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• has called on the Government to give more tax breaks for vehicles powered by "green fuel". It has just added a natural gas-powered 32-tanner to its fleet.
• SN( , the French stateowned railway company, has joined a consortium of UK freight managers to bid for a stake in British Rail's heavy freight network, • Exel Logistic_ has invested £1.5m in a new base in Pontypool to provide distribution services for Lucas's car braking system factory in Gwent.
Owner-driver Roy Clarke, freed in October from a Spanish jail after being acquitted of drug smuggling, is back in Spain in a bid to recover his truck and passport from the authorities in Malaga.
• New and simpler accident reporting regulations are to be introduced by the Government in April. The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 replace four separate sets of regulations.
• ERF has announced a in pre-tax profits of 36% to £1.1m for the six months to 30 September on a turnover up 23% to El 12.6m,
• The RAC has launched a Lim comput-rised
tration cy,, aimed at reducing the time spent on paperwork. RAC Commercial Respond is available to all hauliers covered by RAC Commercial Assistance.