MAD COWS AND HAULIERS • It's happening again. British livestock hauliers are apparently losing thousands of pounds, their...

• Three-quarters of Britain's hauliers would like to see tougher penalties imposed on transport companies which break the law,...

• Bus giant Badgerline Holdings has bought Essexbased bus operator Eastern National, boosting the group's fleet to more than...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles says that it has started work on a ElOm plant for bus, coach and fire appliance chassis. It...

association, "they always say the problem is too much bureaucracy." Both associations say that they expected to see the...

• Following the Department of Transport's latest report on the state of Britain's roads, the FTA is calling for immediate...

• Sandbach-based truck manufacturer ERF has cut another 41 jobs, bringing its redundancy toll to more than 100. ERF...

• European Parliament moves to curb the transport of live animals have been rejected by EC Agriculture Commissioner Ray...

bus passengers in Harrogate • The potential for a wheel-loss incident to cause multiple injuries hit the media last week when...

• Interlink Express Parcels has started to replace artics with bigger payload drawbar units, with the delivery of a stretched...

• Staybrite, the Coventrybased double-glazing and replacement window company, is to re-equip its light commercial fleet of 250...

• North-East bus and coach operator Moor-Dale has bought a 49-seat Berkhof Excellence coach based on the Volvo BlOM chassis —...

• Drivers on regular runs to atomic establishments and other locations where they might be exposed to radiation are to be...

• Haulier Romac International has invested over £100,000 in Trailor's first three allaluminium 'tipping vans' into the UK. The...

• Andover Trailers has redesigned its transporter trailers to meet the new C&U lengths for 18m low loaders and 16.5m...

• Bedwas is expanding its range of security vehicle bodywork designed for police and prison applications, with the launch of...

• British-built recovery vehicles based on a speciallystrengthened 3.4-tonne Land Rover chassis will go into service in the...

• British Telecom has run into problems with trials of an air-load-levelling kit, designed to improve the stability of its...

• The first ERF to be fitted with the new Cummins BSeries engine (CM 12-18 April) has gone into service with industrial gas...

• A Leyland Dal Constructor 30.30 mounted with a Dutchbuilt Vacupress high-power vacuum system has been bought by Cheshire...

• The Royal Mail has become the first fleet customer to order Leyland Oaf Freighters with the Besco aerodynamic bodywork (CM...

• East European vehicle manufacturers are concentrating their efforts on trucks which utilise military know-how to tackle poor...

• Steyr Trucks, whose UK operations folded at the end of last year, is poised to re-enter the UK market via a Leedsbased...

international hauliers David Brown (Transport) of Hanson Lane in Halifax into receivership. says receivers Thorogood and...

• A group of 24 Northumberland tipper operators hopes to arrange pay-claim meetings with Tarmac, ARC, Tiicon and Ready Mix...

• National Courier Network, (NCN), the London-based network of 135 courier firms which was launched on 9 April, is already...

• Hays Distribution Services has hit back at claims that it has withdrawn from DIY distribution, with the announcement of a new...

• More than 50 jobs are to be axed at transport giant Transfleet because of poor trading conditions. So far, salesmen,...

. Robertshaw Transport Services has strengthened its agricultural tipping business with the purchase of Hempsall Bulk...

• The Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators has a membership of 700 and is affiliated to the Motor Agents Association,...

• York City services were transformed last week when many of York City and District's routes were taken over by three other...

• Bradford Interchange, the combined bus and rail station and bus garage opened in 1977, is to be redeveloped. West Yorkshire...

• Graham's of Paisley is to stop its local bus services on 29 April, making all 69 staff redundant (CM 15-21 March)....

• London Coaches has extended one of its Routemaster open-toppers used for London sightseeing tours by some 1.5m (5ft). The...

• Wallace Arnold's 1990 record-breaking order for 52 Plaxton/Volvo BlOM coaches has been expanded. Following an upturn in...

goes south to GMB • Alan VVestwell, chief executive and managing director of Strathclyde Buses, has moved to a similar post at...

by Maidstone's municipal operator Boroline, following the announcement of a 2400,000 loss for the last nine months of 1989....

• A low-floor midibus body, the Portsdown, has been launched by Wadham Stringer Coachbuilders. It is built on the Dennis Dart...

• A bid for a new PSV Operator's Licence by Rotherham operator Kevin Lambert, whose previous licence was revoked after his...

• A series of offences while using a 7.5-tonne vehicle cost Leigh operator Brian Davison and one of his drivers .€627.50 in...

• Teesside Magistrates have ordered that the defence costs of Stevenson Bros (Avonbridge) be paid out of public funds, after...

• In granting a licence to Pilkingtons (Accrington), enabling the company to take over the business of Raymond and Mary...

• A Smiths Shearings tour coach driver has been fined £140 after operating sight-seeing excursions in addition to the tour...

involving alleged drivers' hours and tachograph offences by Haydock haulier Michael Tracey and one of his drivers was adjourned...

• North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority H Anthony Richardson proposes to place a condition on the licence held by...

• A Bradford haulier, his father and a former Bradford Council employee who defrauded their local council of large sums of...

• A Dundee industrial tribunal has ruled that a driver sacked by Rotherwas Transport, a company run by Trevor Oakley, former...

• Though Metropolitan Licensing Authority Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Ashford found it difficult to conclude that Romford-based J C...

ARRIVALS Brian Martin runs a complex transport operation responsible for distributing many of Britain's favourite weekly...

4x2 Bedford Brava last year (CM 26 January-1 February 1989) it was powered by a 2.2-litre indirect-injection diesel engine....

A novel rear-steer system for semi-trailers has been designed which will solve corner cut-in problems with no loss of...

Dutch cash-intransit company which is already turning over £7 million a year. We report on the joint venture's growth prospects...

with radios for direct communication with a control centre — a unique benefit for a private company in the Netherlands....

general manager with the Zimbabwe Dairy Marketing Board (ZDMB) for three months' onthe-job training with UK logistics expert...

SEM/ Jong Grauss Transport has won a loyal client list, despite being more expensive than its competition, by staying small...

'Mad cow disease' has wiped thousands of pounds off the profits of British international livestock hauliers, hit by the halt in...

time has now definitely arrived, even if you thought it had not before, for the whole of our industry to unite and increase...