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19th June 1997, Page 6
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• Freight services through the Channel Tunnel resumed on 15 June with up to three departures per hour to and from Folkestone and Calais. Children under 12 may no longer ride in trucks through the tunnel, • Bob Nelson, operations manager for the VI, and David Moody, the FTA's former controller of Vehicle Inspection Services were given MBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

• Car drivers whose licences expire at the end of this year will have to meet stricter Health requirements to drive vehicles over 3.5 tonnes.

• Practical lorry driver tests from 1 July onwards will only be booked after the theory test has been passed.

• The ETA is urging the Government not to make any changes to transport taxation or expenditure in this year's Budget with a transport white paper set for next spring.

• Hire, the Bradford truck and trailer rental group, has increased pre-tax profits by 28% to 24.2m in the year to 31 March.

• Ford is to invest 240m at its Enfield plant to provide facilities to manufacture instrument panels and other moulded products.

• Gills Transport of Four Ashes near Wolverhampton has no connection with the Gills Transport featured in Legal News CM 12-18 June.

• Logistics company Hoyer UK has become a shareholder in Middlesbrough-based tanker firm Dennis Dixon.

• From 1 September visas will not be available at the Turkish borders, Apply instead to the Turkish consulate on 0171 589 0949.

• Turners (Soham) has bought Fruitex (Spalding), which specialises in serving UK wholesale fruit and vegetable markets.

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