The RTITB's ready agreement to the sensible proposal of the Department of Employment that companies already engaged on a...

money. .. But fears Government direction and CBI domination • More money from the Government to offset the reduction in...

Allegations that Leyland's gas turbo project was falling behind because of ti loss of key men and the difficulty recruiting top...

• Mr William McQueen, chairman of RHA North of Scotland sub-area a tnember of the Vehicle Maintena Advisory Committee for...

• The Common Market Commission has agreed that a Briton should be given the top civil servant post as director-general with...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr bony Barber, was urged yesterday to lish vehicle licences and recover lost :nue through...

• Heavy lorries should be compelled to go round London and other "afflicted communities" using specially designated and...

• A new scholarship for employees in distribution has been established by the Distributive Industry Training Board. Called the...

• An investigation by Home Off police and fire service experts is being m into how a road tanker containing 250( of...

• After eight months' picketing dockers the East London-based Midi; Cold Storage company has applied withdraw its complaint...

Leyland report • British Leyland's tax-paid profits the year ended September 30 1972 rose £21.1m (1971: £18.4m). But unit...

In t he specimen invoice which appeared in the article about Value Added Tax on page 39 of CM last week, the 2+ per cent...

armonization of vehicle testing within EEC is not a matter requiring the st degree of priority, the FTA has the DoE. e...

'Over the past three years the number ;avy lorries over 3 tons unladen — lecreased. During the same period more one million...

• Contractors hauling hazardous waste materials may soon be required by law to keep accurate records of the exact location of...

by John Darker • The TGWU is taking a strong line about certain of the Common Market Commission's ideas on road transport. In...

• Charles Roberts and Co Ltd, of Wake advise us that they transposed the Gulf Oil cal and the Oil Recovery Company caption ii...

The vehicles to be used at the final -off for the LDoY title at Bramcote on )tember 9 will be supplied by rcedes-Benz (GB) Ltd....

'ownsends Dr £680,000 Lex Services Group Ltd stated this :k that its subsidiary company,Wilkinson insport Group Ltd, has...

• A complaint by Mr John Stewart, of Riverside Station, Dalinuir, Glasgow, to the Industrial Court in Scotland which alleges...

• The top brass in Glasgow Corporation Transport were gathered with directors at the Carrick Furniture company in the city....

• A cut of 40 per cent in the numbers of cars in use in central London would allow a really efficient bus service to operate....

• Hounslow Coaches Ltd, the 15-vehicle Middlesex operator, is the only coach operatot showing at International Holiday...

• An experimental guaranteed-s coach service got off to an encourag start in London this week. It ser Stanwell, Ashford and the...

• Kettering town council is to compile a dossier of complaints from residents about "totally inadequate local bus services"...

• The first stage in Bradford's £8 bus-train interchange was completed week and the first two platforms will cc into use on...

was stopped in Scotland, found not guilty this week of one charge ;ontravening Scottish licensing regulai. But the firm was...

• Windermere Council unanimously decided this week to back the application of a local firm, Mountain Goat Minibus Service, to...

World Wide Coaches Ltd, is expected to be made "very soon". This was said on Tuesday by a spokesman for American Express Ltd,...

• The National Bus Company has made four new appointments to its Central Activities Group. Mr John A. Birks, traffic manager of...

Edward Deakin, 63, the general manager of Bradford City Transport for the past 10 years, has been elected president of the...

• A stern warning to all Shetland fleet operators was given by Mr A. B. Birnie, the Scottish LA, at a public hearing in...

• An Aldershot site clearance contractor, engaged in transport for more than 20 years, told the deputy South Eastern LA, Mr G....

• Because the three vehicles, owned b: Blackburn, Lancs, scrap metal merch covered such a low yearly mileage, he did feel that...

• At Bradford Crown Court last Fri( Mr Alwyn Davison, haulage contractoi Wyke, Bradford, who had been fine total of £150 by...

Nhen Mr H. E. Robson, the Eastern 'eserved his decision at a public inquiry id that the case was an important one, licated and...

k 42-year-old driver, Mr William ie, who failed in an appeal to Tort magistrates last week, against Slorth Western Licensing...

[he licence specifying two vehicles ging to Mr E. Murphy of Woolston, lampton, was revoked by the South rn deputy LA last week...

• A tipper operator had paid little attention to the mileage of his vehicles and his preventive maintenance inspections were...

• Two transportable commercial vehicle weighing systems, designed first used in Sweden, are now being marketed in the UK by Oxy...

• Ford has finally, officially definitely, writes our Spanish corm dent, presented its petition to the Sp Ministry of Industry...

• With the intention of leasing truck special purposes, and for the transpc chemicals in particular, a US comi North American...

• "We go out to get the driver's advice before we build a tilt body and we adopted the same philosophy in the design stage of...

will be open every including Sundays between 10 am and n until January 28, will see a first-class lay with truck and bus...

MAKING LORRIES more conspicuous and eliminating rear overhang could reduce the deaths caused by collisions between cars and...

new by the Hawk 'lever comes? ?rrow's World was last week's con. An viewer of this BBC television prome, I had my enthusiasm...

re were some cross people at Leeds versity's Common Market transport posium (CM last week) when it was dis;red that Mr A....

by Brian H. Fish, managing director of Joseph Fish & Sons Ltd. Bristol. TO THOSE who supported the principle of the Transport...

fair shares el free trade I The European Community is much lore than an economic mutual-benefit Kiety. Politically, its...

