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'THE Minister of Labour has now circu-1 lated to interested organizations draft definitions outlining the activities he proposes should be covered by the industrial training board to be set up for the road transport industry under the Industrial Training Act, 1964.
The activities to be covered are in the carriage of passengers by motor vehicles for hire or reward, including taxi and car hire services; the carriage or haulage of goods on roads for hire or reward; furniture removing; public warehousing (other than work performed by registered dock workers); repair of motor vehicles or goods vehicles; buying, selling or hiring out of motor vehicles or goods vehicles; driving instructing, retail sale of petrol and motor oils; wholesale sale of motor vehicle components and accessories (other than tyres) and the sale of transport service equipment.
Any organization which considers that it has an interest in this draft definition, and has not yet received a copy is asked to apply to the Ministry of Labour (TC1) 32, St. James's Square, London, S.W.1. The Ministry wants comments by May 12.
In more detail, the activities to be included under the Road Transport Training Board are:—
" (a) the carriage of passengers by motor vehicles on roads for hire OT reward;
(b) the carriage or haulage of goods by goods vehicles on roads for hire or reward;
(c) the letting out on hire (with or without the services of the drivers) of motor vehicles for the carriage of persons or of goods vehicles for the carriage or haulage of goods; (d) arranging by way of business the transport of goods by goods vehicles on roads;
(e) the repair of motor vehicles or goods vehicles; (f) the buying or selling of motor vehicles or goods vehicles by way of business; (g) the collection of motor vehicles or goods vehicles and their delivery by road by way of business; (h) the removal of furniture by way of business; (i) giving instruction by way of business in the driving of motor vehicles orgoods vehicles; (j) the sale by retail of petrol, diesel oil, or lubricating or other oils for use in motor vehicles or gods vehicles; (k) the sale by wholesale of components; replacements, spare parts, or accessories for motor vehicles or goods vehicles: (I) the selling or letting out on hire of transport service equipment by way of business;
(m) public warehousing; (n) any activities being (i) related activities incidental or ancillary to principal activities of the road transport industry: or
(ii) activities undertaken in the administration, control or direction of one or more establishments engaged wholly or mainly in principal activities of that industry, in related activities incidental or ancillary thereto, Or in the administration, control Or direction of one or more establishments engaged in such principal or related activities; and carried out, in either case, by the employer engaged in those principal activities or, where that employer is a company, by the company or by an associated company of the company; (o) any activities of industry or commerce (other than road transport activities) carried out at or from an establishment mainly engaged (i) in road transport activities; or (ii) in road transport activities and in activities described in the Appendix to this Schedule, but to a greater extent in road transport activities than in activities described in that Appendix in telution to any one industry."
The Road Transport Training Board will not cOver, such activities as London Transport's vehicle repair work; the cleaning or repairing of vehicles in a minor way as an ancillary to other non-transport activities; the work of Electricity Boards, Gas Boards, the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. "
The schedule of activities stipulates that the type of transport work normally carried out under C licence is not included in the area covered by the new Board. This is in accord with the previously stated intention to have C-licensees, as such, placed under the training boards of their respective industries (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, October 8, 1965).
When it is set up later this year the Road Transport Training Board will cover approximately 900,000 people, making it the third largest industrial training group (the Engineering Board covers 3.8m., the Construction Industry Board about 1.7m. employees).
More orders for lightweight pantechnicons
ANOTHER order for 100 pantechnicons has r-1 been received by Syd Abrams Ltd., Vauxhall/Bedford main dealers. The vehicles are to be built to two different specifications—the already established 1,800 cu. ft. version based on the Bedford SB5 passenger coach chassis which retails at £1,925 inclusive of twin headlights, heater, passenger seat and many optional extras, and the 1,500 cu. ft. version based on the Bedford VAS passenger chassis.
In the body construction of the vehicles, reinforced glass-fibre mouldings are used for the front to a point just behind the cab door, and for the tailboard, the rear doors and the roof. The roof is translucent over its whole area. Steel reinforcing is used in the tailboard to give sufficient strength to heavy items such as pianos. The sides of the body are manufactured of Plymax.
The design of the pantechnicons is the result of many inquiries for cheap, lightweight models and they are produced as a joint venture by Syd Abrams and Bowyer Bros. (Congleton) Ltd., the bodybuilding concern. This was started in June, 1964, and has brought in more than 300 orders.
More Guys for GPO and Regent: In the fortnight ended April 2, Guy Motors Ltd. received orders for their Big J trucks to the value of some £600,000. These orders consist of four-wheeled tractive units and rigid fourand six-wheeled trucks. The largest one comes from Post Office Contracts, who have ordered 46 16 ft. 10 in.-wheelbase six-wheeled trucks, to be fitted with AV 505 engines. This repeat order will bring the total number of Guys in service or on order with this operator to BO. In addition, Regent OB Co., a regular Guy buyer for many years, has ordered 12 four-wheeled tractive units with 9 ft. 6 in. wheelbases and NHE 220 engines.
York Trailer Co. Worth .E24m.: A market value of about £2im. with percentage earnings of 9.45 and an assumed dividend of 45 per cent, yielding 6.43 per cent, is contained in particulars published on Monday relating to the York Trailer Co. Ltd. Profits are forecast at £440,000, subject to corporation tax. If the tax is 35 per cent, profits retained will be £124,000; if 40 per cent, profits will be £102,000. The York company is now substantially bigger than its parent— York Transport Equipment, of Toronto.
New Chloride Company: The Chloride Group has formed a new company known as Chloride Overseas Ltd., which will bring together the administration of the increasing responsibilities of the group's overseas operations.