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• A delegation including hauliers was due to meet Minister of Police Lord Ferrers at the Home Office on Wednesday (6 July) to discuss William Powell's early day motion on truck theft {CM 10-16 February).
• Two rises in fuel duty helped push CV operating costs above the rate of inflation in 1993, despite a squeeze on wage increases: the cost of operating a 38-tonner rose 5.1% in 1993, says the FTA.
• The Government's Green Paper on the future of the Post Office and Parcelforce, out lost week, suggests discounts for companies presorting and transporting mail to final destinations.
• The SMMT has stepped up its challenge to the IRTE show by moving its second International Commercial Vehicle Bodywork Show from Stoneleigh, oversubscribed this year, to the NEC on 7-9 March 1995.
• TIP Tanker Rental has bought Whale Tanker Hire. The fleet taken over by TIP comprises 14 gully/cesspit emptying tankers.
• Securiccr Group's interim results show increased parcels turnover to 2152m compared to 2123m last year; parcels' pre-tax profits rose from 23.5m to £4.8m to end March.
• The Commercial Motor Best Kept Working Track competition held at Truckfest South West on July 2-3 saw Wm Armstrong carry off the top prize of 2500; Charcuterie won the second prize of 2250; followed by Dale Grange which won 2150.