated and waterproof.
A large LCD display gives readings for drivers and crane operators. Each DC2 unit is tested to twice its working load and is also fitted with a safety lock as standard. For further information contact Bob Cooper on 021-553 1855.
CENTRAL LONDON COACH PARK MAPS • The Metropolitan Police, in conjunction with the London Tourist Board, has published its 1988 map of tourist coach parks in central London. The map gives clear instructions on how to get to all the main coachparks and tourist attracdons in the capital. Along with the parking map, the police have also produced a multilingual advice leaflet for all coach drivers who are coming to London.
For copies PSV operators should contact Sergeant Pilbeam of the Coach Advisory Service, Metropolitan Police Office, Tintagel House, Albert Embankment, London SE1 717, phone 01-230 1212.
DANGEROUS GOODS; N EW CENTRES • Three more training centres have been recognised by the RTITB as official centres for the provision of training courses under the National (Dangerous Substances) Driver Training Scheme.
Taunton-based Friendbery on (0984) 56310 has been approved to administer both Hazfreight and Hazpak training. The other two centres, Training Services (Carlisle) on (0228) 24571, and Wiltshire Transport Training of Devizes on (0380) 3712 are approved to administer Hazpak only.
New rules under the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages) Regulations 1986 relating to the carriage of packaged dangerous substances took effect on 6 April 1987 and require that all drivers must receive formal training before 6 April 1988. Formal training for drivers engaged in the carriage of dangerous goods in bulk has been a statutory requirement since 1 January 1983_ SWISS FERRYMAS'rERS APPOINTS BIRIUUIRT • Ferrymasters has appointed Birkhart Transport as its new gyoupage and full load agent for Switzerland. Birthart's main offices are located in Muttenz.
According to Ferrymasters, the move will enhance its Swiss service, which now provides multiple weekly departures. The UK/Switzerland service is routed via Ipswich/ Rotterdam with two daily sailings on dedicated trailer ROR0 ferries. For further information contact Jackie Kingsley on 061-938 6333, extension 206. SOFTCELL FREECALL • Softcell Communications, the associate company of Ford main dealer Dees of Croydon, has been appointed as a service provider for the Freecall Band III mobile communications system.
Softcell already distributes pagers and cellular telephones for Vodafone, and will offer Freecall at 221 per radio per month with no additional charges for calls.
Freecall is operated by National Mobile Radio, and owned jointly by Motorola, British Telecom and National Radiofone. For more details call Softcel on 01-654 9000.