Hazard scheme • A training scheme to award EC-recognised certificates
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to truck drivers carrying dangerous substances should be operational by the end of the month. Drivers must have the documents by 1 July under an EC directive.
Osborne bought • Hartlepool-based haulier Osborne Haulage and Plant has been bought for an undisclosed sum by Stockton-based haulage and civil engineering firm G Sweeney. Osborne has 16 tractive units, 50 trailers and 30 staff. Former boss Harry Simpson is retiring.
Plaxton loss • Plaxton Coach & Bus reported pre-tax losses of £2.9m in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 1991, compared with a £0.7 loss in 1990. It blames a 40% drop in its production levels, product development and reorganisation costs, and the extraordinary charge of Ulm for closing its French coach building business, Carrosserie Lorraine.
Cheap parking • A lorry park is being opened in Uttoxeter by the local council, which is renting the disused land from bulldozer manufacturer JCB for £1 a year.
Dutch success • The Dutch equivalent of the Road Haulage Assocation, the NOB, says that 97% of Dutch transport companies will be members by the end of the year. The RHA represents about 15% of UK hauliers. The RHA is looking at ways of offering associate membership to continental operators.