AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

SHORT HAULS

12th November 1976
Page 30
Page 30, 12th November 1976 — SHORT HAULS
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Secret report

THE COOPERS and Lybrand report on the National Freight Corporation is not to be published.

Stating this in the Commons last week, Mr William Rodgers, the Transport Minster, explained that the report was a commercially confidential document.

Average wage

AVERAGE weekly wage for a lorry driver is now £66.73 a week for a 48.4 hour week according to the latest figures computed by the Freight Transport Association.

And the highest earnings are made by drivers in areas away from urban centres, says the survey which was made using a new analysis machine which allows an extension of the data analysed.

£649m tax

-OWNERS of good vehicles are expected to pay £649 million in taxes during the current financial year.

Mr John Horam, Under Secretary for Transport, said in the Commons last week that this total was made up of £209 million in vehicle excise duty and £440 million in fuel duty.

Cars and vans were expected to yield £567 million in vehicle excise duty, £200 million in VAT, £1,785 million in fuel duty (including VAT on petrol) and £190 million in car tax."

Freightliner record

FREIGHTLINERS have set a new record for the number of containers carried in a week. The new record stands at 17,276 and comes when National Freight Corporation chairman Sir Dan Pettit has announced that the company is on target for a Elm profit this year.

He said that the company is expecting to move around 700,000 containers this year — the previous record is 634,000. The new weekly record was set in the week ending October 23 and beats the previous record set in May.


comments powered by Disqus