by Focus reporter SCOTTISH Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth has rejected an objection from Strathkelyin District Council...

by Gary Hodgson HAULIERS have been lobbying Parliament for a long time to create an offence to allow customers to be...

A CARDIFF industrial tribunal has rejected a claim for unfair dismissal by a driver sacked by Erex Distributors Ltd after he...

Setting anew benchmark How fair are Britain's magistrates when a foreign lorry driver appears before them? Are they harder on...

JC VAUGHAN, Harold Hill, Romford, called to a public inquiry by the Metropolitan LA, has been given an opportunity to show he...

MANY FIRMS face a rates bill increase of around 100% this month and the Inland Revenue is expecting one million appeals....

THE METROPOLITAN LA has revoked the operator's licence of Sug rue Bros Ltd of Market Street, Watford, and refused its...

NEW CHESTER offices for solicitors Aaron & Partners, which employs Focus transport lawyer Jonathan Lawton, have been declared...

D N McELHATTON, of Rain ham, Essex, who held an 0licence for six vehicles and six trailers, was called to a Met ropolitan...

by Insider A change in the law to make isolator switches magic buttons an offence for electronic tachographs needs urgent...

by Colin Ward HEN YOU receive a summons for an alleged offence and you are innocent, do not for a minute expect that you will...

Video view A film was shown of tipper lorries manoeuvring to e nter yard 5 1 /2 metres wide VIDEO of tipper lorries...

For a number of reasons there was no real consultation over 'problem' trailers now, hopefully, there will be transitional...

• When both of the road transport industry's leading trade groups join forces with the TGWU against Government policy, you know...

• Volvo expects to save 2400m over the next five years as a result of its proposed link with Renault — and its prospectus to...

• HGV and PSV driving test fees are to increase 23 to 245: van drivers face an increase of £1.50 to £19.50.

• A Dutch HGV driver has been jailed for seven years for attempting to smuggle £0. 75m worth of cannibis into the UK in a lorry...

• Japanese CV manufacturers Mitsubishi and Nissan have denied buying a stake in Hungarian stateowned bus maker Ikarus. But...

Bulk Transport, is holding initial negotiations with two North Midlands hauliers. He hopes to complete a takeover deal of one...

• Farce'force, the newlook Royal Mail Parcels, has unveiled plans to build a £22 million distribution centre in Tamworth,...

• Fiat Group and Ford have confirmed they are talking about co-operation in the HGV sector.

are to be buit on the M74 and M80 in Scotland.

• The Road Haulage Association is urging the Government to offer vehicle excise duty rebates to international operators...

• A joint operation between Lancashire police and Department of Transport traffic and vehicle examiners uncovered 100...

• Daf is holding talks with Navistar, the American manufacturer, formerly known as International Harvester. "Daf is sound and...

• Tiphook Container Rental has effectively doubled in size with the completion of the takeover of Sea Containers' dry-cargo...

their costs up to 15% more than the rest of the EC." European Conservative spokesman Anne McIntosh says that the German...

• Registrations of trucks over 3.5 tonnes were down 21.5% in March compared with the same month last year, according to the...

• The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to boost ferry safety standards following the Scandinavian Star tragedy...

• John Moore is to succeed Jack Ashwell as national secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He was formerly the...

• A voluntary code of practice for driver training has been proposed by the Centre for Transport Studies at Cranfield Institute...

• MPs are to investigate the road transportation of livestock. The All Party Commons Select Committee on Agriculture will...

II A Green transport users group, the Environmental Transport Association, has been set-up to promote "clean" transport. It is...

• Fleet purchase and leaseback is the most significant development in the UK's publicsector competitive tendering business...

• The European Commission has asked the European Parliament's transport committee to speed up the introduction of pan European...

• Charges for HGVs using the Severn Bridge will more than double within five years. The 22 fee will increase to 23.50 within...

mean that there is no further room available. "We are completely full," says event director Colin Ward. "We would love to...

crossing points blockaded until the end of April by Italian drivers protesting against a permit limit imposed by the Austrian...

• White chevrons are to be painted on a dangerous stretch of the MI in Leicestershire in a bid to stop vehicles tail-gating,...

• Every week more cases of wheel loss affecting operators who pride themselves on their maintenance standards come into the...

• Ford is set to join the fourwheel-drive panel-van market with a Transit using a fullyengaged 4x4 system similar to that of...

• Major changes to two of Cummins's most popular engines are designed to make them easier to service, quieter and more...

• A new distribution system using full-length trailers is being operated by BRS Western for Hoover washing machines. It is...

