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obtained registration against the requirements of ISO 9000, mostly, Part 2 of the Standard and growing... held by manufacturing companies, although there is growing interest in specialist storage and freight companies. As interest in quality assurance and total management grows, the role of certification is likely to grow, R Collyer, head of scheme at the BSI, told the FrancoBritish Road Haulage Conference in London organised by the Chambre de Commerce Francaise de Grande-Bretagne. Details of application procedure and cost of obtaining registration can be obtained from Business Development, BSI, PO Box 375, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LL.
• vehicle would be used only on average three days a week. Maintenance would be done on Saturdays between 0800 and 1700 hours.
Evidence was given that though the access road was quite narrow, it was used by 73-seater buses. The representors would be unable to see or hear anything emanating from the operating centre.
After the LA had said that the representors had referred to damage to a garden wall and a street lamp, director Paul Wright said the wall had been damaged by a vehicle belonging to a haulage company which had since moved from the estate. He said that he would have no objection to conditions limiting the size of the vehicle and the hours of operation.
Granting a licence with conditions restricting the size of the vehicle to be operated to 16 tonnes and the times of operation to those stated, Whalley said that if the use intensified to the extent that there were vehicle movements at night, the sleep of the residents would be disturbed, and to that extent he felt that the representations were valid.