AD TRANSPORT will employ 868,000 people by 1985 — 100 more than it does now, says the Road Transport Industry ining Board....

MATED AND DISAPPOINTED — that's the road transport ustry's reaction to last week's Budget. Biggest cause for nplaint in a CM...

HAULIERS, coach operators and other small businesses in the transport industry may be Interested to know that the rules...

AN ANNUAL SCOTTISH MOTOR SHOW is on the cards. The Scottish Motor Trade Association is working on plans for a spring show near...

has broken its election promises, said the British Road Federation. Cuts in transport spending went against declared Tory...

THE GOVERNMENT'S best course of action over the fuel shortage is to do nothing — though it is willing to help sort out fuel...

FORMER TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers has been promoted within the Shadow Cabinet to become its front bench spokesman on...

reduced hgv driving h which bring us in line other EEC countries. On Sunday July 1 the n mum permitted numbe hours driving in...

There is still space availabl , for CM readers in our stud! tour of Frankfurt and Darmstadt, which coincide with this...

• PITE a staggering 01.5m loss last , Hestair Dennis is continuing with avelopment programme for the Delta s of I6-ton lorries...

E CUSTOMS and Excise Value Added, section has pointed out that while we wed last week the effect of 15 per cent T on operating...

kl) TRANSPORT was well esented . in the Queen's Birthday ours List published last Saturday. :ers of the Department of Transport...

for Ian Mikardo. Eve' though he made it plain that he was no complaining. For, with cars and lorries seemingl: parked on...

TAUTLINER 0 The Boalloy Tautliner revolutionised curtainsided vehicles with a number of unique features that automatically...

INDUSTRIAL tribunal told a haulage firm to go away for a light and sort out a solution with seven drivers who were for the...

AND FERRY charges may be related to road taxes. The issue s raised again last week by Scottish Office Minister the Earl...

THE ROAD Haulage Association's Road Transport Show at Brighton has been a complete sell-out, and additional exhibition space is...

THE PRESENT LAW on unfair dismissal and the handling of redundancies is likely to be changed by the new Government. Employment...

IN COMMONS replies, Transport Minister Norman Fowler has — at the request of Mrs Thatcher — announced an urgent review of the...

THE FUTURE of a planned £104m relief road for London's docklands was due to be discussed at a Greater London Council meeting on...

SIR BARRIE HEATH has welcomed the attitude of the new Government towards the motor industry and said the industry looked...

NORTHERN IRELAND Trailers (Scotland), a member company of P and 0 Transport Services, has placed an order for the delivery of...

YET AGAIN comme vehicle sales in the U1 reported to be booming. The Society of 1V Manufacturers and Tra figures for May were...

THROUGHOUT the count' the area heats for the Con mercial Motor Lorry Driver • the Year competition are pri ceeding. Here are...

THE GOVERNMENT'S legislative proposals on picketing should include measures to prevent injury to pickets, such as those...

LUSSO Kitchen Ltd has handed over its pallet distribution ork to National Carriers Ltd's Contract Services division. An...

A TRAFFIC COURT bai over bus services in Some] has been averted. Counter-applications fr Western National and Bru nian Bus...

LONDON'S bus and tube fares will rise by between 12 and 15 per cent in September, said Greater London council leader Horace...

LABOUR'S former Transpor1 Minister William Rodgers — now promoted to the Party's spokesman on defence — wanted to know in the...

VLAND'S latest National bus, the longer National 2, will be Lliable in both standard and heavy-duty versions in both 10.6 Ire...

NATIONAL Bus subsidiary company East Yorkshire Motor Services has re-launched an open-top bus service in the Bridlington area....

THE RESULTS of a survey carried out between 1976 and "197 suggested that in the country as a whole over this period ther were...

A FIVE PER CENT cut in fuel consumption would solve the present shortage, said the Transport Minister last week. Fuel supplies...

WILCOX has built an open-topped tipper body, with suck/b1 equipment designed by Bulkerpart of Wisbech. A 100mm (4in) diameter...

