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• The Department of Transport is the Government's top spender on privatisation advice from consultants. The DOT spent El 24.2m between 1979-1995: £50m more than any other Department.
• The RHA's Budget submission this week asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce measures to reduce road congestion and taxation on hauliers.
• The distribution arm of the Hays Group has announced divisional profits of £55m for 1995, up more than 25m on lost year.
• The Department of Transport has published proposals designed to reduce the 700 bridge bashing incidents a year.
The proposals recommend new cab notices with height information and automatic vehicle warning devices.
• Nearly 800 road haulage and distribution national vocational qualifications (NVQs) were awarded in the second quarter of 1995 (April-June)-300 more than the whole of the 12 previous months.
• A new automatic road signaling system designed to warn drivers of congestion and advise on alternative routes is to be put into operation on the Manchester Motorway ring road which is due to open in 1998.
• A car transporter driver went on unawares after a car rolled off the back of his vehicle this week. Following motorists on the M4 watched with relief as the car rolled onto the hard shoulder.