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• The Department of Transport plans to build 17 new motorway service areas, including one on the M4 in the Reading area. three on the M25, one at Telford on the M54 and one at Birchanger on the M11.
Off-road deal
• Nissan and Ford are to collaborate on a 4W1) offroad vehicle which will be sold throughout Europe from the start of 1993. It will be produced and developed by Nissan in Spain and sold through Ford and Nissan's dealer networks throughout Europe.
Hills aboard
• Alan Hills, 44, has been appointed managing director of Daf International, the Manchester-based company established earlier this year to sell Leyland Dais and Dais internationally.
HGV pay
• Junior Employment Minister Patrick Nicholls says that the average gross weekly earnings of male HGV drivers was 2216.90 in April 1988, the latest date for which information is available.
Royal rise
• HGV drivers working for the Royal Mail parcels service have had their earnings boosted by £35.64 to £166.08 a week under a new 12-month wage agreement.
Set to guide
• A consortium led by GEC is set to win the licence to operate the Autoguide electronic route guidance system on a trial basis in London, starting in 1992. The system is expected to cost about £250 per vehicle and £60 a year.
Law bra kers
• Italy is to make anti-lock brakes compulsory on all new buses over 12 tonnes, and new trucks over 16 tonnes. The Italian law comes into force on 1 October, the UK follows suit on 1 October 1991.