Don Grimster • Smiles come, I suggest, in three wrappings: cynical, patronizing and contented. Don Grimster's smile which,...

George Wilmot is perfectly capable of replying to suggestions that he is "ignorant - , "ill informed and ''has a short memory...

The article - Speed limit on remoulds astounds operators" (CM December 15) seems to be a typical example of a sensation seeking...

Recently I had a mishap when a crane struck my lorry on site, smashing the window and top of the cab. In view of the fact that...

My attention has been drawn to your is December 1, and in particular to the from a reader on the usefulness of mon the...

VAT IN RELATION TO HIRE PURCHASE OR LEASING OF VEHICLES latever method of vehicle replacement the operator adopts the finance...

by Johnny Johr MANY.OPERATORS lease their vehicles, probably many more maintain their vehicles by one of the contract...

Showing up the mini-juggemaut GOODS VEHICLE OPERATORS have suspected for a long time that the motorist is the main menace on...

ly lain Sherriff NLEY PLANT LTD, a plant hire firm le building industry since 195S, began hiring out self-drive vehicles to...

workshop by Handyman Details that save down-time (5) WITH today's sophisticated tractive units, a gearbox or clutch repair...

PEAY by lain Sherriff r the surface contract hire appears easy, secure d lucrative. According to BRSL this opinion is en to...

easily disposed of and is consequently a high security risk. In addition to these aspects, he had to take into account the...

can the vehicle then be classed WI-purpose and therefore be driven at higher speed limits which apply to such 71es? Regulation...

DoE inspectors that I adequate workshop facilities. Does this , ection also swish , the requirements of Factories Act, if...

the introduction of tachographs were mentioned. I operate a large fleet of municipal refuse collection vehicles. Will these be...

the Department of the Environment last October; could you tell whether this code has the force tf law, and also when a load is...

matters by John Darker AMBIM How Wincanton Contract was launched LAUNCHING a new company or a specialist organization is an...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI Drivers' hours of work (2) THIS WEEK I propose to examine the exemptions created by the...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Taking transport courses by correspondence THE...

Guyson warning bleeper is into action immediately a :le is reversed. It is fitted at rear of the vehicle ath the bodywork, out...

rder to assist with the ;than of sections for uiIding Alustock, specialist inium stockholders, has itly produced a compact or...

closedfoam tape, coated on one with pressure-sensitive sive, to their range, and ible in either 0.125in. or 5in. thickness. The...

A range of low-cost generalpurpose sealants for vans, buses and containers among other uses has been introduced by Evode....

Truck drivers may be interested in the Car-Maband waist support belt. The belt is fabricated from a black elasticated material...

A squirt-on rust killer and a wrap-round exhaust bandage have been announced by Granville. The affected area must be cleaned...

A series of die-cast aluminium armoured clearance and marker lamps has been introduced. The design permits mounting without...

A two-lamp 12V lighting set manufactured by Wipac, is suitable for lighting outbuildings and exhibition displays. Included in...

An electronic multi-signal acoustic warning device has been developed by A. P. Besson Ltd. The device, named Cybertone, gives...

Five different designs are offered in a new range of shock absorbers from AC-Delco. They are telescopic, coilassisted...

Two stacker trucks with battery-powered traction and hydraulic lifting mechanisms have been added to the existing Mobax...

A range of chemical vehicle cleaners for use without brushes has been introduced by the metal finishing division of Pyrene....

A free leaflet, "Tins of paint" from the Metrication Board sets Out the standard metric ranges and the appropriate spreading...

From B & B Sales comes Pt quick-release battery ten screws. They compris self-tapping screw, surmot by plastic-coated wing 1...

From Spectra Chemicals c "Clean Hands" — cleanei the removal from hands dust and grime without was The cleaners are suppli...

mblication from the Steel Development 1 gives guidance on uitable steels for each operation and also information on tool...

The Sprayguard mudwing for commercial vehicles and psv has been introduced by Jonas Woodhead, The injection-moulded...

by Trevor Longcroft it many operators must re of the money to be repair and downtime itting an engine coolant ierature and....

From Z. Brierley comes a modified version of its desk-top document shredder. Individual steel cutters and aluminium spacers...

Starchem, which used to make its Tack cloths from cotton scrim for wiping areas about to be painted, now uses a' synthetic...

The Staples Engineering steam cleaner is propane-gas fired, supplies 2001b of steam per hour at up to 100 psi: it has a bhp...

The BroomWade BEN spraygun, the PS3-XM, has been produced for spraying quick-drying materials when used with compressors of low...

Storage Techniques revised industrial mail order catalogue, a 56-page booklet, is divided into six sections — binning and...

A paste, Metallit Heat Protection, can be spread around any area to be welded in order to prevent buckling — and its...

A hydraulically lifted platform mounted on a turntable and developed by Liftec Engineering can be supplied for working heights...

Goodyear has brought quilted, nylon driving jar winter use; it is siliconeand water repellent. The are fitted with concealec...

(ham comes the Spar! of vehicle washing featuring automatic with an overriding ntrol. tic washer has a railgantry installed on...

Hagglund, the Swedish hydraulic engineer, has released details of a new wheel motor which is available in the UK from ASH...

Quentsplass has reformulated its liquid epoxy resin-based mastics and adhesives, and Quentsplass Rapid, a putty-like substance...

From Umed come electronic buzzers suitable for use in a vehicle as a hazard warning signal. One model has a resonating...