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Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products, training, company moves, personnel changes, truck thefts. UK fuel prices, and details of the worst congestion blackspots on our already overcrowded road network. If you have information for inclusion in this section send it in to Commercial Motor, Haulage Factfile, Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, fax 0181 652 8971, or phone our news team on 0181 652 3683.
EVENTS
• 11 November: Conference, on The New Trunk Roads Strategy, at The Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, London.
Contact: 0171 233 7600.
• October: Road Haulage Association legal seminars14 October, transport law (Lincoln); 21 October, commercial law (Epping); 28 October, commercial law (Sevenoaks).
Contact: 01733 261131.
• 1 October: Conirolkd Atmosphere in Marine Transport Refrigeration, Hemingford Grey House, Hemingford Grey, Near Huntingdon, Cambs.
Contact: 01223 365101.
• 5-7 October: Terminal
erations Conference and Exhibition, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and industry, Dubai, LTAE.
Contact: 0171 453 5309.
• 9 October: Road Haulage Association, Scotland and Northern Ireland Region, Northern Ireland members inaugural dinner, 19:30hrs, Stakis Park Hotel, Templepatrick. Contact: 01232 449311.
• 13-15 October: Supply Chain Efficiency Seminar '98, Earls Court Conference Centre. London.
Contact: 01234 750323.
• 18 October: First ACM of The Leyland Society. Several hundred truck and bus enthusiasts and former Leyland employees will be invited to the meeting, at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland. Membership casts 110. Contact: 01772 451011.
• 20-21 October: Second 11/11RA International Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics, Hilton National Hotel, Coventry. Contact: 01203 355584.
• 21 October: Road Haulage Association, Northern Region, Dangerous Goods Safety Advisors Seminar, Post House Hotel, Haydock.
Contact: 01274 863100.
• 22-23 October: Seminar on Developing and Delivering Integrated Reimport, Waldorf Meridien Hotel, London, WC2.
Contact: 0171 915 5055.
• 29-30 October: British Stainless Steel Association annual conference, Stratford Moat House Hotel, Stratfordon-Avon, Warwickshire, Contact: 01789 279988.
• 12 November: Motor Fraud, a one-day conference on tackling the problem of motor fraud and its implications for the insurance industry, London EC1. Contact: 01372 841010.
• 18 November: The operators group of the automobile division, Insititute of Mechanical Engineers, is organising a seminar called Improving Vehicle Workshop Efficiency at the Gas Research & Technology centre in Loughborough. Contact: 0171 973 1245.
BUSINESS MOVES Lynx Express
• Parcels carrier Lynx Express has relocated its Carlisle branch from Charlotte Street to a 1,000m2 site on the Durranhill Industrial Estate to cope with a steady growth in demand.
Contact: 01228 529 483.
Swift growth
• West Midlands-based Swift Service is adding a 2,800m2 extension to its Rowley Regis site, at a cost of 11.3m
TRAINING RHA training
• The Road Haulage Association is running a series of seminars: Drivers' hours and tachographs, 13 October, Southampton, 22 October, Grimsby. Dangerous goods safety advisor regulations (with RTT Training Services), 14 October, Lincoln. Transport law, 21 October, Epping. Commercial Law, 28 October, Sevenoaks. Contact: 01733 261131.
PUBLICATIONS Money guide
• The Freight Transport Association, has produced Business Finance for Road Transport.
The 88-page A5 guide offers comprehensive and readable information on business finance aimed at those running road transport firms. i'opics covered include published accounts, finance options, sources, taxation and accounting, partnership with finance providers, trends in finance and some help on budgeting.
Copies have been circulated to all FIA members. Extra copiescost £12 to FTA members or £20 to nonmembers.
Contact: 01892 526171.
TRUCK RACING
• Leaderboard after Round 9, Zolder, Belgium.
1. Faure EM-B): 352.
2. Luostarinen (Cat): 345.
3. Oestreich (M-B): 343.
4. Kreutzpointner (MAN): 328.
5. Parrish (M-B): 319.
6. Albacete (MAN): 225.
PRODUCTS
Drinks maker
• Diwwy UK has produced a mini drinks machine which can be fitted to a truck dashboard. It. produces coffee, tea, chocolate or soup at the touch of a button, but only when the truck is stationary.
Cost: £99 plus P&P. Contact: 01865 882950.
Calor card
• Calor Gas is launching a fuelcard which will be accepted at 13,000 sites across the UK. Companies with vehicles running on LPG will only need to provide drivers with one fuelcard.
Contact: 01926 318473.
PEOPLE
LIG Logistics
• UCI Logistics has appointed Charles Moore to its business development team.
Palletways
• Grant Kenworthy is to head the new project development team at Palletways UK as senior project manager.
RHDTC
• Recently retired Traffic Commissioner John Mervyn Pugh has been appointed chairman of the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council.
ROADWORKS
East Anglia
• Cambridgeshire, Al between Alconbury Hill and the Haddon Interchange: Construction work, lane closures and a contraflow, until 31 December.
London • A3, Clapham Common Northside between A205 junction and A3216: Roadworks with various restrictions, until 30 October.
The North-East
• West Yorkshire, M62 J28-29 Dewsbury to Leeds: Roadworks and restrictions, might also affect MI J42-J43, until 31 December.
The North-West
• Lancashire M6/J33J35: Contraflow, carriageway reduced to two lanes with a 50mph limit both ways for resurfacing and bridge work, until 31 January 1999.
Northern Ireland
• Country Antrim, A26 between Woodgreen and Kellswater Bridge: Southbound diversions in force via Shanksbridge Road, until 18 October.
The South-East
• Kent M20/J8-J9: Contraflow, down to two lanes each way, until 21 November.
The South-West
• Bristol, M5/J18-J19: Major roadworks on Avonmouth Bridge, until 1 January 2001.