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PRINCESS AT RNA AND FFA ANNUAL DINNERS • Princess Anne will be guest of honour at the Road Haulage Association's annual dinner on May 12.
Venue for the dinner will be the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. For more details contact the RHA at 104, New Kings Road, London SW6 4LN, phone 01-736 1183.
• The Princess will also attend the Freight Transport Association's annual dinner, at the London Hilton on April 27. FTA director-general Garry Turvey says: The industry is looking forward very much to welcoming the princess."
SOFIWARE CONFERENCE • The 1987 Warehouse and Distribution Software Conference will take place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on January 27 and 28.
Speakers will include Bob Bayley, a senior member of the Birds Eye Walls distribution team, who will be talking about the use of on-board computer terminals in distribution; Dave Bentley, UK General Manager of ORES, talking about optimum fleet sizes and mixes; and Andy Cameron, director of Synergy, who will talk about his company's Ranger and Locator products.
The conference is being organised by the Cranfield Institute of Technology's National Materials Handling Centre. Further information from Hilary Keeble on 0234 750323.
TORQUAY'S COACHES • This year's Torquay Hotels Association workshop for coach operators/organisers is scheduled for April 10-12. It will be the first exhibition to be held in the .215 million English Riviera Centre.
The workshop will be free to operators and organisers of group travel; for more information contact the secretary of the THA at 12 Walnut Road, Chlston, Torquay TQ2 6HS. phone 0803 605808.
ALL CHANGE • On March 28 the Chartered Institute of Transport will host a seminar of the effects of bus deregulation.
All Change on the Buses will take place in the Nuffield Theatre Complex, Southampton University and will cost ,E1.50 (by prior booking only) including refreshments.
Speakers will include: Bob Gregory (chief public transport assistant, Hampshire County Council), James Freeman (managing director, Provincial Bus Company) and Dr Caroline Cahrn (chairman, National Federation of Bus Users and regional co-ordinator for Buswatch).
To book a place, or for more information, contact Doug Jones, Forward Planning Section, County Surveyors Dept, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, or phone 0962 54411 extn 7173.