• Wilson Double-Deck Trailers has added a dual-purpose tanker/general-cargo trailer and a belly-load trailer to its range....

• A garment-carrying trailer that can be modified to a twindeck system has been developed by Schmitz Trailers (UK). Anodised...

• Renault predicts that it will be producing trucks with encapsulated engines within two years to meet noise regulations.

• Fiat has increased the prices of its car-derived vans and light Clis by 4%, except for the Fiorino and Citivan, where...

• Trailer-gear manufacturer Rubery Owen-Rockwell has been awarded the quality standards ISC 9001, BS5750 Part 1 and EN29001.

• Iveco Ford is winding down its long-running allegiance to the air-cooled diesel with the news that it is to drop the 150kW...

• Leyland Daf has begun a major re-structuring of its sales and marketing division at Thame in Oxfordshire, which includes the...

• Royal Mail Parcelforce is to spend £13m on a new Liverpool distribution centre on the former Containerbase site at Aintree,...

I Coldstream Distribution survived its first High Court battle with Norwich-based Coldstream Ice Cream (Frozen Foods) last...

WPS Group has begun marketing itself as an umbrella organisation for the companies within the group including its new contract...

I Red Star has begun operations based upon its revised distribution system. The company has appointed 80 local contractors to...

I Perkins Group boosted sales of its diesel engines by 6% in 1989/90. Output at Peterborough was 189,000 up from 179,000 in...

▪ West Midlands-based Shipfayre, formed by Lynn Sweet and Pam Harris eight years ago, has won BS5750 for its five-strong...

more trailers in the six months to January 31 than in the same period last year, boosting interim pre-tax profits to 27.56m —...

• Express parcels operator City Link — Gloucester has launched a Monday to Friday same-day delivery service into central London...

• Bradford-based general haulier Coleman Transport has still not found a buyer, after being on the market for almost a year....

• Frail! Motor Group, the Hereford-based distributor for Renault and Seddon Atkinson CVs and cars, has gone into receivership....

• Prestons of Potto has won a three-year distribution contract with CocaCola's Wakefied site: it will devote 20 vehicles to the...

• The Ocean Group's freight and distribution businesses' trading profits increased from £19.5m to 225.1m during 1989, helped by...

• FCS Fleetplan of Birmingham featured in our Big Fleet Management Spotlight (CM 29 March-4 April), is unconnected with Freight...

• Depressed rates and lack of work have hit yet another tipping specialist, with Derbyshire-based Steve Fletcher selling his...

• Newspaper distributor TNT Newsfast has clinched a major long-term contract with BBC Frontline, the newly-formed company...

• Chesterfield Transport's employee buyout has been completed in a 23.3m deal which puts 100% ownership in the hands of its...

• The Scottish Bus Group' Edinburgh-based travel agen Sanderson Travel, has been sold to Lothian Region Tram port, which is...

• New Tredegar-based operator RH & DT Edwards has been ordered to immediately pay fines of nearly 24,000 for tachograph...

• Stagecoach managing director Ann Gloag picked up the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award after 10 years in the...

• An Iveco-based, Zastava built TurboZeta chassis was used for this prototype midicoach (above) at the Belgrac Motor Show by...

smoking, eating and drinking on its singledeck buses --nearly 400 vehicles in all. The company claims a similar ban imposed on...

are hoping to expand commercial sponsorship of some services, popular at Christmas and New Year, to its late-night Nightrider...

• Wigan-based Shearings, Britain's largest coach operator, is expanding its operations to Kent with the takeover of Tunbridge...

• The UK was Volvo's largest bus market in 1989, with 1,700 registrations, nudging Brazil off the top spot. Volvo Bus...

• Pressure is mounting on the government to take the bus seriously as an efficient means of easing urban transport problems....

• New buses costing over 600,000 were introduced this week by AJS subsidiary Harrogate & District, together with a package of...

• Wakefield-based Caldaire Holdings is taking delivery of a further 30 Leyland Lynx singledeckers for its West Riding and...

• A driver employed by John James Express, who was fined 2800 for falsifying a tachograph record and other offences, has had...

• In our report about the decision of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority to revoke the 25-vehicle licence of Sugrue Bros of...

l• The 33vehicle licence held by plant hire contractors Robert M Bailey (Bedwas) has been suspended by South Wales LA John...

• The wife of James Heaton, who lost his 0Licence because of vehicle excise duty offences when trading as Viking Transport in...

S ii e • Maintenance problems experienced by Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council were blamed on the involvement of Clayton Jones...

• An interim Operators Licence authorising Darren Flitcroft, trading as Flitcroft Transport, of Stockport, Cheshire to operate...

