• Clive Price joined the Institute of Road Transport Engineers'
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engineering executive this week. He was fleet engineer with Redland Roof Tiles.
Slow limit • Strathclyde Regional Council has said it is looking with interest" at Government guidelines encouraging councils to establish 20mph zones in built-up areas. Scottish roads minister Lord James Douglas-Hamilton said the aim was to cut the country's appalling accident record.
More room • North Sea Ferries has increased its freight capacity on the Hull to Europort (Rotterdam) route from 65 to 86 12m trailers.
Sole partner • Danzas UK has teamed up with its subsidiary Johann Hammerle as sole partner for traffic between the UK and the Vorarlberg region of West Austria.
Making more • Trailer rental specialist TIP Europe has turned in pre-tax profits up 25% to E7.5m following a 2.5% rise in turnover to £106.5m for the year to 31 July 1992. But Chairman Jim Davis warns that UK demand remains flat and short-term prospects on the Continent are poor.
Slip delays • The northbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 24 and slip roads to and from the junction will be closed from early November until the end of the year.