• The warnings could hardly have been spelled out more clearly. For years various GM executives have been asserting publicly...

• Daf has recently added route simulation to the capabilities of its Topec computer. We have been finding out how accurately...

• Vauxhall Motors became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation in 1925. The first Bedfords were a 2-ton...

BEDFORD: Local MPS' response • Local Tory MP David Madel said after the Bedford announcement that he and other local MPs had...

• After the Ministry of Defence, Bass is Bedford's largest customer in the UK, operating 1,200 Bedford TLs in rigid and urban...

• Union reaction to the Bedford news is, predictably, one of anger. Union members at the Dunstable and Luton plants apparently...

"The future of Bedford has been a question mark for a few weeks now," said Bob Picking, managing director of Bolton-based...

111 Esso tanker driver George Masson is this year's Lorry Driver of the Year. He won the award last Sunday in a hard-fought...

• In a surprise move the Irish Department of Communications has told the EEC Commission and the other Member Governments that...

• It became clear this week that the police are keeping their cards close to the chest on how they plan to operate the...

Mel Lindsey won the 1986 European Truck Racing Championship last weekend when he stormed to victory in the Danish Truck Grand...

In last week's issue (wie September 6, p5) we reported on British hauliers' difficulties in operating in Italy. In the article,...

• Volkswagen has invited specialist manufacturers from all over Europe to show their products alongside the factorybuilt...

• A new low emission combustion system, that may bypass the need for catalysts, is currently under test to determine whether...

• Boalloy has produced an unusual curtain-side semitrailer with round-the-front curtains and self-supporting roof for Leyland...

• As winter approaches, the usual crop of new products aimed at preventing diesel fuel waxing has started to appear on the...

El The US Army's new High Mobility Multi-Purpose Vehicle (Hummer) was the star of the earthbound vehicles at this year's...

• Importers are gradually increasing their share of the UK commercial vehicle market, according to the latest figures from the...

• Boots has signed a new north western distribution contract with NFC-subsidiary National Carriers Contract Services, worth...

111 Container leasing company, Tiphook is looking to raise about £12 million in a rights issue. Last year the company joined...

The centre, with four temperaturecontrolled chambers in 9,800 cubic metres of space, is the latest addition to Christian...

• Iveco Ford Truck has won a contract to supply 46 special drop frame Cargo 1615s to the Whitbread Brewery by the end of...

• Bradford-based haulier B Hardcastle and Sons has just bought its fifth successive DAF truck, continuing a 13-year association...

• Representatives from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Motor Agents Association have failed to reach a...

• Parcels delivery group Interlink, joining the Stock Exchange's junior Unlisted Securities Market next month (CM, Sept 6), is...

• Drinks' manufacturer AG Barr has just taken delivery of six larger-than-average trailers to move its soft drinks between 20...

• West midlands PTE has announced the results of the first round of its tendering process for bus routes not registered to run...

• Orpington's own bus network, introduced last month by Orpington Buses (a subsidiary of London Buses is now using a new fleet...

• A survey has been commissioned in Scotland to see how passengers will be affected by the de-regulation of bus transport. The...

• Two new bus washes recently installed by West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive at its Wheatley Street, Coventry...

• Scottish traffic commissioner Hugh McNamara has rejected objections by Strathclyde PTE to 47 applications for licence...

• The five-vehicle PSV operator's licence held by Irvine independent James Gaw, trading as Gaw's Coaches, has been revoked by...

• Fourteen drivers employed by J&M Heathcote of Stalybridge and two associated companies were ordered to pay fines and costs...

compensat i on • A driver sacked after he had left his vehicle for a few minutes in the charge of a bystander, during which...

