NCE AGAIN the vexed question of permit quotas is being discussed in Brussels. nce again we pose the question, why quotas at...

There are 42 service areas throughout 31,862 miles of British motorway and an Weatherley has taken a long, hard )k at them to...

IN A FOLLOW-UP to its stati ment at the Frankfurt Mote Show in September (CM Sei tember 24), Daf Trucks has i sued more details...

CARRYFAST, the express parcels carrier bought-out by its management, is to offer shares to employees early next year on a...

EEC Ministers have adopt an EEC directive which in make life a little easier for int' national haulage drivers. From January...

ITAIN will ask the EEC this Inth for an increase in next ar's quota of community . mits although the chances of ming more out...

THE FIRST Mark Vane Memorial Award has been won by Tom Curran (54) of Roadline (UK). Mr Curran who is based at Manchester will...

HEALTH and safety at work are the responsibility of each employee. The attitude that it is someone else's responsibility is...

PETER THOMPSON, chairman and chief executive of the National Freight Consortium, this week received the 1983 Hambro award for...

THE GOVERNMENT's proposals on the allocation of road track costs (CM, November 5) have been greeted with a mixed reception from...

DATAPOST, the Royal Mail's high-speed courier delivery service, has expanded its service to Denmark and Austria. The service...

TRAFFIC LEVELS in the Eastei region of England are forecast! rise by 30 per cent in the yea up to 1991, according to a jail...

THE importance of roads in the development of communications in general was emphasised by Road Haulage Association...

as head of TRRL TRANSPORT UNDER Secretary Geoff Margason is to become the new director of the Transport and Road Research...

MIKE JOYCE has become fleet sales manager for Econocruise, the Rugby-based subsidiary of AE Group. He brings to this new...

MARTIN DULLY, chief executive of the Irish Airports Authority, Aer Rianta, has been elected president of the Chartered...

ON DECEMBER 31, 1983, Campbell Fraser will retire chairman and become presidE of Dunlop Holdings. He will succeeded by Sir...

To further strengthen SCE (Great Britain's) marketing t€ and to capitalise on Scan success in the coach mar Peter Kitt has...

Mr Harrop succeeds FRANK JEFFERIES who will continue as a non-executive director of the board. He joined Interlube Systems,...

its Hendon branch with effect from January 2, 1984, following the retirement of W. BACK, who first joined Duple in July 1935,...

Business Press International publication — Motor Trader. After four years with CM he joins Motor Trader as features editor....

HE GREATER LONDON Council has a vital part to play in the future F London's roads. If it is abolished as the Government...

HE GREATER Manchester ouncil has issued lorry parking , oposals to control the envi)nm enta I impact of lorries ithin urban...

THE GLC's proposed by-pass for Hayes and Southall in West London has received strong support from Movement for London. The...

AN ATTACK on possible moves to let private enterprise run parts of Lothian Regional Council's transport department has come...

FIFTY-FOUR vehicle prohibitions over the past five years led to Freightliners losing its licence margin for an additional 51...

THE JOHN BROWN engineering group, whose subsidiaries include Craven Tasker, Boalloy, and East Lancashire Coach Builders, has...

District A NEW North-Eastern Districl the Road Haulage Associatioi to be established following • merger of the present North...

ANS for a 30-acre freight centre in South Wales have been proIsed by a Conservative MP. The centre, with rail link to a...

THE RECENT statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that planned capital and current expenditure by the Department of...

A COMPETITIVE system for importing goods from Germany by road has been set up by British freight forwarders Davies Turner. It...

A THREE DAY international con design will be held from February Geneva commercial vehicle show gress on vehicle and component...

OWNERS of 177 Rover 2.4 SD turbocharged diesel-engined cars are being advised to return them to Austin Rover dealers for...

THE MOTOR Industry Researc Association (Mira) intends t bring its recently commissione high-energy crash test faciliti which is...

HE PROBLEMS of "spurious" spare parts which seriously affect glide warranties was highlighted once again by the announcetent...

.T. AUTOCHEMILUBE, based Banbury in Oxfordshire, is a wy company offering a sevenly delivery service throughout e UK. It aims...

FROM January next year Perkins will be offering through its Powerpart distributors in the UK and Ireland only a fuel heater...

ICL Transport, the distribution division of British computer manufacturer ICL, is taking delivery of 15 new vehicles as part of...

DURING a quick conversation with any one of the large number of tractor manufacturers present at the 1983 Smithfield Show held...

NATIONAL Bus Company subsidiary Midland Red North has formed a new luxury mini-coach operation in Rugeley, which is trading as...

BROCKHOUSE Maxwell Bus Transmissions, the company formed by the Brockhouse group to manufacture and market the simple but...

SPANISH coachbuilder lrizar has re-entered the British coach market after an absence of four years and has appointed a new...

A MAN who claimed proi sional competence under "grandfather rights" provisii was held to have lost his corn tence by the...

EAD with interest J. A. tcher's letter in your ivember 19 issue regarding Certificate of Professional mpetence. Nhile fully...

ANNOY1NG and !strafing to find that road ers still use the high-intensity 3r lamps even when there is ly the slightest hint of...

I, TOO like Mr May (CM October 15} and Mr Buglass (CM November 5) think of Commercial Motor as much more than an operators'...

IN CM October 151 noticed a letter from Mr John May of Alberta, Canada, requesting a compilation of old CM articles. i do agree...

A purely drivers' ionisation, the CFDC has a ndate to represent its .mbers to all sectors of the blic as well as government I...

ERIES ABOUT permits and )tas have always been high the list of inquiries from our mbers. There seem to be few igs which cause...

RECENTLY received this sad er from Ron Sale of Bethnal )en. am writing this letter to let A know that from October 10, 33 my...

Dave Street, CFDC area officer for Rainham, has been driving HGV 1 for about 10 years. He has driven to Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi...

ro's Citybus has . e driver appeal than other machine in its s, and Noel Millier I in heaven as he ( it on our central don...

,VE no time for the port manager who says 's no business about. a's work enough for those go after it," said Geoff II, BRS...

3S have come to a pretty ovhen London Transport I employ what are almost clothes detectives to catch cheats on buses and...

THE GOVERNMENT'S new spur to tourism may well benefit coach operators but may not please everyone, particularly those who...

THE TRADITIONAL nursery song has been amended by progressive mothers who now sing to their infants: "Severn Bridge is falling...

The long march to South Yorkshire socialists is not Mao's trek but 'How far to the nearest bus stop?' Yet cutting this distance...

this . 's CBI conference by urging fellow industrialists to "get heir butts" and sell hard, the on's bus operators were )ably...

prizes were arded for the entries pmitted by the bus I coach operators in last class of this les CM International ary...

After years of stability on the British coach market the influx of continental coaches in the eighties has had an unsettling...

IF SATISFACTORY steering and minimum tyre wear are to be achieved, various geometrical angles (alignment, camber, castor and...

:IBLE (without the first E) is 1 of America's famous names )us production (it started life iufacturing motorcycle side ; and...

THE DEMISE of bus grant I severe curbs on public secspending, the choice of a new an bus must be a difficult or some...

NEW that I was going to ve problems with the :eptionist at Glenton Tours ad office. 'Good morning," I said. ve got an...

the lack f it, has been the most nportant factor in the cceptance of speed miters and Lucas ienzle has been rorking on how to...

south to the sun and the ninth international week of the bus and coach. Once there, though, the Germans rather dimmed their...