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• Thousands of DOT employees in Traffic Area Offices, Vehicle Registration Offices and the DVLA at Swansea are to sr! ke tomorrow (Friday 5 November) in protest against market testing and privatisation.
• There were over 270,000 people in England killed or injured in road accidents last year—a slight increase on 1991, according to the DOT's report, Road Accident Statistics English Regions 1992.
• Four National/Scottish Vocational Qualificatior for the road haulage and distribution industry will be launched later this month.
• The lveco Ford dealerships at Brighton and Hildenborough, near Ton bridge in Kent were reprieved last week when Ford dealer Hancock Ford of Horsham, Sussex bought the businesses from receivers dealing with the failed Stormont Group.
• Hauliers wanting the Government to outlaw late payment of commercial debt should join the Forum of Private Business's national prompt payment register, according to the Labour and Liberal Democrat Parties.
• International hauliers no longer need permits to travel to Aii.x.nia following an agreement with the country to give unlimited access.
• The DOT is considering the appointment of independent medical referees to replace medical appeal tribunals for appeals against DVLA decisions on the issue of LGV licences.