• A lorry driver sacked for refusing to collect a cheque from a customer has been awarded £3,789.80 compensation for unfair...

regional police departments not to report drivers of 38-tonne fiveaxle trucks who are carrying 40 tonnes. They may not be...

an increase in the number of truck theft cases. In 1984 there were 65 cases, involving the loss of goods worth DM 11 million,...

wide: El Orders for flat platform semi-trailers and skeletals from Hong Kong-based Zung Fu will soon top El million. 11 An...

truck-drivers using the Great Britain terminal in Le Havre can now expect to get on the ferries more quickly....

of its members appear to think that the forklift trucks produced in West Germany are not safe enough. A new regulation on the...

taken over the Franco-Danish international transport firm Hansen & Bjerrum, which was involved for over 25 years in road...

modified its regulations to make light vehicles such as self-propelled cranes exempt from authorisation. Todo Transporte, No. 25.

RABA motor trucks to China; the first 400 will be shipped this year and the rest in the first quarter of 1987. Hungarian...

ordered 76 Telehoist three, way tipping gears. which are to be fitted to Indian-built Tata trucks,

T 1 unit imported into Britain is in use with the specialist equipment rental fleet of EPL Maximum working height is 28 metres...

• Len Payne, recently president of the Chartered Institute of Transport, J. Sainsbury director responsible for physical...

• Specialist transport company BRS Western has appointed Geoff Wild (pictured, above) as company rental manager. As such he...

• As a result of continued growth in demand for their bus and coach products Reeve Burgess has reorganised its marketing...

Colin Johnson • Vehicle delivery agency Silcock Express has made changes in its senior management team with effect from...

• Cumberland Motor Services, now part of the National Bus Company, has appointed a new finance director. He is 48-years-old...

• Gary Burns has joined Ranco Controls as Sales engineer. Based in the Midlands he will concentrate on developing sales to the...

Toyota's took effect on September 1 and are between 2-4%. Examples of the new prices (excluding VAT) are as follows: LiteAce...

Areas (CoSIRA) is providing professional business advice for small firms running, or planning to run, new public transport...

launched a new recruitment drive, with a major inducement to attract new members. All new members will receive two British...

researching the growth of the chilled dairy food market and the consequent impact on the food distribution business. Results...

to publish a new Drivers' Handbook incorporating all the information drivers need to know about the new hours regulations. The...

worthwhile — but they only discover that once they have tried it. This is the conclusion of a survey just published by the...

now just two weeks away, EP Training Services has added extra evening seminars to its programme of driver's hours courses. They...

E The National Materials Handling Centre is organising a one-day conference entitled "Automated Guided Vehicles in Production...

and handling exhibition next month. The Scottish Handling and Storage Exhibition takes place on October 29 and 30 at the...

already confirmed the dates for its annual conference and display next year at Solihull. It will take place on May 14-15,...

most economic method of treating lorries that have carried infested grain. This recommendation is in a new code of practice...

• Checkley Rest and Station On the A522 near Than, Stoke-on-Trent. is the second truckstop to be approved as a Rou tiers...

within the scope of the spray suppression regulations is due in a fortnight's time. All trailers (semi-trailers and drawbar...

published a road map that shows all 75 road schemes that are planned within the M25 boundary in the next 10 years. It shows...

The holiday motorists may have disappeared now but the roadworks remain. These are some of the motorway repairs that may cause...

Europeans?' (CM, August 9) from Euro MP Hoorst Seefeld, I would like to point out that a visitor should adopt the laws of the...

Many of the world's top PSV experts congregated in London last week for the IMechE's 'International Conference on '86 Bus'....

Easy to drive, with CAG, comfortable to ride in with acceptable performance and fuel economy — Scania's K92 coach has a lot to...

f you've advertised in Commercial Motor during the past twelve months, your work could well bear the hallmarks of success....

Fruehauf box van trailers, destined to raise money in the coming year for the Save the Children Fund, have found their first...

• Whatever potential changes in transport regulations are discussed, the need to possess a Certificate of Professional...

POWER Scania's 6x2 P11 2M is now offered with a choice of three power ratings to suit all kinds of terrain; CM tried it with...