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17th February 1994
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• Elan's liquidator has told over 700 staff at the firm they will not get any outstanding wages and must apply to the Department of Employment's redundancy scheme.

• Drivers travelling between the M25 and the Midlands will be told the best route to take by variable-message signs to be installed at 20 junctions over the next three yea rs.

• UK road traffic is rising again after the recession. An overall increase last quarter failed to lift total van and LGV traffic, last year dropping 1% on 1992.

• Fifty more workers are to be taken on at Leyland Dal Vans, boosting production by a quarter. A year after receivership, weekly output will rise from 200 to 250 immediately.

• Two jobs will go at Francis Transport of Chichester when it closes in two weeks. Parent Tarmac Roadstone says it will try to place 10 owner drivers within other subsidiaries.

• The first Ministry of Defence vehicle maintenance business to be market tested, a five year, multi-million-pound tank repair contract at Bovington, Dorset, will be awarded "soon".

• Truck driver Leslie

Hilliard who suffered devastatiing injuries in a two-truck road smash is claiming damages from the other driver, Mick Singleton, and that driver's employer, Northallerton-based Curran & Son. Both parties dispute the claims.

• The Department of Transport's Marsham Street headquarters will be demolished next year. Officials will be moved to offices in Horseferry Road, Westminster.


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