I T IS perhaps fitting that 1985 is fading out to the echo of yet another governmental dropped brick, for it has been the...

ALONG with many of our readers, we are taking a short break over the Christmas week, so the next issue will be dated January...

SUBSTANTIAL increases in compensation for the loss of heavy goods vehicle licences on medical grounds have been agreed for West...

PRIVATISATION of the National Freight Consortium in 1982 led to its chairman, Sir Peter Thompson, enjoying a salary rise of 93...

ESSO is phasing in a radical productivity deal to increase the efficiency of its tanker drivers and manual workers at its...

THE ABOLITION of the Greater London Council will provide an opportunity to look afresh at the real issues about lorries in...

THE GOVERNMENT will not abolish tolls on the Severn Bridge as a result of a High Court ruling last week that the recent...

THE 1986 12,000km ParisDakar rally starts on January 1 and Dal Trucks, last year's winner of the over 10-tonne class, has built...

BRITISH hauliers have remained efficient, despite the advent of EEC drivers' hours rules. according to the Transport and Road...

SUBSTANTIAL sections of the M25 London ringway, including the two sections still to be opened, have been identified as fog...

OPERATORS look likely to be included in new Government plans to introduce stricter controls on the disposal of commercial and...

WALKER BROTHERS, a Birmingham general haulier, is based at Hockley and has a redundant. The 711-year-old company is based at...

1H15 has been a bad year for the lorry driver, and next year the Transport and General Workers' Union says matters will only be...

I RAN SPORT Development Australia, the British Transport Development Group's subsidiary, made record profits in 1984/85....

RENA UL 1 'Frock Indust and its dealers will spend million next year in developing its trade network, its chairman and managing...

A S( IL I I ISI I operator who told the Transport Tribunal he has been unable to supervise his vehicle properly because of a...

THE NEWLY-created position of general manager. Kent, for BRS Southern has been filled by Doug Cartin. He was formerly company...

SALVADOR Caetano (UK), the British importer of Portuguese-built coaches, has appointed Kevin Wood as its regional sales manager...

SENIOR officers of the two new companies which will be taking over the bus and coach operations of Alder Valley following...

BARNSLEY-based National Bus subsidiary Yorkshire Traction has reorganised its traffic department in ancitipation of bus...

PICKFORDS Removals has promoted George Meechan to chief accountant. Meechan, who joined the company in 1981 as regional...

THE DIRE( FOR of finance, systems and distribution for Haltbrds, George Cochrane, has been assigned the additional...

TO STRENGTHEN its sale and marketing in a growing market for contract hire, BRS Northern has made three new appointments....

THE 1985 WINNER of the prestigious Mark Vane memorial award for showing "courage, courtesy or care on the road is John Taylor,...

ROAD HAULAGE Association objections have led a mingham haulier who ran for two years without an operator's licence to have his...

T. B. I.UNN TRANSPORT has been banned from carrying out any work on a Sunday. The company applied for a new licence for 14...

FOR THE FIRST time ever. Sealink has carried over 100,000 trucks and vans on its Isle of Wight ferry services. Earlier this...

TI IRA PSTON Warehousing Company must wait to sec whether an environmental condition imposed in February is to be removed or...

Kilo oad blows deep THE PAYLOAD potential of Mercedes-Benz' rear-steer 38tonne tractive unit has been improved by half a...

INDUS I MAI. Machinery Supplies of Loughborough is offering an air dryer with a built-in 24V drain valve heater, pressure...

IMPROVEMENTS in design and operation standards are needed for the 8,000 refuse compaction vehicles at work in the UK, says the...

developed to lift liquid/ solid mixtures from depths of 30m (l(U)ft) and convey them horizontally over similar distances. No...

MULDER UK, of Sandbach. Cheshire, has delivered its first 4m 3 truck mixer, with narrow section drum, to Itonez, Jersey's...

A FURIOUS row has broken out between the Bus and Coach Omncil and Channel Four Television, following a one-hour programme on...

THE FIRST of Greater Manchester Transport's fleet of 20 Dennis Domino midihuses are now in service on the Centreline route in...

LONDON Regional Transport's Government subsidy has been cut by £51 million next year, leaving ratepayers to find .1:193.6...

FOUR . fEEN areas have been elected by the Government's Transport and Road Research Laboratory for detailed studies of activity...

BRI I AIN's largest coachbuildcr, Plaxtons GB, has suffered a. significant slump in its profits for the year to September 20....

Lt )ACI1 DRIVERS are still responsible for their coaches when they are locked up overnight in hotel car parks when away from...

A SERIES of allegations that George Day's Ileart of England lours company has bc. , en failing to comply with the conditions of...

CANADIAN specialist coach manufacturer, Prevost of St Claire, Quebec, has launched a new 18m (60ft) five-axle 2.59m wide...

MINIBUSES have been included in the ban on carrying alcohol to sports grounds. The public order legislation published by the...

ALLERDALE District Council has agreed to further discussions with the National this Company over a new bus and coach station...

SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER W HA I EV ER potential changes in transport regulations are discussed,...

I HAVE reihi with interest, several hirers referring to buy British, in recent issues of Commercial Motor, the latest being Mr...

[AVE a large quantity of back copies of Coiiiiticrei,d Alotor to dispose or with great reluctance due to lack of storage Space....

animals from people comes from the Road Haulage Association's Livestock Carriers' Functional Group. In its submission to the...

Development Department has CHIPS with everything. The party came to Edinburgh to see how the department's computerised highway...

Rover is doing well from its workers' ideas. These have saved more than s..I million this year and have earned awards of over...

year Competition. It was promoted by the British Car Wash Association to discover the best car wash in England. The first prize...

End in a 1.6-litre car in less than 11 hours 48 minutes at an average of better than 10.23 lit/1(X)km (27.6mpg), Chris...

on country roads as a sheer waste of money. I defended diem on grounds of safety. It now appears that he might be right....

other natural disasters. May the spirit of goodwill engendered by alcohol on Christmas Eve continue until the turkey carcase is...

After surviving the Blitz and service as a platform for grit blasting, Merryweather appliance registration number GLW425 has...

il IIS WELK IN I) Sir Peter Lazarus will walk out of the I )epartment of Transport's hideous headqllarterS 2 Marsham Street for...

16 TONNERS NO MATTER how hard we try to get each new model for test as it is introduced in Britain there are always a few that...