WHEN BBC Television puts together a story on road transport without directly involving either the RHA or the ETA, the...

OVER 100,000 tandem and triaxle semi-trailers will need to be fitted retrospectively with antispray guards by the end of next...

NEW SPEED limits to be introduced in April will be more rigidly enforced, Transport Minister Lynda Chalker said last week....

PLANS to split the Road Transport Industry Training Board into two have finally been abandoned by the Government. Employment...

UNION LEADER Jackson Moore has accused the police of ignoring speeding lorries so that the Department of Transport can get away...

ROAD TRANSPORT is a heavily subsidised rag-bag industry which is artificially cheap and will cost the British taxpayer £66m in...

are in the This was revealed by Phil Ives managing director of DAF Trucks GB at the Institute of Transport Administration...

THE TWO major trade associations have welcomed the Government's proposals to start a feasibility study on a second Severn...

SCOTTISH SECRETARY George Younger has approved proposals for a road scheme for Rosslyn Street/St Clair Street in Kirkcaldy,...

WORK ON the Perth Western by-pass gets underway soon and should be completed by late 1985. The £2.95m contract has been...

RISTOL OMNIBUS has made aurice Perl marketing manger. He will cover both the city nd bus sectors of the newly resuctured...

JOHN VANDORE has become sales and marketing director for Scammell, the specialist and military vehicle builder within Leyland...

MICHAEL SHARPE has joined L. Gardner and Sons as general service manager. He will be responsible for the management of the...

THE CHILLED distribution market is set to grow by between five and 10 per cent a year over the next three years, according to...

UP TO 1,000 lorries waited in lines for as far as the eye could see last week on the North Italian frontier as a result of a...

DATAFREIGHT, the National Freight Consortium's Prestel. based information system, ie. offering reduced rates to attraci users...

DECISIONS have been reserved on the bid for a new licence by TDS (New Holland), a company formed by the Van Der Luijt family of...

AN INTENSIVE check on 2,000 lorries delivering sugar beet to the British Sugar Corporation suggests F-licence holders are more...

A NEW SCOTTISH warehousing and distribution business starts trading next month from premises on Glasgow's outskirts. Bruce...

COMMERCIAL vehicle contract hire and rental company Transfleet Services has spent £1.8m on new vehicles for its rental fleet....

AN IMMENSE opportunity for delay, inaction, disagreement and confusion is how the Royal Town Planning Institute described the...

A POCKET visual paging system which can receive messages and store them for display is now available from Air Call for...

THE IRISH Government has agreed to accept the main recommendations of the 1981 Transport Consultative Commission report on road...

SEMINARS lasting for between an afternoon and a day are being organised this year by transport consultant David Lowe, a former...

THE IRISH Government has approved in principle the semistate shipping company Irish Continental Line's bid to become involved...

PASS RATES of between 82 and 100 per cent are being claimed by centres whose certificate of professional competence students...

THERE was joy for the chosen few and anger and despondency for the rest when Treasury Minister Barney Hayhoe announced the six...

GKN remains coy about revealing who the first customer for its composite leaf spring CM, December 17, 1983) will be, saying...

TRICO DEVELOPMENT of Brentford, Middlesex, is marketing a wash/wipe rear-view mirror suitable for Bedford commercial vehicles....

The vehicles, which are based on Mercedes-Benz LP809 7.5 tonne gvw chassis, are required to pump fuel from storage tanks to...

H AND D ENGINEERING of Faversham, Kent, has introduced a portable weigh platform designed to accommodate tandem axle trailers....

THE LATEST issue of Dunlop Usercare gives advice on the statutory requirements relating to heavy vehicle and trailer lighting...

THE INSTITUTE of Road Transport Engineers has reacted swiftly, and strongly to the news (see page 3 CM, February 11) that the...

GKN is about to spend £6.5m i re-equipping its propeller shar manufacturing subsidiary, BR (Blade Research and De velopment)...

BCC given Easter code deadline THE COACH INDUSTRY has been given until the end of the summer to prove that there is no need...

THE BURDEN of paperwork upon operators could be reduced if Traffic Commissioners' chairmen's recommendations are taken up by...

THE 15TH ANNUAL public transport symposium is to be held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from April 3 to 5. The theme...

OVER 60 coaches are expected to be on display at the Bus and Coach Council coaching symposium and exhibition this weekend. The...

COMMUTER COACHES into London have won operators £5m extra peak-hour revenue each year and saved commuters £3m on their fares,...