• Keighleybased Transmart Delivery Services has withdrawn an application to renew its licence, and consideration of...

vehicles and 14 trailers operated by Crosskeys, Gwent-based G B Transport South Wales were suspended by South Wales Licensing...

• In Commercial Motor dated 1-7 March, we reported that the national licence held by Lee Robins, trading as Robins Haulage of...

who traded as Easyway Bus, of Blackpool, has been granted a new PSV operator's licence by North Western Traffic Commissioner...

• An invitation from the managing director of W L Bailey (Pontypool) for a vehicle examiner to go and check the company's...

your new pair of fluorescent Bermuda shorts this summer, or you're fed up with carrying your surf board on a pedal bike, then...

probably make up your mind for you: as you disappear in a blaze of wheelspin. The diminutive steering wheel is a bit silly, in...

poll tax. An unsuspecting passenger was waiting for a bus at Maidstone, Kent last week when a postman tried to present him with...

was electrocuted after exposed power lines struck his bus in pouring rain. The Ipswich Buses vehicle was quickly evacuated but...

Thornbury, Bristol, has bought a brace of 10-tonne AWD - Ms for use on brewery contracts, replacing a pair of Bedford TKs....

lads from the Nottinghamshire Constabulary who are taking part in the Berlin marathon to raise money for young cystic fibrosis...

Leyland trucks, set by Boltonbased driver Peter Holliday: 1, Bison; 2, Comet; 3, Sherpa; 4, Terrier: 5, Boxer; 6, Marathon; 7,...

speak a different language to the rest of us, but the Fife police are so worried about canny crooks eavesdropping on police...

summer, with its sponsorship of a church music festival at Coventry Cathedral.

1926 Clayton steam wagon, after two years slaving over old Commercial Motor back issues. It is liveried in Brooklands Green...

at you: he's probably still recovering from a day at the charm school where Tyneside bus company Busways is sending its drivers...

STOCKPORT SALES • Bridgestone Tyres UK has opened a regional sales office in Stockport. Contact Buckingham Road, Heaton Moor,...

BLAZING A TRAILERENT • Trailerent has opened a new office at Fifth Way, off Avonmouth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 Sur, phone...

BIG MAC UK SITE IN NORTHAMPTON • American-based Mac Tools, will open its first UK distribution centre in Northampton at the...

Big Fleet Management spotlight (CM 29 March), is unconnected with Freight Computer Services or FCS, also of Birmingham.

SOCIABLE LORRIES • A one-day conference on Lorries in the Community will be held on 19 June at Learnington Spa by the Civic...

• A one-day conference on Logistics: the European Impact Will be held on 8 May at the Café Royal, London, by the British...

• Atlas Hydraulic Loaders is to organise a 'Lorry Loader Operator of the Year' competition. It costs £5.00 to enter and the...

out a range of Scania tippers at a series of Scania roadshows taking place at quarry sites this month. Vehicles on show will...

• The Road Haulage Association's North-East district has arranged a series of seminars on employment rules and regulations. The...

— Regulations vs Innovation, will be held on 24 May at the Cafe Royal, London by the Institute of Materials Management. It...

build and improve customer services will be held at the Mount Royal Hotel, London on 26 April. It is being arranged by Inform...

FANTASTIC FOUR FROM SEALINK • Sealink will operate up to 18 round trips a day on its Dover-Calais route, with four vessels in...

carry more than 100 freight units and 1,800 passengers. It has been refurbished with carpets and soft furnishings throughout,...

=Rift A War IMINink.. tam W - Mik 11111111 ./ Mar Maar STANDARD SPEED SPECIFICATIONS • The British Standards Institution has...

DRIVE AND SURVIVE • Castro] has produced a test-yourself handbook designed for drivers and learners. It contains more than 200...

• Maps of 1990 London coach parks are available free from the Metropolitan Police, Coach Advisory Service, T014 Branch, Room...

VARIANTS ON DIFFERENTIALS • ()wife Differentials has ,idded two variants to its automatic torque biasing differential range,...

in old Aldershot & District Traction Company green and cream livery, with London or Aldershot destination panels, have been...

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 'Elq Q Recently, we have had an immediate prohibition issued on one of our vehicles. The notice was...

public was blissfully unaware of the science of aerodynamics. Ask the proverbial man in the street about drag factor, and he...

This year's Brewery Transport Advisory Committee conference presented a wide-ranging discussion and featured a transport policy...

B E IER JS Haulage is a third-party brewery haulier with its roots as much in the drinks trade as in road haulage. It is...

new ERF tractive unit into service, it doubled the size of its artic delivery fleet. "The new unit was intended as a...

