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21th April 1994
21th April 1994
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Licence photo plan to curb fraudsters

by Karen Miles • Fraudsters selling LGV test passes to novices will be able to continue cashing in unless the procedure for...

Bridge bashing law delay over cost

• Legislation designed to combat bridge bashing, due for implementation on 1 June, is to be delayed by up to six months because...

BRIEFS

Lynx managing director will leave his post if the NFC parcels subsidiary is bought, as predicted in CM., by Great Universal...

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ID severance appeals

by Karen Miles • Two thousand workers employed by Leyland Daf before its receivership last year are to fight the Government,...

More security in wake of kidnap

• An agency whose driver was kidnapped by thieves has stepped up security by sending an additional driver on the contract....

BOC Interbrand depots close: job losses likely

• Around 50 driver, warehouse and office jobs could be lost when BOC Interbrand's depot in Leeds is closed in May, warns the...

A survey of 115 direct service organisations has revealed that

vehicle maintenance is the most profitable local authority contract to run, according to the Public Services Privatisation...

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NFC invests for milk contracts

• Conditional notice of termination of milk collection and haulage contracts go out to Milk Marketing Board subcontractors next...

Polly-Parrett is poised to fold

• Lincolnshire-based haulier Polly-Parrett looks set to fold next month after its directors (.1l in company liquidators....

• The foundations to create 170 jobs for drivers and

warehouse operatives will be laid when Placketts Express Parcels completes a move to Telford from Nottingham next month. "We...

Hauliers lose to forwarder

by Juliet Parish • Poole-based freight forwarder Transfresh is poised to go into creditors' voluntary liquidation this month....

Gloystarne in buy-back

• The founder of Rotherham based general haulier Gloystarne & Company is set to buy the business he has seen grow by at least a...

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Scots hauliers warn over pay

by Juliet Parish • The Road Haulage Association is warning union officials that hauliers will pull out of collective wage...

The TGWU's current JIC demand in Scotland:

• A 3.6% increase on basic pay. • A £15 increase in weekly sick pay to £60. • An increase in overnight subsistence from...

Ford wins £90m deal

III A £45m order placed with Ford by Darlington-based Northgate Motor Holdings is likely to be matched by a similar order next...

Crash driver loses licence

South Eastern Licensing Authority Michael Turner has revoked the vocational licence held by the LGV driver at the centre of...

Walon boosts team to handle business

• Vehicle distributor Walon is recruiting 70 temporary transporter drivers—an increase of 23%—to meet a continuing increase in...

Green light for lorry park

• An unofficial lorry park for 130 vehicles in Milton Keynes has been given the green light to continue operating by...

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by Juliet Parish • Oil company Conoco is threatening to

contract out its haulage unless its 211 drivers accept a pay cut which drivers fear will amount to 20%. It is understood that...

tipper bonanza

• A Government U-turn has dashed Thames Estuary tipper operators' hopes of a bonanza in imported building materials...

Deal to end

• Trailer operator B&I Line says the trailer freight service agreement with Pandoro which has operated from Fleetwood to...

Post Office warns jobs could go

• Post Office management has put thousands of drivers jobs on the line at Royal Mail and Parcelforce in a bid to force the...

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Olympic cab debut at Trucidest

• ERF will launch its flagship Olympic cab at Truckfest on 1-2 May. The high-roof, twin bunk EC cab is based on the Sovereign...

Citroen joins Sevel race with Relay

• Citroen has announced its version of the new Sevel van, the Relay. It replaces the current C25, covering the 2.8-3.5-tonne...

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Big-volume Fiat aims high

Fiat's new Ducato is being launched in the UK in June. CM has driven left-hand-drive versions of the long awaited van, and we...

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DRIVERS UNDER SIEGE

As we move into this year's pay round, employers are moving into a tougher negotiating gear. The trouble is, drivers could be...

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Arrest warrant • A warrant was issued for the arrest

of Raymond Clarke, of Lyndhurst Days Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, after he failed to appear before Leigh Magistrates to answer...

Restrictions • Though Derbyshire hauliers H Crabtree has been granted

authority to operate eight vehicles and two trailers from the Caine, Wiltshire, premises of Dalgety Agriculture, an...

Fourth delay • l)isciplinary proceedings involving Tonypandy-based Ronald Latcham were

adjourned for the fourth time after he told South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh he had still not obtained a...

Warning issued • Darwen-based R&T O'Neill has been given a

warning that it must observe the conditions of its 10 vehicle international licence following a complaint about on-street parking.

Acoustic screen allows BOC to double fleet

• BO C Distribution Services has to wait until it has erected an acoustic screen at its Warrington depot for an increase in...

Apex bid held for cash facts

11 • Taking no disciplinary action against Apex Transport Serv ices, North Western LA Martin Albu adjourned the company's bid...

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South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh has expressed concern about

operators failing to return 0-licence identity discs after going out of business. In revoking the licences held by Newton...

