• Several years ago, Commercial Motor was told that by the mid-1990s there would be only three — possibly four — major truck...

• The urgent need for further research into wheel loss was tragically underlined last week when a motorised crane lost a wheel...

• A European hauliers' cooperative which will champion small-to medium-sized haulage companys' interests in the single European...

• Volvo and Renault's proposed tie-up is being investigated by Sir Leon Brittan, the European Commissioner in charge of...

of the Road Haulage Association's tipping committee. Rayner, from Coton in Cambridgeshire, is elected for two years. ERF...

• Royal Mail Parcels has unveiled its new look and new name — Parcelforce — for the 1990s. More than .E80 million will be...

is an alliance," says Gyllenhammar, "where both groups will keep their integrity, and their headquarters, but will gain...

• More than 3,000 NFC shareholders gathered in Blackpool last weekend to hear chairman Sir Peter Thompson name his successor,...

• Moves to improve roadside services for lorry drivers have been stepped up at Westminster, despite Government objections. The...

Motor went to press. The company produces the Marlin fire tender (see profile on page 50) and Barracuda airfield fire crash...

• Ron Hancock is standing down as managing director of AWD Trucks after 27 months in the job. The 56-year-old will remain with...

• British lorry drivers may get free language lessons, paid for by the EC, to help them compete more fairly with their European...

• Parish councillors are resisting plans to develop a truckstop alongside a pub at Bedale, North Yorkshire. The site, just off...

• Drivers and fitters at BRS and Exel Logistics have voted to accept the company's 8.5% offer. Staff at Pickfords will vote...

• The new 16.5m maximum length for articulated vehicles will now come into force on 19 March. Roads and Traffic Minister Robert...

• The Royal Automobile Club is pressing the Government to cut diesel and unleaded fuel prices further to encourage the use of...

the M40 and M42 in the outside fast lanes (CM 11-17 January) have been rejected by Roads and Traffic Minister Robert Atkins. In...

This week, as NFC announced the appointment of a new head, current chairman Sir Peter Thompson launched his new book, Sharing...

• Yugo's long-awaited attack on the light truck market appears to have collapsed before it even got off the ground. Last year...

• The United States Marines has awarded Amersham-based TT Boughton & Sons an 28 million contract to supply a...

• Volvo Trucks and SaxonSanbec, of Cheshire, have won an order to supply seven fire engines to the Devon Fire and Rescue...

• Welsh Water has replaced 23 of its six-tonne vehicles with Leyland Daf Roadrunner 6.12s. The Roadrunners, which will operate...

• Foden Trucks' American parent company Paccar has announced record results for 1989; sales increased by 7% to £2 billion, and...

• GKN Automotive has won an important contract for the supply of lightweight composite leaf springs into the Japanese truck...

E6.180 with the SP4 cab, as we wrongly stated last week. The Sandbach-based truck manufacturer has launched a 157kW (210hp)...

• Sales of trucks above 3.5 tonnes in Western Europe reached a record of 324,000 last year. This compares with 316,000 in the...

• The first Hino to be fitted with a Telehoist Line-Flow allsteel dumper body and 22C65 tipping gear has joined the fleet of...

• Hull-based plant hire specialist Peter Hird & Sons has acquired three AWD TLS-14 trucks fitted with Simon 1_135 access...

• Seddon Atkinson is working closely with the Cornish Brewery to produce a sfirnline brewery vehicle for high street deliveries...

• Pallet maker WH Shaw & Son has bought six Seddon Atkinson Strato twin-steer tractor units in a deal which includes full...

• The Scottish region of British Gas has taken delivery of four Iveco Ford vans, which are 1.2m longer, but weigh virtually the...

• BRS Southern has clinched its largest contract hire deal to date with the UK's biggest timber and builders' merchant Jewson....

• Swift Transport Services has won a £3.8 million contract to distribute parts from Massey-Ferguson's parts operation in...

• The National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors is considering opening its doors to council direct service...

• Portable cabin hire company Allied Accommodation is expanding into commercial vehicle rental. A subsidiary of the Allied...

• The Road Haulage Association's vice-chairman Barry Hempsall has sold off his tipping fleet. Hempsall Bulk Transport is still...

