firsts mooted, the many critics of the scheme claimed that the Government was sowing the seeds of the industry's destruction....

• Public weighbridges close to ports should be used to help crack down on the number of overweight trucks using RORO ferries,...

• Commercial vehicle sales continue to climb — despite a 7% drop in registrations last month — according to the latest figures...

appear to be affecting Leyland Daf s truck sales, (see News Extra) but it could be the beginning of next year before the...

• The arbitration service ACAS has been called-in to look for a solution to the industrial dispute at London Buses which this...

legal action against Lynx Contracts (UK) for using the Lynx name. Lynx Contracts is a newlyformed company which will supply...

Seddon Atkinson retains a 3% share (972), followed by Foden which sold 336 trucks and artics, finishing the seven months to the...

at the Scottish Motor Show in November but, contrary to some press reports, it will not be based on the modified 6x4...

• The Transport and General Workers Union is taking its anti-cabotage campaign (CM 9-15 July) onto the streets with its latest...

• Jimmy Yuill, managing director of Yuill and Dodds in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, says he is being victimised for "purely...

• Fledgling parcels carrier Connect UK is showing a marked reluctance to leave its nest: for the third time this year the...

• The Italian government says it will take retaliatory action against Swiss truck drivers if Switzerland introduces tough new...

On 1 October the DTP plans to raise the maximum fee charged by approved tachograph centres for the calibration of tachographs...

Last year's winner, Slim Borgudd, will be there with the Volvo White Road Boss which has come first in all but one of this...

• Former owner-driver Robert McHugh is setting up a company called Owner Operators UK which will offer small fleet operators...

showing signs of making a recovery, despite a poor start to the year. More than 80,000 trucks used Dover in June — 6,800 more...

won a £1.5 million extension to its current distribution contract with ISC Chemicals at Avonmouth. Contract Hire will add a...

• Express parcels operator City Link Transport is on target to finish its 1986/87 financial year in October with a turnover in...

• UK operations at Transport Development Group are enjoying buoyant trading, which is helping to offset depressed results from...

• Ryder Truck Rental has acquired a majority of the assets of Portsmouth-based Mitchell Self Drive in a million pound-plus deal...

• Scottish Parcels company Small Parcel Delivery Service is expanding south of the border from 1 October and changing its name...

• Land Rover is dropping 12 models from its right-hand drive 4 x4 line-up, to reduce it from 28 basic models to 16. According...

• Econocruise of Rugby has won a contract to supply a Cummins Engine Company subsidiary in North America with over 21 million...

• Reynolds Boughton (Devon), the Winkleigh-based specialist vehicle builder, has developed an unusual midengined high-stability...

• Hino's latest 4x 2, 38-tonne GCW tractive unit, the SH283, is expected to be given its long-awaited British Type Approval...

year with two new carderived-van models based on the Fiat U110 hatchback, and the Uno Duna estate. The first Duna-based vans...

• The RHA's Tankcon show is now the most important bulk tanker show in Europe, according to Crane Fruehauf's tank sales manager...

range of Primrose Tail Lifts, After Primrose ran into financial troubles in 1985 Reg Holmes purchased the tail lift interest in...

• Manchester-based Buglecrown has had its licence for six vehicles and trailers revoked by North Western Deputy Licensing...

be acquired has been removed from the licence held by I Box following complaints from Stratford upon Avon District Council that...

• James Foley & Company was not unreasonable in treating its Fleetwood and Preston depots as separate units for the purpose of...

• Doctors who tell patients they are unfit to drive should be required to inform the licensing authorities, says coroner David...

Licence of Laura Ashley having its duration cut. It expires at the end of September 1988, instead of 1991. The company...

• Disciplinary proceedings involving Llannelli-based B J Daniels & Sons have been adjourned for three months by South Wales...

• Local residents have failed to prevent the unrestricted renewal of a licence held by Brian Maddox at a St Helen's public...

• Deregulating Britain's bus and coach industry has "reversed years of decline", according to Public Transport Minister David...

• National Bus Company has now returned 41 of its 73 operating subsidiaries to the private sector, with last week's sale of...

• Truck sales in Britain are at their most buoyant level since 1982. In the year to July, 172,065 commercial vehicles were...

of over DM600 million in 1986 for the first time in its 30-year history. Sales of trucks were up 19.4% with 1,113...

its commercial vehicle and car operations "to meet current and anticipated rising volumes", and has appointed Geoff Cash as its...

the national all-makes contract hire and leasing company, has relocated its northern regional office in Leeds to larger...

the price of its 1.8-litre petrolengined four-wheel-drive MV Pickup and its 1.8-litre 4x4 BRAT Pickup by 1.13%. The cost of a...

1987 is one of the well-established series of Jane's Yearbooks on transport subjects ranging from airport equipment to world...

Batley-based bulk operator Liquids Powders & Gas Transport is running a series of RTITB, RHA and Chemical Industries...

Permethrin smoke pellets is being recommended as the most economic method of treating trucks and trailers which have carried...

operator in Hungary, has been granted permits to operate to and from the United Kingdom. Starting this month, Volan-Tefu will...

EDUCATING ENGINEERS • The Road Transport Engineer in Europe — meeting training and education needs is the theme for the third...

MILLS 24-HOUR NELPUNE • Following its recent merger with Portsmouth-based transport consultants Ward and Associates, Mills...

ANDOVER AUTOCOLOUR • Andover Industrial Supplies (0264) 51868/9, has been appointed as an ICI Autocolour stockist, further...

• London and the South East Mu l London New road layout and reconstruction work continues at Redbridge roundabout. Mll Essex...

The army's transport experts are not bound by law to use tachographs or observe drivers hours rules, but in the drive to boost...

North America is a tempting market. Daimler-Benz is among several European manufacturers to have made successful forays across...

Down in the West Country John Golding runs two six-year-old Kenwoth K100 tractors on heavy haulage work and now he is thinking...

Volvo's FI7 eight-legger tipper has always sold well. Now its FL 0 stablemate looks set to steal its thunder, thanks to more...