LA rejects RHA pleas

• Despite opposition from the Road Haulage Association on grounds of repute and finance, father and son, Thomas and Allan Dale,...

Delivery firms must give

tacho charts to drivers • Failing to issue a tachograph chart to the driver of an eightwheeled tipper, being moved under trade...

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Living standards slide

by Juliet Parish III Truck drivers are unlikely to recover money lost to this month's tax increases in their 1994 pay...

Granada users win on points

• Motorway services operator Granada is rewarding regular customers with credits which can be used to purchase goods at its 25...

ME AND MY CAB

East Yorkshire-based owner-driver John Scholey tells us why he loves his 15-year-old Mack R686RT. W hen I acquired the truck...

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DOT's private high bills

5 he Department of Transport has just squandered £250,000 without a penny of the money being used to improve roads or services...

Class of '94

a ongratulations are due to Heanor lass Julia Wilson who has passed her CPC exams to add to the LGV licence she already...

A marathon effort

ave Turvey, boss of Interlink's Crawley depot, is still bathing the blisters after partaking in last Sunday's London Marathon....

Round one to Parrish

ri la in's Sieve Parrish came top of the field at Brands Hatch over the Easter weekend in the first round of the European Truck...

Wrong. minister

la ransport Secretary John MacGregor has told a worried Norfolk motorist that LGVs can legally drive at 60mph on...

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Unfair world

T he article on Debt Collection in Money Matters in 31 March issue caught my eye. My husband is an ownerdriver and has been...

Agencies and tachos

I n a recent article in your Sound Off section the issue of agency drivers and tachograph charts was raised. I would like to...

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Railfreight's future

• A one-day conference organised by the Rail Freight Group and the Waterfront Partnership will highlight business opportunities...

Frankfurt show

• Automechanika, one of the largest shows for the automobile trade, will take place in Frankfurt on 13-18 September. A new...

International lowdown

• The Freight Transport Association is running an international transport and trading course on 27-29 April and 13-15 September...

Transport forum

• The East Anglia Roads to Prosperity Campaign's annual transport forum will take place at the Posthouse, Cambridge on 13 May....

Emissions in Europe

• Transport Policy and Global Warming is an account of a 1992 international seminar held by the European Conference of...

Dangerous goods

• In the run up to new EC legislation next January, EP Training Services is running a dangerous goods training course in Great...

Contract hire insurance

• Fleet managers and ownerdrivers are being targeted by the newly launched Ryder Insurance Service. All contract hire needs,...

Security systems

• J Maple has launched a range of immobilisation systems for brakes, fuel and electrics. The brake immobiliser has been...

Winches accessories

• A Warn Winch accessory kit is now available from Ryders of Liverpool. It includes reinforced gloves, a tree protection strap...

Diagnostic station

• French company Sowiau Diagnostic Electronique will Launch its latest diagnostic station during the Automotive Trade Show at...

Hand protection

• BLA Spilkleen is offering a hand protection solution for dealing with chemical or pollutant spillage. Safeskin Invisible...

ROAD NEWS

• A contraflow has been introduced on the M5 between Poltimore and Hele north of Exeter in Devon for reconstruction from 6...

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K TO

BAS ICS • The eight-wheeler market increased last year by a massive 60% albeit from a very low 1992 base of only 800 units....

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T he 80 Series eight-legger CM tested in May 1992, a

Constructor by any other name, was the most powerful model of a fivemodel range. It offered the choice of Cummins L10 250 and...

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Penalty points

r N Road transport is covered by myriad ■ 10 acts and regulations. Offences against ". these result in penalty points or...

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T lie dust is still settling on the recent House of

Lords decision which held out the prospect of improved employment protection for part-time workers—and vastly increased costs...

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Hazards ahead

Tough new regulations covering the transport of dangerous goods will hit smaller operators hard. Many may be forced out of the...

NEW REGULATIONS COVERING HAZARDOUS GOODS TRANSPORT

• All drivers of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes carrying dangerous substances have to obtain a Vocational Training Certificate no...

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F I ND IN SPAC

Apart from the middle of a tunnel or the hold of a ferry, there are few hiding places for a truck fitted with a satellite...

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RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION

cif = coming into force SI No 298-Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulation 1994.-cif 1 September 1994. Implements EC...

FUTURE LEGISLATION

• Operator Licensing—simplification of the '0' Licence system included in Deregulation Bill before Parliament • '0' Licensing...

EC Legislative Initiatives

• Vehicle weights and dimensions—harmonisation throughout EU Commission proposal for a Council Directive on protection of...

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T he Trucktheft Action Pack, produced by CM in association with

Iveco Ford Truck and the RHA, was the brainchild of CM's news editor, Nicky Clarke. "Every Monday morning CM'S news team return...

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Motorway Transport Motel

A healthier breakfast than most leaves CM's lean and hungry gourmet, Steve McQueen, still lean but not hungry after a visit to...