• Peter Colby (Commercials) is planning to launch a freightonly ferry service to Portugal following the collapse of the...

• Marquiss of Scotland, the Dumfriesshire-based recovery vehicle manufacturer, could be forced out of its factory near the A74...

• US parcels firm UPS has bought Cuallado, one of Spain's leading express carriers. The acquisition is the company's tenth in...

• Southern Vectis has come under bitter attack from Isle of Wight County Council for threatening to cut back island bus...

• Stagecoach Holdings is to be investigated by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission over its acquisition of Portsmouth Citybus...

• A bus driver formerly employed by Clayton Jones has admitted assaulting a rival driver from National Welsh Omnibus during a...

• Six former drivers from GM Buses' Ashton-under-Lyne depot have started a new company in the Manchester area, called Pennine...

its Liverpool base, which has been compulsorily purchased for a housing and shopping development by the Merseyside Development...

• The three Welsh bus companies bought by Badgerline (CM 22-28 February) will continue to trade as South Wales Transport,...

• East Midland has restructured its coaching activities in the Mansfield area with the launch of Midland Travel. EM has...

• Keighley coach operator Paul Berry, trading as Pinnacle Coaches, has had his threevehicle licence revoked by North Eastern...

• Geoffrey Hi!ditch, former director of Drawlane Bus, has returned to Leicester as chairman of Leicester City Bus — the company...

• Improved profitability in the bus and coach industry is vital if it is to shake off its downmarket image and successfully...

singledecker Volvo BlOMs. They will be used predominantly on Mainline routes in Sheffield.

• Dutch public transport authorities are experimenting with buses running on natural gas in Rotterdam, The Hague and Groningen...

Wheel loss fine quashed e o be s iv l ee s r le pls trou b l e • Fines imposed on Lancashire haulier Barnes & Tipping of...

• Redferns of New Mills has had its existing PSV Operator's Licence revoked, but has been granted a new licence, authorising...

for a new icence by Frank and Iris Townend, trading as F E N Townend, and has warned them that they have been operating...

to operate an increased vehicle fleet in South Wales, subject to a condition banning the use of vehicle-mounted refrigeration...

Al convicted of handling stolen lorries will have his five-vehicle licence revoked unless he replies within two weeks to a...

held by Lee Robins, trading as Robins Haulage, of Clydach, Abergavenny, has been cut with Robins' agreement so that it expires...

• A series of drivers' hours and tachograph offences led to 26 drivers employed by three Russell Davies Group companies being...

• No action has been taken against the liWI_ cence of Seamerbased potato merchant James Stockdale despite allegations that it...

• Volkswagen aims to appeal to Green operators with a comprehensive range of catalysed petrol-engined vans — the first such...

• Coventry-based GME Springs has launched an airload-levelling kit designed primarily for light commercials with stability...

• Bedwas Bodyworks has developed two vehicles to act as mobile community charge (poll tax) collection vehicles. The company...

to a halt with haulage firms rushing to send all their trucks out to relieve Romania. This week alone Romaniamania (sounds...

Matt and Luke Goss (alias Bros) for a replacement for Craig, their former band member, is finally over: John Astbury, van sales...

by Atlas Hydraulic Loaders for the UK Lorry Loader of the Year competition, being run in conjunction with the 1990 Lorry Driver...

a brainteaser to test your knowledge of Britain's motorway service areas based on the following clues. For instance: Discover...

by 1993 to ease the passage of vehicles across European borders. The 12 member states will continue to use their own...

shoulder of a motorway was highlighted in the House of Lords last week. Government spokesman Viscount Davidson revealed that...

was spotted early one morning last week on the M4 between Hungerford and Newbury. Nothing strange about that, you might think —...

the eye of the beholder, but it can't be often that a JCB digger proves a source of artistic inspiration. Ceramics company...

NEW OUTLET FOR USED TIDDLERS • Dunstable-based used CV dealer T J Commercials has opened an extra site at Woburn Road, Heath...

FITTING AGENT • SRS has been appointed as a fitting agent for Dayton Walther fifth-wheel couplings. Installation services are...

BIG NAMES AT FMC '90 • Television presenter Michael Rodd will chair this year's Fleet Management Conference at the Birmingham...

