• Government employment training plans have been condemned by the
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Campaign for Work as "an utterly irresponsible leap in the dark". Funds for training will be slashed, it says, even though British companies now spend only .a tenth as much as their Japanese, French and West German counterparts. The road haulage industry is set to lose the statutory nature of the Road Transport Industry Training Board, with training largely transferring to the private sector.
• Ian Lang, Scottish Office minister responsible for industry, visited Leyland Dafs Glasgow axle plant last Monday.
• George Alcock, chairman of the Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry, claims that the Mersey Tunnel's massive debts cannot be cleared merely be increasing tolls_ • At least three tenders have been made to construct, design and finance the new Severn Bridge as a privately-run toll crossing by the mid 1990s.
-• P&O ship Norsea ran aground on a mudbank off Hull last week, stranding about 800 passengers for two hours. She was floated off on the tide and was undamaged.
• General Motors and Toyota are expected to sign a deal soon to allow their joint manufacturing plant in California licence to manufacture the Toyota Hilux pickup truck, circumventing the 25% tariff that the Toyota pickup imports to • North America currently attracts. Toyota has also reached an agreement with Volkswagen to build the Hilux pickup in Hanover for similar reasons.
• Up to 8,000 lorries in Britain would not be needed if UK roads were congestion-free and reliable, says a survey from the Freight Transport Association, which says 8% of commercial vehicle working time is wasted waiting in traffic jams.