THE ROAD Haulage Association is understandably disappointed at the Minister of Transport's rejection of its request to him not...

UESTS at the Road Haulage Association's annual dinner in Lonon last week were treated to the unlikely sound of Employment...

THE BRITISH motor industry has a real future. This was the message of Industry Secretary Patrick Jenkin, speaking at a one-day...

PRODUCTION of Leyland's goods vehicle ranges could stop this weekend at the Leyland and Bathgate assembly plants if 1,300...

FAIRER road tax, more roads expenditure, and the scrapping of the privatisation of the goods vehicle test stations. These items...

DOWN-LICENSING tops the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' list of requests from the next Government. Its members'...

THE NEXT Government should spend over £7bn on improving the urban road system in Britain, and £4bn of it in London, according...

THE DOWN-LICENSING powers in the 1982 Finance Act should be revoked, according to enviromental group Transport 2000's director,...

THE SDP-Liberal Alliance, has absolutely nothing to say about the role of the haulage industry under an Alliance Government,...

k 50-SQUARE-MILE zonal lorry ban could apply across part of Henordshire by early next year, if county councillors agree on...

THE IRISH Government is planning to increase the maximum permitted gross vehicle weight from 32.5 tonnes to 38 tonnes for five...

TRADE UNION officials in South Wales this week claimed victory in their campaign for a £90 basic rate for drivers of 32.5 tonne...

results EXCITEMENT is mounting as the regional heats for the 1983 CM Lorry Driver of the Year finals move into full swing....

HE Road Haulage Association's newly-adopted and more restricye policy towards international road haulage (CM May 14) was...

FREIGHT Transport Association representatives assured the Lords committee that their proliberalisation views on European...

LORRY TRAFFIC takes second place to tourist traffic on some ro-ro ferry routes, a West German haulage executive told delegates...

CHARTHIRE SERVICES is expanding its contract hire business into the London area by paying around Elm for Cooper London and its...

THIRTY-EIGHT tonne lorries figure large in a £35m haulage contract awarded this week to a Devon transport consultancy company....

A ONE-vehicle Yorkshire company which fell into maintenance difficulties was allowed to carry on operating for a further 11...

LANGEN International Haulage last week lost its appeal to have its standard operator's licence returned, after the Transport...

Mr Mitchell said this when he poke to the Irish Road Haulage .ssociation's annual conference s Limerick earlier this month, ut...

STEPS are being taken to correct the rates preferences which MacBrayne Haulage received from a Fellow Scottish Transport Group...

LORRY PROBLEMS which have prompted Cambridgeshire County Council to try to ban traffic from sections of the A45 will only be...

NEW AUTHORISATIONS for MoT testing have not been granted so that the Department of Transport can give full consideration to the...

retention of quantity controls in any restructuring of the Republic's licensing arrangements. Delegates meeting at the IRHA's...

both the Bedford KB26 and Revised front-end styling includes a new grille and rectangular headlamps. Although the basic petrol...

GARRETT AiResearch has celebrated the production of the millionth turbocharger at its Skelmersdale, Lancashire plant. This...

UNIROYAL'S Max T2 tyre intrc duced 10 years ago is to be rc placed with two new van tyres the Max C5 and Max C50 whic are...

CENTAUR Electronics Systems of Oldham displayed its latest computer-based electronic fleet transport fuel security systems at...

General )tors Truck and Bus Group has cen a further step forward with a appointment of a general 3nager to manage Bedford. He...

ATIONAL Carriers Contract arvices has taken on Mike Ads as marketing director. He joined National Carriers at ; start in 1968...

British Road Services to expand commercial vehicle contract hire and distribution business in the West Midlands. The position...

ALAN COLLINSON has retired from Ferodo's mechanical products division, but is staying as sales consultant for the bus and coach...

IAN DALLISON has been re-elected president of the Freight Transport Association for 1983/84, his second year in office. He is...

A net surplus of £0.5m would have been achieved if the Greater London Council had not decided to reduce the LT revenue support...

MAIDSTONE Borough Council, Burnley and Pendle Joint Transport Committee and Leicester City Transport have joined forces to...

LADBROKE Holidays has bought a 60 per cent share in coach camping operator Club Cantabrica of St Albans, Hertfordshire....

LONDON'S new private enterpris service has started operating. Culture Bus is operating five ex-London Transport Daimler...

BUSMEN want the next Govan ment to be more generous wit financial support for the indur try and for a less partisan ar proach...

THE LIBERAL/SDP Alliance say: the environment will br seriously damaged and energl wasted unless there is ar effective public...

NATIONAL EXPRESS has set up Supabus, a new division to concentrate sales of "authorised" express coach services between Europe...

A ONE-WEEK traffic court hearing has been fixed for late June for the Scottish Traffic Commissioners to resolve a major battle...

LONDON's much maligned Daimler Fleetline buses have been cited as one of the main reasons for London Transport's bus...

FODEN'S 5108 8x4 rigid, the latest of a line of vehicles introduced by Sandbach Engineering during the past 12 months, gets its...

THE FIRST of a new range Econolite plastic refrigerati bodies was launched last weel It is built on a Bedford TL 121 chassis...

DOUGLAS AINLEY should also have drawn attention to the importance of up-to-date records of members in his article on trade...

I REFER to the page of comment by the Hawk in CM, April 30 in which he attacks Nalgo and others for seeking to protect the jobs...

I AM WRITING to say that I agree wholeheartedly with your editorial in CMApril 23, 1983, with reference to the Manpower report...

WE were very interested to read Graham Montgomerie's penetrating article on trailer conversions in your April 23 issue. There...

38-tonne operation dominated many engineers' thoughts at Solihull last week, but ingenuity was much in evidence in many other...

All subjects covered by distinguished engineers at this get together last week. Graham Montgomerie was there to report on the...

A LAND-ROVER that had been lying in a Staffordshire field for some time and had served a Walsall garage as a recovery vehicle...

RHA STAFF are slimmer but fatter, if you see what I mean, I commented about this time last year that their annual salaries...

CULTURE can be powerful hard on the feet. London Cityrama and Wealden Motor Services are doing their best to prevent the dogs...

TO THOSE who know no better, Ford is a vast American-owned monument to mammon. In fact it is also an important charitable...

THE FESTIVAL of Transport to be held in mid-Wales from Jun 17-21 promises something of everything for everyone. The event will...

"PUBLIC TRANSPORT ... will one of the top four or five issue at the general election," Councillor Phil Bateman, chairman of...

Tachographs are a pain to most hauliers but they can be turned to advantage. By analysing them thoroughly you can make useful...

THE RACE to Westminster is on with more than 2,000 runners looking for 650 places on the prize list. This latter-day national...

The following document has fallen into the hands of Janus. It purports to be an internal Department of Transport memorandum...

ARROGATE in May as become the stablished venue of the oad Haulage ,ssociation's Tipcon xhibition. It's always a iendly and...

Dodges Commandos 103 of them, to be precise, for shortdistance deliveries to Watney Combe Reid depots within a 40-mile radius...

THE FREIGHTING industry set up its international stall at a significant time: as the date of the General Election was set. Any...

manufacturing plants of European cv makers and their outlets are not a simple operation but if analysed properly considerable...

Pay less for lubrication Three steps to help cut operating costs. Save on each barrel of oil you buy. If you use enough...

The idea of using Ford parts for its coaches has enabled this company to combine the advantages of a rear-engine concept with...