RISKY BUSINESS • A reference manual called Dangerous Substances — Their Classification and Labelling — A Guide to Current UK...

POLY HAS AN MSc • Birmingham Polytechnic is to run its second part-time Master of Science course in transport and distribution...

PORTABLE POWER • Panasonic has introduced a portable kit for the E-Series cellular mobile phone to upgrade the fixed unit into...

BUILDING UP THE BRIGHTON ROAD • Work starts soon on the 5.2km section of the A23 trunk road between Mill Lane, Sayers Common...

closures on the entry and exit slip roads at Scratchwood Services. Diversions signed. M40 Buckinghamshire: Various off-peak...

M1 Leicestershire: Outside lane closed southbound at .119 (M6). M1 Leicestershire: Various lane closures between J21-24...

M4 Gwent: Lane closures, J24 (Coldra) and A48M interchange. M4 Gwent: One lane closed eastbound between J28-27 (Tredegra...

City); northbound entry slip closed. M180 South Yorkshire: Contraflow J1 (A18) and M18. M61 Lancashire: Reduced to two lanes...

A75 Dumfries/Galloway: Construction of Dumfries bypass near junction with A76. A985 Fife: Temporary traffic lights between...

It believes in providing its customers with vehicles maintained to the highest standards. • If you've got a problem then throw...

The Davis family first entered the haulage game in the 1920s. Now, 63 years and three generations later, it runs four transport...

Peugeot's 305 CDV is one of the longest-running contenders in its sector. Since its original launch a number of stylish...

TO RENT We take a look at the pros and cons of buying, renting and leasing, and give a guide to avoiding the financial...

RANGLAIS 9 • Most UK truck drivers going to the Continent are well-versed in legal procedures if they are stopped by police...

The 750-member British Association of Removers has set up its first new sub-group since it was formed 18 years ago, to...

FIRE FIG114TER Not only is the Marlin three-axled all-wheel-drive fire tender cheaper than its continental competitors, it...

on 25 January, highlighting Land Rover's increased share of the off-road market. I certainly wouldn't quarrel with your...

read the article about the Leyland Lynx (CM 21 December 1989 3 January 1990). Back in 1938 I bought two of these vehicles,...

have watched with interest two TV reports recently about Ted Toleman and his new £250,000 12-car Iveco Ford car transporter (CM...

publication for over 40 years, I have found it to have been a great help in the running of my business. 1 have found your...

Based at Hayes, near Heathrow, he controls a fleet of more than 2,500 trailers.

new regional general managers: Richard Atkinson takes on the South-East; Lynn Dewhurst, the West; David Jones, the North; and...

commercial director at Hays Distribution Services. He will be based at the Aldrige site and will be responsible for expanding...

as area general manager (Midlands). He was area sales manager (South Midlands) at Elan. Jonathan Eaton has become development...

to takeover as general manager of retail marketing when Geoff Fisher retires at the end of March. Churn joined the company in...

Plaxton Group subsidiary Roadlease has appointed Jack Edge general manager. He was national operations director at Lex Vehicle...

Richards has worked at TNT for two years and before this promotion was general manager overseeing the company's automotive and...

created position of parts sales manager at the Wednesfield-based dealership, Greenhous Midlands. He will be responsible for...

is Robert Wood. He joined the board of Plaxton in June 1989, following the acquisitiOn of Henlys, where he was chief...

BRS Western has appointed six new branch managers: Mike Lee has joined the Basingstoke depot; Peter Davey is the new manager at...

Busways Travel Services' new promotions officer is Diane Rawson. She joins from Bloodaxe Books, where she was publicity officer...

as UK sales and marketing director. He joined the company in 1985 as sales manager, and more recently was northern regional...

general manager of its &Hingham depot. He was previously with Henry Long Transport. John Smith is the new trillfic supervisor...

• Central Motor Auctions is relocating one of its nine auction centres and completely refurbishing two others in a...

on the look out for a new site on the south coast to complement his outlet at Croydon, Surrey. "We are one of the oldest...

• mi Motor Auctions is launching a monthly truck sale to replace its weekly commercial. vehicle sale. Sales director Keith...

