Allders' Mercs
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• Ryder has supplied 14 Mercedes 814 boxvan vehicles to Croydon-based retail group Allders Department Stores. They have lightweight GRP bodies and Ratcliffe tail-lifts.
Waste check IN Customs checks on all trucks carrying waste were ordered by France on Sunday after the discovery of an illicit trade in hazardous hospital waste. Ten trucks bringing waste from Germany were intercepted in north-eastern France in the space of seven days. Three Frenchmen now face up to two years in jail.
Franchise sale
• A £60,000-turnover Business Post parcels delivery franchise in North Kent is up for sale: the asking price is £45,000.
Proxy vote
• The Licensing Authorities have ruled that only nominated individuals may act as transport managers. "Pools" of qualified managers will not be allowed.
Plant cut
• Sit tingbourne-based S and P Plant Contractors has had its licence revoked from 1 September and has been disqualified from holding an 0-licence in any traffic area for the next two years for falsifying tacho records.
lights jam
In New traffic lights caused five-mile tailbacks at the Newbridge roundabout near Edinburgh on Monday (17 August). Planners had got the sequencing of the lights wrong at the busy roundabout, which handles traffic from the M8 and M9 motorways.