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Let's help small firms
Page 38
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THE EMPHASIS of your editorial of March 16 concerning the very large number of 'O'-licences held by small operators and owner-drivers, is exactly right; Department of Transport figures for 1976 suggested that nearly 90 per cent of operators owned five vehicles or less.
Our own industry is heavily dependent on this type of operator, and in general they do a very good job for us.
Your comments about the need for basic understanding of management techniques could perhaps be taken in conjunction with problems they face over the present CPC issue.
Widespread criticism of the RSA examination has been endorsed by the Foster Committee's report, but a great deal of concern must remain at the apparent lethargy of Government in initiating changes.
If the transport industry had been adequately consulted before the introduction of the CPC the facts which you so forcefully demonstrate might have emerged earlier; that is, a typical transport operator is not a senior corporate manager having a detailed knowledge of commercial and legislative matters, but typically the owner of a very small business, and in many cases a driver himself.
It would be of enormous help to the industry if the Road Haulage Association could clear its own mind on this matter; its evidence to Foster recommended even tougher conditions of entry than exist at present; this is hardly conducive to protecting the position of the owner-driver, whether he is contracted or independent.
C. A. B. SANDERS, Group Distribution Manager, Amey Roadstone Corporation, London, W1