IN BRIEF
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• The strike by up to 6,000 Land Rover workers at Solihull in the West Midlands appears to be over after a back-to-work deal was hammered out early this week with the arbitration body ACAS. A settlement deal was due to be recommended to the company's shop stewards as Commercial Motor went to press.
• Commercial vehicle production during February was seriously affected by strikes, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. Some 15,100 units were produced during the month. Over the past six months output was up 8% over the previous half-year, and up 6% on the corresponding period last year.
• The Institute of the Motor Industry has pulled out of the Engineering Council over a difference of policy. Vehicle engineers wishing to register professional qualifications with the council can no longer do so through the MI, although its sister organisation, the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, remains within the council.
• A petrol station owner who wrote a damning report on oil companies, alleging widespread price-fixing, has had his office ransacked and documents removed. Special Branch officers are investigating.
• The 10-tonne maximum weight limit on the Windermere ferry in Cumbria is being reduced to eight tonnes because of the state of the vessel's deck, and coaches with more than 30 seats will not be allowed to board. The company stresses it is only a precautionary measure.
• Stephen Slater, parliamentary Eason officer with the Transport and General Workers' Union, has resigned after allegations of ballot rigging in the union's recent executive election.