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Bill 'a nasty weapon
3rd May 1968, Page 58
3rd May 1968
Page 58
Page 58, 3rd May 1968
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• The commercial vehicle industry has the sword of Damocles hanging over it on the home market in the shape of the Transport Bill—admittedly the sword has been "Budget blunted" but it is still a nasty wea pon. So said BMH chairman Sir George Harriman when, as its president, he addressed the annual general meeting of the SMMT on Thursday.
Concrete evidence of progress was seen in the industry's output figures for March when car production reached a record rate for any March period of 40,500 a week and commercial vehicles were up by about 1,700 a week. For exports he forecast a 1968 increase of between 30 and 35 per cent over last year for cars and for commercial vehicles the advances should fall little short of those for cars".