Our image will be tarnished LIKE A BAD EMPLOYER David Howell is seeking increased productivity from reduced staffing levels....

IF the British Gypsum driver of the Cummins E290-powered 401 on the left were to climb behind the wheel of this 301 he would...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has produced a leaflet to give guidance on the revised procedures for issuing Ministry plates and...

SEDDON ATKINSON's managing director is returning to the United States as part of a drastic restructure pending the company's...

As from June, two basic vehicles will be offered based on the 281 and 381 with the only major difference being the engine...

CUTTING THE LEVEL of taxatia on dery in next week's Budgt would aid all sectors of industr Freight Transport Associatia...

WORK has begun on the nel home for the Scottish Mott Show, with Scottish Secretai George Younger last week inal gurating site...

for the Frejus Alpil The Italian veterinary office at the Modane autoport in France can now carry out inspections of all...

THE GOVERNMENT has no intention of withdrawing the F-licence concessions for farmers, Transport Secretary David Howell has made...

THIS WINTER's hire or reward wage round has reached its likely conclusion with two areas having agreed E3 increases in...

NATIONAL fork-lift truckver licensing scheme is about be unleashed upon an unsuscting world. It will be voltory, but failure to...

'LANS for a Elm lorry parking complex in the London docklands vere moved a step forward this week when the Greater London...

ANOTHER local authority has privatised its refuse collection service, with projected savings of £1.5m over five years....

LONDONERS' share of road building funds is only a fifth of that for Scots and Welsh, the British Road Federation told Labour...

EP TRAINING SERVICES of Esher, Surrey, is offering a safety advisory service to employers of more than five people, with its...

:XPRESS FREIGHT distribution :ompany Ipec is opening new lepots in Austria and Denmark o extend its coverage of the iuropean...

LORRY TRAFFIC through Dover is continuing to rise, with accompanied lorry traffic up by over 16 per cent in January. Compared...

A 1615 chassis cab is one of the first of the Ford Cargo range to be converted to four-wheel drive. It is one of a batch of...

ZEETA SALES Batevale c Brownhills, Staffordshire ha manufactured a new range I lightweight fixed or sliding doc levellers...

MANY tyre, wheel and trailer manufacturers are reported to be enjoying a boost to their business as operators prepare their...

The West German-made range has been successful in other European countries for years and, hopes Karcher, that success will be...

:.'HANGES will be taking place at gational Bus Company subsidiales Potteries Motor Traction, Midland Red North and Eastern...

L. GARDNER and Sons has taken on NEIL ROEBUCK as publicity manager. He will be responsible for the promotional and advertising...

NORTHAMPTON-BASED Dana Heavy Duty has taken on Geoff Mullee as area sales manager for the South and South West of England. Mr...

BL chairman Sir Austin Bide, has been awarded the British Institute of Management Gold Medal for 1982 for his outstanding...

LEYLAND BUS has restructured its coach sales and marketing team, following Vernon Edwards' move last year to Daf Bus. Clive...

THE 110 is a new model in the Land-Rover stable and such are the improvements over previous models that it is expected in time...

is ex Loadmax UK of Weymouth is hoping to sell no fewer than 15,000 to 20,000 of its Weighmax system in the first year, which...

HAYTERS of Bishop's Stortfoi Hertfordshire, has produced new container transport which will lift and stack ct tainers up to...

APPLIED CHEMICALS of Ux. bridge, Middlesex, has produced a new soak tank cleaner, de. signated the 5-271, which can operate at...

OWARTS COACHES' bid to re-establish its Whitehaven town rvices started at a three-day Northern Traffic Commissioners B ring...

MAGISTRATES at Eastleigh, Hampshire have fined Coliseum Coaches of Southampton a total of E910, plus £150 costs. Eleven...

ALEXANDER is building its second integral Mercedes-Benz 0305-based double-decker. The vehicle, fitted with a twodoor R-type...

LOTHIAN Regional Transport and Lancaster City Transport are joining forces to operate an Edinburgh to Blackpool express coach...

ALEXANDER is making a bid for the independent coach market with its TE-type body, a development of the T-type launched in 1974,...

TRANSPORT Users' Consultative Committees must have a strengthened role in any system of replacing rail services with buses, a...

THE PROSPECT of bus operato taking over rural railway lino was held out by transport se demic John Hibbs at last week...

THE LONDON Boroughs of Richmond and Wandsworth are supporting the Amos proposals to run services in their areas. Richmond...

AMOS's fuel consumption predictions for its Ford Transit minibuses are unachievable, counsel for the Greater London Council...

THERE WAS TALK of reorganisation and streamlining when Freddie Plaskett took the Road Haulage Association's reins of power in...

YOU DO not have to live in Devon to have heard of Trathens, for in recent years it has been transformed from a typical, small...

THE 110 LAND ROVER announced at the Geneva Motor Show this week offers new levels of ride handling and comfort. As an addition...

I WAS MOST interested to read David Wilcox's article about onboard vehicle weighing systems (CM, February 26). He confined his...

AFTER VISITING the Road Haulage Association's western district headquarters in Bristol's Redfield region (see page 18), I made...

A NEW DEVELOPMENT in the range of high security seals for the protection of goods in transit has been made by J. N. Blair with...

THE TENTH birthday of The Continental Freight Drivers Club seems a suitable occasion on which to review the activities and...

ANY DRIVER currently making trips to or through the Bordeaux region should ensure that his route takes him through Place, on...

THE ABBEY HILL Group has grown to its present eminent position as a car transporter firm with associated services on the backs...

the Port Authority and the Transport and General Workers Union covering the import and export of vehicles at any time of the...

Pay less for lubrication Three steps to help cut operating costs. Save on each barrel of oil you buy. If you use enough...

Lubricating oils are perfectly safe from the health point of view, if they are used sensibly. However, it is worth stressing to...

The SAE (it stands for the Society of Automotive Engineers( classification arranges engine oils by their viscosity — see table...

ROAD TRANSPORT has supplied several worthy .:ontenders in the BBC Mastermind corn petition, notably Fred Housego, who has...

WHAT, I WONDER, would happen to British lorry drivers who told a newspaper that many of their colleagues were drunk for much of...

IT IS FITTING that the man who did so much for economical transport by land and water throughout the world should be...

LIKE THOMAS GRAY, the 18th century poet, historic commercial vehicle enthusiasts "frolic while 'tis May." They will begin on...

A GAS MASK is among the items found recently on a South Yorkshire bus. Was it a 43-yearold vehicle that had not been cleaned...

TWO DISABLED children have achieved new-found mobility through the stout hearts and aching feet and legs of three Midlands BRS...

THE NORTH EAST Bus Preservation Society's collection of about 50 vehicles dispersed around the country can now be assembled...

HOW WOULD breakfast television stand up if British bus operators followed the example of the State undertaking that runs the...

NEWTON ABBOT MOTORS has been the Ford dealer in eastern Devon for as long as most people in that part of the West Country can...

IT WAS NOT until I attempted to arrange, some visits to hauliers in the south west that I realised how poorly a number of them...

Students should remember that after they have passed the CPC exam, Licensing Authorities, will require around nine weeks'...

I THE previous articles, )ntrolling temperature by eans of a thermostat was oked at. Now the design of irious types of fans...