THE LIGHT has dawned on the Labour Party and the TUC. They recognise at last that "Transport is not a frill to the economy or...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has complained to the Department of Transport about proposals to increase heavy goods vehicle...

LEYLAND'S commercial vehicle activities become more autonomous from October 1, in the first stage of Sir Michael Edwardes'...

SEDDON ATKINSON he changed its arrangements for nancing facilities through i distributors, and has move away from a partnership...

THE GOVERNMENT has revive interest in the long-debated prc ject to build a dual carriagewa section of the Al at Archwa Road, in...

FIGURES published this week by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that total commercial vehicle sales for...

sell its 37 per cent share DAF vice-chairman Mr A. Van der Padt told CM last week that, in accordance with the terms of the...

OR THE first time in the EEC's history the Council of Ministers may e brought before the European Court of Justice for failing...

HE WHOLE concept of the "World Truck" is nonsense according to oger Smith, general sales and marketing manager of Sandbach...

;EABOURNE Express, the Barkng, Essex-based international iaulier which last year won a ueen's Award for Export kchievement, has...

SIR ROBERT LAWRENCE, who steps down next month as National Freight Consortium chairman, opened Eastern BRS's Langley Mill...

Dutch drivers deal NETHERLANDS lorry drivers have won a wage deal which includes a 2.4 per cent cost of living increase with...

REVISED maps of Britain's existing and planned trunk roads have been published by the Department of Transport. There are two...

THE GOVERNMENT has given the go-ahead for work to start on a £10m four-mile dual-carriageway west of Cardiff, linking the A48...

A DRIVER FAILED in his claim for compensation last week when an industrial tribunal ruled that Dacoll Engineering Services of...

OPERATORS carrying goods into the Irish Republic should note that value added tax must now be paid at the point of entry to the...

OPTIMUM route information hitherto held by the Department Transport is to be offered for sale to the transport industry....

A JOINT venture covering roadside repair and rescue services is to be launched next month by British Road Services and the...

A COMPUTER program designed to monitor drivers' productivity schemes has been developed by a Birmingham company, and is being...

VAUXHALL has placed its spare parts delivery contract with At. las Express, which will carn them from Luton to selectec...

SOME COACH fares could rise after the election of a Labour Government, the party admitted last week when its transport policy...

ALEXANDER (Northern) is to evaluate a front-engined Volvo B57 single-deck bus and a midenginecl Dennis Lancet in a bid to find...

BOMBARDIER (Ireland) Ltd developing a left-hand drive tv to meet the demands of tl Middle East market, and is ix suing business...

:NA has unveiled the Future, a new range of integral coaches to eet the demand for long distance luxury operations such as...

AMBASSADORS of Britain is offering coach operators bringing parties to London on October 12, the day of the Falklands Victory...

from M - B FOLLOWING claims by Refin that its Purifiner filter cc make oil changes a thing of past, Mercedes-Benz I warned...

THE THIRD edition of Motor Vehicle Technical Regulations, fii published in 1974 has just become available. It gives an...

integral washer face can be subject to increased loadings of up to 20 per cent if the cold torque setting is used where the...

Bluecol CV containing high quality propylene glycol is designed for all-year-round use providing special protection against...

DEVENISH, a Weymouth brewer, has bought a Boalloy Loadhugger curtainsided trailer to cope with its expanded lager sales. Built...

WINDSHIELDS, which operates a round-the-clock replacement service, has appointed BRS Engineering Services to provide 24hr...

be automa ted versions of conventiona mechanical gearboxes in a MOVI to get over the cost and compli cation of current designs...

BEDFORD TRUCKS is this season sponsoring five home and five away football matches by Luton Town. The inclusion of away matches...

SAMARITAN sympathy and guidance are now needed more by the unemployed than by the hippies who 10 to 20 years ago,1 gather,...

OBJECTIONS by Transport 200 (BC) to plans to spend £300 million to give London the roads it needs to revitalise its economy...

LIKE THE late Lt-Col H. Jones, who died so gallantly in the Falklands, Werner Heubeck, head of Ulsterbus, leads from the front....

/E MUST take issue with Bill rock's assessment of the TL 50 {CM road test August 21). le presented this truck for test...

IITH reference to your test of adford TL 7.5 I think you were as than fair and even admitted ) when you state that the...

Bill Brock writes: Bedford? 7.5 tanner has a quoted chassis weight of 2.6 tonnes and as tested had an unladen axle weight of...

I REFER to the article entitled "Honi soit qui mai y pense" that was published in CM August 14. I am quite sure you have...

I READ with considerable interest Mike Rutherford's article in CM July 24 about Barkers of Essex. However, I was somewhat...

f ri LIX a I C u by Graham Montgomeri Developments in turbocharging continue apace but there are many problems that sti...

Tim Blakemore examines an addition to the Cargo range, the 5m wheelbase 1615, powered by Ford's turbocharged six-litre engine....

As Byron reminds us, the English winter ends in July and recommences in August, so it's not too early to consider combating the...

Bill Brock reports on an investment that would please all drivers this winter TONY BUN N'S company, J. A. 3unn {Refrigerated...

If vehicle weights are eventually increased, the case for auxiliary brakes will be a strong one argues H. W. F. Davidsqn. They...

Don't let driving snow stop you driving. Get some snow chains. And do it now, for the British tendency to panic-buy, apart from...

OVER THE last few years operators in international haulage have been faced with a steadily growing choice of routes as new...

IN THE ROUND of international events devoted to electric vehicle practice and further development, dates fall more thickly than...

FACED with rapidly growing competition from Dutch growers plant and flower producers in Belgium are now banking on a new, more...

-IAVING discussed in previous irticles the components which nake up an air brake system we an now look at a typical system n...

Finance available for the asking — despite the gloom JN AND BRADSTREET reports eke gloomy reading these lys. That for the...

FREIGHT Transport Association vice-chairman HERBERT NETTLESHIP has become managing director of United Distribution Services,...