IVECO IS the latest manufacturer to openly declare it is opting out of the discount war. Its new managing director Giorgio...

COMMERCIAL vehicle registrations this year are heading for a slump, according to the latest figures which have been released by...

THE CONSTRUCTION and Use Regulations amendment requiring the fitting of anti-spray equipment to lorries is likely to be...

A MORE FLEXIBLE operator licensing regime is being proposed by the Department of Transport, but it could also be more...

THE GREATER London Council is expected to step up its campaign next week to ban lorries over 16.5 tonnes from the capital at...

BUY-OUTS, two of them involving management consortia, have changed the ownership of well-known names in the road transport...

IVECO'S policy of the past three years for aggressive marketing with extensive worldwide sponsorship of sporting events looks...

COLIN COOPER, former managing director of Applespeed of Bradford, which crashed in 1983 owing some £63,000 to trade creditors,...

THE ACQUISITION of five cold stores in Holland has enabled Christian Salvesen to expand its cold storage and...

LOCAL AUTHORITIES, trades unions and the British Road Federation have combined forces to support the Department of Transport's...

NEW managing director of Tate and Lyle Transport is Tony Stanton. The operation provides a commercial transport service to the...

DAVID BAYLISS, the Greater London Council's chief transport planner since 1972, is leaving the doomed council to join London...

THE UNITED KINGDOM market sales team of DAF Bus has been joined by Jeff Hughes, who has been appointed coach sales executive....

NEVILLE ROOT will be installed as national chairman of the Institute of Transport Administration on October 6. He has been a...

Mr Crabtree was a solicitor who served for 20 years as town clerk, first at Nuneaton, then Cheltenham, before becoming West...

TRANSPORT and distribution consultant Davies and Robson of Croydon has promoted Timothy Knowles to the board of directors. Mr...

MAN'S UK range of vehicles has been widened this week with the official introduction of the 16.170, a 16-tonner powered by a...

THE MOTOR Industry Research Association (MIRA) is to provide design consultancy in China. It is for the construction of a...

A NEWS item last week on Volvo's guaranteed parts scheme may have been misleading, in part. Parts costing over £1,000 each are...

WINCANTON Engineering recently completed a stainless steel tanker trailer for its sister company, Wincanton Transport. The...

CLAYTON Dewandre exchange spring brakes and spring portions are now available from Foden parts dealers. The factory...

SPECIALIST vehicle bodybuilder Cosby Suppliers has completed the first of seven trailers for Computer Standby a company which...

ROCHDALE Metropolitan Borough has more vehicles available following the installation of Romatic automatic chassis lubrication...

AUTO LIFE air brake diaphragms, which originate from both unsafe and a false economy claims Bendix. Israel, are The...

FOLLOWING closely on its recent sales success (CM September 1), Renault UK has extended its Trafic light commercial vehicle...

FORD is expected to come close to producing its two millionth Transit before replacing it, probably early in 1986. The name...

THE CLEAREST detail so far has emerged from two further consultation papers issued by the Department of Transport on the...

SHALDAR Coaches, which operates services in Shetland, has taken a series of contracts from school authorities in Orkney, eight...

COA81-1 AND BUS sales this year are now running at 2,719 against 2,848 for the first eight months of last year. Leyland's...

It has a Dodge Commando GOB 136in wheelbase midibus chassis, a 2.28m-wide Marshall Camair 80-derived front body module, Ray...

PLANS are being prepared to restructure the Scottish Bus Group to prepare for deregulation of local bus services next year. No...

SURREY County Council seems set to support a bid by three independent bus operators to take over routes operated by National...

EEC officials are investigating a complaint that French Customs officers fined a coach company nearly £900 because one of its...

deregulated express service between Inverness and Edinburgh by Perth independent Stagecoach have been dropped, thus avoiding a...

NOW THAT travel to the moon has become humdrum, Mars has got in on the act. September sees the launch of a campaign to sell...

A 51-YEAR-OLD sufferer from multiple sclerosis has travelled by coach for more than 198 hours in 11 days to raise money for...

WHEN YUGOLSAVIA says "No parking," it means just that. A driver who left a hearse with a decorated coffin in a prohibited area...

JOHN WEINTHAL and his team at the SMMT are once again putting out some splendid press material as a prelude to the Motor Show...

ACCORDING to the LATA Review, a 20-year-old "alternative plan" for London's public transport includes "restraining of staff...

HAVING clobbered lorry manufacturers and operators over noise for years, the European Parliament has turned its attention to...

AT A TIME when political militants are fuelling animosity towards the police, it is good to hear of three Newcastle bus drivers...

I DRIVE a 32-ton gross artic tanker outfit for a large concern (Dalgety) and only last week the transport manager told me that...

I REFER to your editorial of last week (CM September 8). I agree with your sentiments. For many years I have attended the final...

YOUR article on the Walking floor tipper (CM, Aug 25) reminded me of a similar system in use 40 years ago. I was training as a...

"BUS design condemned" (CM, July 28). A dramatic headline, no doubt, but not one which, we feel, does justice either to our...

THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Lorry Driver of the Year found its first star for many years in Esso driver Colin Burrows at Cranfield on...

AS 1984 champion, Colin Burrows wins more than just a cheque for E500. He also receives the Michelin Study Award valued at more...

r ewar ds were won: IOTA Trophy ADDITION to the main ,prizes the following ancillary for the best driver of a rigid vehicle,...

REALISING the sales potential at the heavier 2.5 to 3.5-tonne gvw end of the van market, Freight Rover last year extended its...

TRUMPF Power Tools has introduced the new AStIxe 636-5 cutter for bonded windscreens to its Fein range. Weighing 1.4 kg (3Ibs)...

WAP HAS launched a sand blaster, the Turbo SR, which provides either "single shot" or recycled blasting in a compact unit. The...

GKN AUTOPARTS has 29 battery types suitable for light and heavy commercial vehicles in its GKN Masterparts range. The...

BIG CHANGES have taken place over the past ten years in the standards of establishments catering for drivers. Gone are the days...

In spite of their obvious advantages and recent improvements in design, anti-lock braking systems have been slow to catch on...

Like it or not, the bus industry will have to change, Secretary of State for Transport Nicholas Ridley told a London conference...