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COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S 1985 Fleet Management Conference takes place on October 17 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. An impressive list of speakers has been lined up under the chairmanship of James Lockhart, managing director of the Transport Development Group.
Sir Peter Lazarus, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Transport, will deliver the opening address. He will be followed by Nick Lester of the Greater London Council. Mr Lester was once a thorn in the side of road transport, at environmental pressure group Transport 2000.
Recently, long-established operators have found themselves called before the Licensing Authorities to answer objections to the renewal of their operator's licence. These objections come from local authorities and residents adjacent to the premises.
We are staging a mock traffic court to prepare delegates for a visit to the LA. Charles Arnold-Baker, Eastern Deputy LA will preside, John Backhouse and Michael Gotelee, both well-known solicitors in the traffic courts, will argue the case and a wellknown, but as yet anonymous, operator will appear as the applicant.
Richard Graham, from Ashridge Training College, will open the afternoon session on the thorny subject of training.
Pat Lowry, once of British Leyland and now chairman of Acas, the conciliation service, has agreed to discuss the machinery for wage negotiations and talk about Acas.
The final session is a manufacturer and suppliers' panel, representing Daf Trucks, Mercedes-Benz, Seddon Atkinson, Foden and TIP.
A registration form will appear in CM soon, but if readers want to make a provisional booking at a fee of £60 plus vat they should write to FMC '85, Commercial Motor, Room 3 0 4C, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. Please do not send the fee — we will invoice you later.