• A budget is normally a bitter pill, occasionally laced with a bit of sweetness. This year's effort from Chancellor Nigel...

which should help young people find jobs in the haulage industry. The scheme, which gained much of its initial impetus from...

• Italy faces another crippling strike by the country's mainly self-employed truck drivers following an about-turn by its...

• Andrew Porter, a transport, storage and removals business based in Wrightington near Wigan, had a Bedford Luton van stolen in...

small change • • • • After suffering badly at the hands of previous Chancellors, hauliers could well have been forgiven for...

• A Rover Group shareholders meeting next Friday is expected to give fortrial approval to the disposal of the group's Leyland...

II Operators and trade associations contacted by Commercial Motor shortly after the Budget speech were both relieved and...

• Operators can expect to see 17 tonne GVW two-axle rigids on the road some time next year, Government and manufacturer sources...

container and tanker lorries were demanded by the European Parliament in a resolution voted last week in Strasbourg. Euro MPs...

• Following the recent merger between Daf and Leyland, Roger Phillips (right) — Dafs UK managing director — has been made...

• Although small shows tend to suffer from manufacturer indifference, and a lack of resources, they do have the advantage of an...

• ERN' is offering its own factory designed and fitted stainless steel vertical exhaust stack, which is fully type approved for...

• Production of Leyland 98 Series-engined Freighters between 11 and 16 tonnes GVW has ended and, as expected the Cummins 5.9...

• For the Transport Development Group, 1986 was "a year when much went right" with turnover rising 13% to 2543 million and...

1986 of 22.6 million, on turnover of 2176.3 million. Profits in the company's trucks sales reached 2452,000, compared with...

• Hauliers of the future can look forward to regular visits from British Standards inspectors in order to keep their names on...

• Coventry-based Sheertrucks has acquired four new Volvo FL10 prime movers under a contract hire agreement with BRS Midlands....

• Freight importers, customs clearance agents and hauliers using the Port of Dover can now take advantage of a unique banking...

five-year contract with Chart Hire Services, the contract hire division of Chart Services, for ten 16.5 tonne curtainsided...

• Less than a month after becoming dealers for Caetano bodywork (CM, February 21) Loughborough-based WS Yeates has now been...

• West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority has been given the go-ahead to spend a further £145,000 on services for the...

• A further five double deckers, bodied by Northern Counties, have been delivered to Kuwait Transport Company. The latest order...

• A top level meeting between unions and management at LRT is due to take place on Wednesday, March 25 to discuss the bus route...

• Despite having to face cuts of over £5 million in its budget for 1987/88, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority...

• In the first twelve months following the enactment of the 1985 Transport Act, the nine regional Traffic Commissioners were...

developed, and should be built in demonstrator form by the end of the summer. MCW's Barry Bostock says the company has already...

Wales Transport has been backed by the Transport and General Workers Union. Swansea-based SWT is the largest bus operator in...

Spot the differences to win two tickets to the FA Cup Final on May 16 at Wembley. One of the highlights of the sporting...

• A lorry driver who was pinned against the steering wheel when his 12m load broke loose and crashed through the back of his...

• Renewal of the North Eastern Licence of Transfleet Services which organises 100 vehicles and 64 trailers has been refused...

• Action is being taken against the drivers and operators of vehicles found to be speeding in the North Eastern Traffic Area it...

• The licence held by Currie's Transport Services (Dumfries) has been renewed without restriction by Scottish Licensing...

• Seven HGV drivers, who recently appeared before the new West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh after being...

The road accident rate in France is up slightly reports L'Officiel des Transports, February 19, with a 4.99k increase in...

An average of 915 trucks a day passed through France's Frejus tunnel in 1986 (as against 260,760 in 1985), an increase of...

A new road haulage centre, Transport Echo, March 1, has opened in Belgium at Houdeng Goognics. The new Garocentre is ideally...

working exclusively with British freight forwarder Davies Turner. Export groupage trailers are scheduled to leave Britain every...

has achieved its first year's targeted level of weekly departures within the first six months of operation. Groupage departures...

a reachstacker, the ContChamp, that can handle containers in two rows and has a lifting capacity of 35 tonnes in the first...

Arctic version of their tipper for the mining industry in Siberia with the ability to contend with snow-covered, frozen or...

in the USA that it's hindering the ability of manufacturers to compete with their foreign counterparts, according to the...

of European services, in the form of Roger Mantell. He joined the company at the end of last year, and is now responsible...

director of North Sea Ferries. He was formerly regional manager of Nedlloyd's South East Asia operations, and will move from...

been appointed to the National Freight Consortium's alternative removals brand division. Tom Bell, 56, is the area manager...

to the role of fleet director. He has been with the company since 1976, when he joined as accounts assistant.

Midlands division of the ETA has elected the following officers for the year 1987/88; E Chairman, Stewart Davies, transport...

Yearley has been appointed assistant secretary of the British Association of Removers. His duties include special...

operate the Iveco Ford 24 Hour Aidline roadside assistance and recovery scheme (Operators Handbook — February 21 issue), we...

21, 1987 (page 4) headed "Radical Plans for Overnight Stops" has surely missed the most obvious point. Transport cafes on main...

B J Dorling's experience, Commercial Motor, February 1987, with self-sealing air brake couplings which I feel may be misleading...

Motor w/e January 31, 1987, headed "Getting in the Groove", the RMA wishes to comment: The Retread Manufacturers' Association...

company hired an Iveco 3.5t GVW panel van from Ryder Truck Rental of Dukinfield. Later that day in a busy London road, the...

QUOTA GOES • British and Irish lorry operators can now make as many journeys as they wish between Britain and Eire, though they...

BREAKDOWN COMBI NATION • The Automobile Association and British Road Services — are forming a new joint company, AA-BRS...

JONES AND IFA • A range of light commercial and special purpose vehicles, is now to be marketed throughout Scotland by James...

FREE PCs • ( ',Si, the motor trade computer management service company, is offering free computers to customers taking part in...

• Michelin's maps of France are now available in atlas form. The whole of France is covered. The Michelin Road Atlas Of France,...

DON'T UPRATE YOUR REAMS • Jacking beams of 1.0 tonne capacity, used by MoT testing stations for checking the suspension of...

LEITH-SHETLAND • P and 0 Ferries will resume from early April their former Leith-Shetland link using the St Magnus leaving...

WIGAN LINK • Lane restrictions on the M6 Greater Manchester Wigan Link Road, between Junction 25 of the M6 and the A49 during...

Contraflow and various lane closures continue between Junctions 5 and 7 (Sittingbounie/Brenley corner near Faversham). M20...

sleazy back streets of Soho the other day, I was there on business. Ford had said why not come and see the new Michael Caine...

idly over the dreaming spires of downtown Sutton, I dream of escaping to parts unknown on one of those extended safari holidays...

Jackson Moore is about to retire after 24 years as secretary of the United Road Transport Union. He and his successor Frank...

Leyland's revamped Roadrunner 8.13 has more power, better fuel economy, improved suspension, effective disc brakes and a...

We have been discovering why Sigas, a small gas distribution firm, is farming out its essential transport operation. • Sigas...

One of Commercial Motor's most frequent requests is for information and guidance on how to start up a business. If you have...

• Establishing a business in the United Kingdom third edition, by R M Cooke and D C Borer. Published by the Institute of...