Diesel drop
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• Diesel prices ranged from 41.6-43.6p/litre as CM went to press.
Scania dealer
• Scania is setting up a wholly-owned dealership to cover Shropshire and North Wales.
No licences
• Drivers of off-road construction vehicles and plant will continue to be exempt from having to hold HGV licences, Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope has said in reply to a Commons question.
Women's work
• London Bus subsidiary London Northern Buses is working with Islington council to increase the number of women drivers it employs; '32 of LNB's 872 drivers are women.
El See Women in Transport; pages 28, 38 and 40.
Normal hours
• The drivers' hours regulations went back to normal last weekend — they had been relaxed to help hauliers cope with the cold snap.
TAO savings
• The reorganisation of Traffic Area Offices after 1 April will save .2650,000 a year, says Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope.
Czeching in
• Czechoslovakia wants to build a motorway between Prague and Germany before the year 2000.