Owner-operators, like any self-employed businessmen, would be well-advised to take out accident and sickness insurance cover....

Some three years ago, Mansfield Breweries went public and persuaded the money men in the City to back its ambitious growth...

which has a very high standard of usually evenhanded presentation, I was a little surprised to read the edition in which you...

The transport function for retailers is, however, the last major movement of product in the supply chain before their retail...

does not necessarily mean fleet additions but could affect product availability for loading). 2. Order picking methods (heavy...

you published in the 29 March4 April issue headed 'Noise Pollution' from R F Bond of Bridgnorth. We at HYVA recognised this...

the Certificate of Professional Competence Examinations, and the alleged cheating by certain Training Organisations (CM 22-28...

You are incorrect in your statement that Volvo is the first truck company to offer a three-year driveline warranty at no extra...

This week I had a call from a DTp vehicle inspector wanting to do an inspection due to my licence renewal. The vehicle he...

as business development manager. He was general manager at BRS Midlands' Wisbech depot.

NFC subsidiary Exel Logistics has made Mike Aldridge engineering and operations director, with responsibility for 2,000...

post of branch manager at Lynx's Bristol site. He was operations manager at Lynx Brighton. Goldsmith has been with the company...

appointed David Howarth to the newly-created post of technical manager. He 'oins from Fruehauf Europe.

unveiled a new sales development team for Belfast. The group is headed by Raymond Beard, who was sales manager for Dukes...

as contract maintenance manager. He was technical manager at Yorkshire Rider.

BONSE FI Rod Bonser is the new financial controller at Kenning Tyre Services.

Humphreys is the fifth generation of the Foster family to join the board of W & J Foster. He becomes sales and marketing...

managing director of Tiphook Modular Systems, the container construction arm of Tiphook. He joined the company in 1988 as...

the post of sales manager at Ford commercial vehicle dealership, Archbolds in Leeds.

Eurotec Automotive, has been appointed to the company's board of directors. He has also been promoted to the position of...

newly-created position of operations development manager at Glass Glover Distribution, where he will oversee contracts.

of Peter Lane Transport's new contract with Body Shop International. He joined from Gordon Melhuish Transport, where he was...

Bendix Parts. Brian Lammas will be responsible for sales in the South-West, and Steve Leys will cover the South-East.

of Wigan as sales and marketing director. He was sales and marketing manager at Walter Alexander, Falkirk.

manager at contract-hire and leasing company, Roadlease, part of the Plaxton Group.

Antoine Cau is to take over the presidency of Hertz International, following the departure of Fredy Dellis.

Truck Services, Ron Bradshaw, has left to start up his own firm called RCMB Sales & Services. He will continue promoting...

Lonsdale Coaches, a subsidiary of Lancaster. City Transport, has died after a long illness. He spent all his working life in...

• Employers' training of their workforces is slowly improving, but large gaps and inconsistencies remain and there is little...

most successful truck manufacturers joined forces to become Seddon Atkinson, Each of the two halves had its own proud tradition...

E dward Atkinson did not intend to be a truck builder, he "bumped" into it. fie set out in 1907 to run a small millwright and...

Edward Atkinson learned from the mistakes of others before building a vehicle of his own. in 1916, after years of servicing and...

A ndrew Carter reckons that his neck is like a stick of seaside rock. Break it in two and you will find the word Cummins. The...

F here's very little the Beswick family doesn't know about Seddon Atkinson. Father ennis, sons Trevor and Steven and Thew Ian...

T he Cornish Brewery in Redruth has brewing connections dating back almost two centuries. Despite supplying ale to the Oldham...

S av Seddon Atkinson to many a fleet engineer and they reply "Enid". They know her; and she , knows them. "I'm front man for...

Refuse collection fleets are not built to be pretty. So how is Seddon Atkinson helping to make Monklands District Council's...

There is a British-based express haulage company investing millions of pounds right now to make its fleet 100% Pegaso. What is...

Ever heard of Golden Wonder crisps or Spillers pet food? The company behind these household names is Dalgety, an agroindustrial...

0 ne of the first UK operators to take delivery of the Seddon Atkinson Strato when it was launched two years ago was Bibby...

Life is constantly changing and truck manufacturers are not exempt. During 1990, Seddon Atkinson's product line-up will undergo...

The futuristic Solo tractor is a classic case of engineers saying 'what if?' But both Pegaso and Seddon Atkinson have a firm...

If you think small is beautiful then you'd also better believe that where there is size there is strength. Most people know...