Danish dodge • Danish hauliers are setting up operating centres
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in Luxembourg to avoid high wage costs and vehicle taxes. Major operators like LS Intertank and H P Ther kelsen have been tempted by vehicle taxes of around 2305 a year in Luxembourg compared with around £2,800 in Denmark.
Hall award
• Stephen Hall, commercial manager for Keynsham based 01lis Transport, walked away with Overdrive's 1989 Transport Manager of the Year award last week. Roads and Traffic minister Robert Atkins presented him with a troph and 25,000.
Bucks deal
• Buckinghamshire Count Council has placed a 21,250,000 order with Leyland Daf dealer Brian Curti Milton Keynes for 46 new vehicles, including vans, tip pers, minibuses, box vans, a mobile library and motorway maintenance vehicles.
Ekins moves in
• Simon Ekins is the new national chairman of the Institute of Transport Administration. He is the delivery services manager of Royal Mail Letters, based: Darlington.