Manchester Told To End Bonuses
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THLFederation of Municipal Pasger Transport Employers have told Manchester Transport Department to cease paying bonuses to busmen.
So far the corporation have refused to do so and a special meeting of the Federation is to be held in London early next week to consider the next step.
It is understood the Federation have told Manchester Corporation that there is no provision in the incentive-bonus scheme approved by the National Joint industrial Council for any "in lieu" payment if the scheme became unworkable.
Under Manchester's scheme, bus crews are awarded bonuses on the basis of the number of passengers they carry above a basic figure. It was adopted when Manchester was refused permission to make extra payments above the rates agreed by the N.J.1.C. as an inducement to recruitment of bus crews and to check the constant drainage of their present staff.
BUSHOME SALES STATIC: BIG • CHANCES OVERSEAS
THdemand for buses and coaches in the United Kingdom is not likely to increase very much from present levels and some decline is possible in the future. This conclusion is reached in the March issue of Motor Business, the quarterly research bulletin published by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The reasons are the consolidation of coach and bus operation into fewer and larger undertakings, the trend towards larger buses and competition from the railways and private motoring
The export market. on the other, hand, offers great scope for increasing sales. British exporters, it is concluded, arc well placed to take advantage of the expanding export market in buses and coaches.
Although sales of light vehicles in the United Kingdom may not expand much this year, in the long run growth prospects are thought to be good. An increase of 27 per cent. by 1962 in the sales of such vehicles in the domestic market is regarded as Consistent with present trends in income and investment, B TRANSFER GRANT
THE Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority has granted a B -licence for two vehicles to Mr. W. Michie, Newton of Falkland, and allowed its transfer to Mr. Orr Thomson, Kennoway. Three' vehicles Were sought.
Mr. Michie, when troubled by bad health, asked Mr. Thomson to manage' his business. Mr. Thomson served many of Mr. Michie's customers but not all.
NO CLEARING HOUSE THERE had been no demand for a
clearing house to arrange loads for C-licence vehicles in Nottingham, the council of -Nottingham Chamber of Commerce were told on Monday.