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NEXT WEEK CM goes to Wales. John Darker, who w one of the first to congratulate Road Haulage Association area secretary Peter Webb on his promotio to the South Wales appointment 10 years ago, h been back to see Peter and has also visited another old friend, Terry Barnes, of the Freight Transport Association.
Alan Millar has interviewo Edgar Williams, managing director of the Transport Development Group's Williams Bros (Wales) Ltd, Connah's Quay, in Clwyd. Edgar has persisted with comprehensive staff trainini schemes which others in industry are still reluctant to try.
Graham Montgomerie writes about the Ford factor at Swansea, which, he finds, has at least one advantage over Dagenham, Langley, Brentwood and the rest in that it enjoys a view of the sea.
Noel Millier, our passenger editor, has visited two of the National Bus Company's answers to the problems of public transport in rural area of South Wales. The solution both increase the mobility of country-dwellers.
In another article Noel talk about the activities of the Confederation of British Row Passenger Transport in Wale And John Darker, who has also been busy, discovered on his visit to South Wales just how severe has been the impact of the steel industry's over-capacity problems on road haulage. Numbers of large fleets of 50 to 70 vehicle: have been cut down by as much as two thirds, he writes and this ratio applies to some smaller firms to whom he spoke.
Our usual features next week include Driving for Profit by Ron Douglas and Topic by Janus.