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OPEN ALL HOURS FOR SCANIA • Morville Trucks, the East Midlands Scania truck distributor, will be open 24 hours a day for servicing and parts from 06:00hrs Mondays to noon Saturdays at its Lutterworth base. For more details phone (04555) 56221.
CHART A COURSE TO MANCHESTER • A full service depot in Ashton Road, Manchester has been opened by Chart Hire Services, a division of the truck rental and contract hire firm Chart Services.
The depot will offer contract hire (with or without drivers), truck rental up to 38 tonnes, tachograph analysis and vehicles maintenance. For details contact Chart Services on (0527) 404000.
SEDDON ATIUNSON SPREADS FURTHER • Four service and repair agents have been appointed by Seddon Atkinson in Inverness, Daventry, Haverfordwest and Grays, Essex. All offer full workshop facilities with opening hours to suit demand, but parts sales, vehicle sales and deliveries will remain the responsibility of the nearest full distributor or parts and services main dealer.
For details phone: Inverness (0463) 231727; Daventry (0327) 703235; Haverfordwest (0437) 5664 or Grays (0708) 868241.
SCOTTISH AGENTS FOR DAVID MACKRILL • Hugh Logan Engineering of, Steeps, Glasgow has been appointed Scottish agent for David MacKrill Engineering waste handling products, which include the MacLift series of skip units and the MacPac MOD EQUIPMENT UNDER THE HAMMER • Central Motor Auctions plans to sell surplus plant and vehicles from the Ministry of Defence on the third Tuesday of each month. Most of the lots will be sold without reserve at CMA's new purposebuilt centre at Shepshed in Leicester.
For further information phone (0509) 502171.
RTITB SPANNERMEN CONTEST FINAL • On Thursday 30 June Telfford will host the final of the Road Transport Industry Training Board's national junior mechanics competition.
The eliminating practical round starts at 09:30hrs with the theory quiz at 13:30hrs. The public are welcome to attend.
The final will be held at the RTITB Multi-occupational and Education Centre, High Ercall, Telford, Shropshire.
For more information phone (0952) 770100. YORK CITUNNEL CONFERENCE DAIS • The date for the York Channel Tunnel conference has been changed to Friday 9 September. Those who applied for the original date will automatically be given the opportunity to be included in the new delegate list; the programme is unchanged.
PUBLICATIONS
GET A LOAD OF 'MIS • Stokvis has produced a loading-bay handbook which covers all areas of loading bay design and operation including gates, dock levellers, buffers and light systems.
It is available tree from R S Stokvis and Sons, Pool Road, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 OHN, phone 01-941 1212.
STOKVLS
TYRE DISTRIBUTORS SURVEY FROM ICC • The ICC Information Group has published the 1988 edition of the tyre factors and distributors financial survey and company directory.
The publication contains information from 430 quoted and unquoted companies including a survey of company accounts, 15 unquoted companies with
profits over million, Dunlop's unquoted profit table and 65 unquoted companies reporting a loss.
Copies of the survey, priced £145, are available from ICC Financial Surveys, 28-42 Banner Street, London EClY 8QE, or phone 01-253 9736.
RITA EUROBOOK • The Road Haulage Association has produced a pamphlet entitled Towards 1992 — The Single European Market with information on EEC haulage proposals, taxes, domestic transport and cabotage.
Copies can be obtained free of charge from the RHA.
TRAINING
• ODY REPAIRS FOR WOMEN • The Road Transport Industry Training Board is offering young women the chance to train in parts department practice and vehicles body repair and refinishing. The courses begin in September and are open to women from the Greater Birmingham area.
The scheme will be run as a YTS training programme: both courses lead to certification under the board's modular training scheme and to qualifications under the City and Guilds London Institute.
Light and heavy vehicles mechanics and body repairing courses are also available to all young people in the Birmingham, Walsall and Dudley areas.
These two-year programmes include 42 weeks of classroom training, and the RTITB feels that the prospects of permanent employment after the courses are excellent.
Application for all of these courses should be sent to the regional manager, RTITB, West Midlands region, MOTEC, High Ercall, Telford, Shropshire TF6 6RB, phone (0952) 770100.
HOLDING THE JOB DOWN IN KENDAL • Stuart Kelly is running monthly courses in Kendal, Cumbria designed to teach drivers how to rope and sheet all types of loads.
A weekend course costs £60; for more information contact Stuart Kelly, 50 Helmside Road, Oxenholme, near Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7HA, phone (0539) 27467 after 18:00hrs.
EQUIPMENT
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• Jabus Engineering has produced a soft-washer cutter which is capable of making any sealing or spacing washer from soft materials, including rubber, gasket material and shimstock. The cutter can be used on any 12.7mm capacity pedestal drilling machine and can make washers up to a diameter of 200mm.
The tool is supplied with Allen keys, a pack of spare blades and is available from most DIY and trade suppliers priced 225, including VAT. For more information contact Jabus Engineering, Ash Barn, Brauton, North Devon EX33 2EG, phone (0271) 816917.
SLIMLINE LIGHTING • Two slimline interior lights have been added to the FM range. Lumo 1 and Lumo 3 are said to be easy to fit and have two external fixing centres, so there is no need to cut panel recesses for installation.
Lumo 1 has a single eight watt lamp while the Lumo 3 has twin lamps. Both have cracked-ice diffusers with no end caps and integral on/off switches.
For information contact FKI Cableform, Gatrix Works, Gatrix Lane, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 2PH, phone (0427) 833533.
INTERNATIONAL THE WAY TO 1992
• In preparation for 1992, Deloitte Haskins and Sells is offering large companies, including those in transport, upto-date information and advice on the single European market, specifically tailored for individual needs.
The EC 1992 Workshop discusses how 1992 will affect a particular company and gives top management the opportunity to discuss the implications and future action points with experts.
The EC Database provides analysis and specific information on how 1992 will affect various industries, including transport. For more information contact Deloitte Haskins and Sells on 01-248 3913.
CYPRUS OPENS UP
• UK hauliers no longer need permits for lorries going to Cyprus. This change to the UK/Cyprus Road Transport Agreement was negotiated last month in Nicosia.
FERRIES NO COST FOR THE COACH TO CORK
• Swansea Cork Ferries is offering coach operators free coach travel on selected crossings between Swansea and Cork.
On some midweek ferries the return passenger fare for a coach party of 30-52 people is 220 a head but the coach goes free. The offer lasts until the end of the year.
For details phone Swansea Cork Ferries' London office on 01-925 0188.
ROAD NEWS M25 SPEED LIMIT
• A 50mph speed limit has been imposed on the M25 between junction 10 (Chertsey) and junction 13 (Staines) while improvement work is being carried out.
ERSIUNE TOLL DOWN
• Erskine Bridge in Scotland is to have a flat rate toll of 40p — a reduction of 40p for HGVs not covered by concessionary arrangements.
ROAD CLOSURES ON THE M63
• During summer and autumn there will be lane closures on the M63 from junctions 12 and 13 to facilitate work on the railway viaduct in Stockport.
Until 9 July there will be lane closures on both carriageways for the construction of central reserve crossings: one lane will be open for westbound traffic and two lanes for eastbound traffic.
After July, only one carriageway will be closed at a time.