• Severe overcrowding problems are being experienced at auction sites up and down the UK according to CAP Red Book's latest...

trailers and vehicles according toJolui Benson, auctioneer for Castleford, West Yorkshire-based, Commercial Vehicle Auctions....

• When we asked workshop managers in a survey published in June 1989 whether they had recently had problems recruiting skilled...

• THE CHARGE-OUT RATE allowed by all major insurance companies on bodywork repairs is to be probed by the Vehicle Builders and...

• BRS NORTHERN will maintain 319 City of Bradford Metropolitan Council vehicles for five years under a 14.3 million contract....

Oldham Council's first Seddon Atkinson 3-11 six-wheeler. This swop-body system allows the vehicle to carry both a gritting body...

IIMOST WORKSHOP managers responding to a Workshop survey believe that increasing registration under BS 5750 will lead to a...

• INDONESIA is the latest country to make its presence felt in the European aftermarket with the Gemala Battery Company's...

• INCREDIBLY, certain truck manufactures delete the air drier for the UK market for reasons of cost, but do not compensate for...

• THE National Tyre Distributos Association has produced a leaflet detailing its new recommendations for dealing with roadside...

• YORK is restructuring its national support operation in order to cater for servicing operators' trailers. The eight regional...

Ml Martin Crockett, of Scantruck West, Colnbrook iFeltham, Middlesex}, is Scania GB's Technician of the Year 1990. Richard Haw,...

since joining the company in 1986, succeeds John Taylor, now area director for the western area, as maintenance director. •...

• RAC chief engineer John Wood has announced that Sabers of Norwich, part of the familyowned Holden group of truck and car...

to six Autoglass employees, said: “Autoglass is one of the British firms that sees 1992 as a challenge, not a threat." Healey...

new heights and gave Glasgow distributor Jim Lighthody a real lift for bettering his sales target. A four-tonne crane from...

D OWNTIME, when a vehicle is confined to the workshop while being serviced, is a costly problem to operators. But for rental...

(or 230.48 if fitted with three axles). Its 350kW (476hp) engine is the charge-cooled version of the twinturbocharged...

Thompsons (UK) is finding a good market for its mobile bodywork repair service by vans R APID RESPONSE repair and servicing...

W ORKSHOP magazine's latest survey of °pillions among workshop managers provides some enlightening information. We report on...

▪ Souriau has brought out a new range of two-post baseless lifts with a capacity of 2,500kg. Model 42625 has assymetric arms...

• I ligh-lift hydraulic jacks for use within inspection pits or from ground level in conjunction with vehicle lifts have been...

• The Coasta range of BS 1870-1988 safety footwear from Totectors is aimed particularly at younger people at work, since it...

• The 1I.306 system multipurpose puller from Facom features a standard body designed to take either two or three legs for...

▪ A leaflet now available from Binks-Bullows gives details of a breathing kit to help paint spraying operations to comply with...

• The 1990 Machine Mart catalogue is now available. Additions to the range are workbenches axial fans, new MIG and arc welders,...

• DeVilbiss has introduced a new general-purpose, suctionfeed spray gun — the TGD — to produce consistent, usefully large spray...

• New from ICI is an eight-page full-colour brochure detailing the company's range of 'S'-Series metal cleaning plant.

• A new portable high-pressure washer driven by a Suzuki fourstroke engine has been launched by Ultra Marine Supplies. It is...

• Lucas Automotive supplies corrosion resistant air horns with chrome plated trumpets specifically for buses and commercial...

III Whitmore Northway has an extensive range of UKmanufactured gasket materials described in a new brochure designed to furnish...

• Two new products from PPC provide a compact accelerated system to shorten air drying times for the Deltron system in cold...

II Thread repair kits are now available from V L Churchill under the Recoil and Threadsave labels. The Recoil system requires...

• Hendrickson Norde is launching a mobile hush replacement service designed to cater for in-service on site repairs. Three...

• DOES the rising trend in Department of Transport test failure rates for trailers over the past few years reflect a...

Ili GARAGE mechanics and engineers should be "licensed" — that's the view of the Institute of the Motor Industry, Workshop...

If this is achieved legislation to license fitters would be unnecessary. Members of the Engineering Division of the Institute...