A MAJOR licensing battle is being waged over proposals by Midland Fox (formerly Midland Red East) that the "area stop sign"...

EAST LANCASHIRE Coach Builders might gain a new owner if a suitable buyer comes forward. It is part of the Craven Tasker group...

The Netherlands are not a prime target for British CV manufacturers, so it was no real surprise that they were not there in...

If you want credit on your new lorry the manufacturers and their dealers have the ability to help you. David Wilcox assesses...

BEDFORD can provide customers wi credit facilities through its parent compar General Motors. A wholly owned subsidia called...

DAF TRUCKS FINANCE (UK) based in No Cheam, Surrey, is wholly owned by Daf a has been in existence for seven years. claims...

purchasers — "although is something we could be looking at" saic company spokesman. ERF dealers are fr to make their own...

company-backed finance scheme to help market penetration. So last May it established Paccar Financial as a "captive", wholly...

Ford, created to provide finance for the company's commercial vehicle and car buyers. It has branch offices around the country...

IVECO dealers can offer their customers credit facilities through Fiat Finance, which is a company jointly owned with the...

KARRIER set up Truck Finance in 1982 specifically to offer finance on Renault and Dodge commercial vehicles. Truck Finance is...

LEYLAND does not have a manufacturerbacked finance scheme for its commercial vehicle buyers. Instead, each of the dealers is...

MAN-VW dealers are able to provide credit for their customers through MAN-VW's parent group in this country, VAG(UK). VAG...

Dealers do not have to promote this arrangement but a spokesman for Lloyds Bowmaker commented: "We aim to help the manufacturer...

tracted in SEDDON ATKINSON used to offer finance via its parent company's own finance arm, International Harvester Credit...

SCANIA offers Saab Scania Finance, which is jointly owned by Saab Scania and Lloyds Bowmaker Finance Group (a subsidiary...

distributors make their own localised arrangements with a general finance house. Lombard probably has the largest share of the...

MENTION management buy-outs and most in the industry will think immediately of the National Freight Consortium. It may be the...

I FORECAST some time ago that America would be the next country in which the National Freight Consortium would seek outlets for...

MEANWHILE, elaborate arrangements are being made to convey hundreds of NFC shareholders to the second annual general meeting at...

THE NEC ANNUAL report and accounts is a model for all companies. Apart from its excellent graphic design, it presents financial...

LEYLAND VEHICLES is to announce a major new product later this year according to a press release issued this week on behalf of...

VOLVO'S IRVINE plant must be one of Britain's most sparsely populated industrial sites with 450 people spread over 75 acres....

NEW PLYMOUTH police estimated that a 20,000 crowd watched the largest load ever moved by road in New Zealand — a 572-tonne...

BATTERY MANUFACTURER Tungstone has introduced a new range of compact commercial vehicle batteries for a wide range of goods...

THE SIMPLE task of inflating a tyre can be complicated by an air hose with a difficult-to-read or damaged readout. To make...

RESTRICTED vision caused by blind corners and sharp junctions on highways and factory sites can create a major hazard. To help...

FOR THOSE workshops without a pit or vehicle lift, Desmo has produced a sturdy vehicle inspection trolley. Supplied in kit...

TO KEEP OPERATORS abreast of the latest equipment on the market, three manufacturers have produced detailed brochures of their...

TETROC has introduced an automatically controlled air-less shotblaster designed for small batch work which is claimed to reduce...

AS A MATTER of customer relations it is good to see that Townsend Thoresen fully supports hard-working hauliers in their...

OH DEAR, Mr Eastman (Commercial Motor February 4), you really should re-read my reply to your letter about rear fog lights....

When you buy your first lorry, you're certainly given your head — but are you just putting it in a noose? HP commitments can be...

Railways the key to EEC haulage THREE BASIC attitudes to land transport exist among members of the EEC, explains Dr Jurgen...

HOW MANY buyers pay proper regard to the financing of vehicle purchase? The minority, I suggest. Decisions tend to follow the...

ROAD HAULIERS do not need to be told that low public esteem is not always deserved. Nevertheless, they might see the force of...

FIFTY ARTIC buses a year until 1988 are to be placed in service in Paris, so successful has their introduction in April last...

THE AUSTRIAN truck plant operated by MAN-owned 0eAF in Floridsdorf, Vienna, is to be closed within the next two years. The 0eAF...

GERMAN psy specialist Vetter of Fell bach has recently completed a number of sightseeing "minitrains" for use by visitors to...