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• Securicor Distribution has bought Hays Express Services for £16.7m.
• Trucks are likely to be exempi from plans to ban certain vehicles from the City of London.
Short-sighted hauliers are
shopping around for the , regardless of quality, longevity and suitability, says Glass's Guide, Traffic Commissioners and their deputies held 1,700
H.licinr3.iirir., last year, The Transport Tribunal heard 30 appeals and granted 11.
Around 15% of angestion is caused by roadworks, says the Highways Agency.
EFL Distribution of Ireland and NTS Transport of France are collaborating in a
Franco service.
• Oil companies and Texacc are looking to merge their fuel retailing interests, • Photocard .,ing licence', will be available from 23 July for new drivers only; most other applicants will have to wait until 1999.
• Three more hauliers went into rerIiL last month, making 34 in 12 months,
says Deloilte & Touche.
• Brighter, more efficient LED traffic light, are going on trial at a 1-junction at the end of the M32 in Bristol.
• Elf has launched an ultralow-sulphur diesel at the same price as its conventional diesel.
• Trans-Action plans monthly days of action starting on 20 July until the fuel duty "escalator" is scrapped.