B.R.S. Go-It-Alone Rates Rise ?
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THE possibility of an early increase in rates by British Road Services was being canvassed in Blackpool this week, writes a special correspondent. November 1 was being mentioned as a possible starting date, and a figure of 10 per cent. was thought to be likely. It seems probable that B.R.S. would wish to co-ordinate the timing of any rise in charges with the recommendation expected shortly from the Road Haulage Association.
It seems unlikely, hOwever, that the R.H.A. will propose an increase in rates before December 1, preferring to await the higher wages, now pending.
Delegates at the R.H.A. Conference in Blackpool are asking whether B.R.S. would go forward alone.
A B.R.S. spokesman said on Tuesday:
It is a new one on me; an increase in rates is not yet under .consideration. Maybe they will go up, and what with wage increases and so on, it is a pretty fair bet that they will."
NEWCASTLE BANS ATTACKED IN a statement concerning_ the Inspec1 tor's report following an inquiry into the Newcastle upon Tyne proposals to ban -commercial vehicles from loading and unloading in two miles of streets in the city centre, the Traders Road Transport Association said on Wednesday that such a ban was a primitive and unskilled device Which, if introduced, would damage the heart of a great city.
The T.R.T.A. added that it agreed with the Inspector's conclusion that restriction of commercial vehicles would be premature. If the ban came into operation costs would rise.