THE G08 and G09 models from the Dodge Commando range are now available with powerassisted steering as an option at an extra...

STAIR DENNIS has finally nched its long-awaited new appliance. ;ailed the RS, its principal ture is its all-steel cab with...

'HE GOVERNMENT will continue to support the design idles for pilot plants to make transport fuels and chemical edstocks from...

NO SATISFACTORY answe to the problem of lorry spra; has yet been found, but wonl is continuing. Parliamentary Secretary fo...

David Hall has been promoted to manager of Christian Salvesen's Lowestoft depot. He joined the company straight from Durham...

schemes. As principal bus control assistant Mr Massey is responsible for developing and appraising bus control systems such as...

HE BIGGEST single factor in saving fuel is the percentage load trried — it can yield a potential saving of 15 per cent. This...

That's the duestion asked by the British contingent at UR'S Helnsin Congress; where the artic was all the rage, Noel Millier...

Bill Brock drives -- ne most powerful Mercedes on the UK marKet but finds it's a irsly vehicle when speeds are maintained...

1R SHARP'S statement that lanual transmission is better Ian automatic for cross-country rork (CM. May 18) is mistading,...

FURTHER to the article appearing in Commercial Motor (May 11, 1979), written by Les Oldridge, "Employment Protection": there...

I FOUND the article on Volvo's accident unit very interesting, but there is one safety aspect we have all missed. At least, I...

AN ADVERTISEMENT in CM, May 25, for the Leyland VOR Express Parts Service, claims that if you contact your local distributor...

I AM employed by a Leyland distributor, and I find the aftersales service of Leylands Parts from Central Parts Operation,...

I MUST say that I think that Chrysler UK is misleading the British transport industry by implying that the new Dodge 50-Series...

The CPC exam question on calculating axle weights often has practical men flummoxed, Here Les Oldridge Makes things clec THE...

One of the most impressive pieces of print to come my way in recent weeks is the Eaton Corporation's annual report. It deserves...

The Eaton Corporation's frank admission of the extent of its involvement in politics is surprising to a Briton. E. M. de Windt,...

As the office phones rang again with more inquiries from socalled consultants, CM's staff was more than a little amused to hear...

'Cycling is habit-forming. Following the formation of a team of 15 racing cyclists by DAF Trucks (Commercial Motor, March 16),...

Staff newspapers are supposed to be written in a style which conveys messages simply to ordinary members of staff. . I'm not...

A European Customs Union favoured in principle in tt . highest echelons of the EEC r well as in economic and pr fessional...

THE SECOND CLASS of CM's livery competition to be judged was Class B, for artics operating between 20 and 32 tons gvw. Most of...

By Les Oldridge, T.Eng. (CEO. MIMI, AMIRTE. THE LAW concerning public service vehicles is much more stable than that...

Brian Chalmers-Hunt. visits Crane Fruehauf Finance and finds out how a fully integrateçl financial specialist can help to make...

Now own-account men are turning to TIP iE TRAILER RENTAL business a child of the late 1960s hich has grown up rapidly roughout...

INTERNAL THREADS, ie female threads, are produced by means of "taps" — basically hardened steel bolts provided with cutting...

Alan Millar phones the trailer hire firms... CONTRARY to popular opinion, CM staff seldom have the opportunity to indulge in...

LAST WEEK'S Road Tanker Show at Redditch was organised by the Ryland Group and supported by a wide range of ancillary equipment...

Steve Gray goes for a trial drive of Fodens new onE and found he loved the ride. It's cosy inside,too.... WHEN FODENS launched...

travel light Save money on empty running by cuthng ye wear -that's ne secret of the Hobo, David Wilcox investigates HOBO is...

ST WEEK CM carried out a ries of fuel consumption cornirison trials on the M4 in connction with Volvo (Great - itain) Ltd, and...

tons gross, fitted 5LW Gardner engine, 557/480 D/B Box 18802 Eaton 2 speed rear axle. First registered 1967. 4 ERF 54G 4...