neutral a Budget as this week's will be greeted with relief by such taxpayers as the road transport industry. Just think of...

TRANSPORT industry come out of this week's ;et with the lowest tax .ase since the ConservaGovernment came to Cr in 1979....

TNT and Rupert Murdo News International h signed a "long term" coot to continue the new controversial method national newspaper...

BRITAIN's other major ti merger, the acquisition Ford's truck business by I owned Iveco, is mov closer. Within the past week,...

['ER YEARS of argument, Transport Ministers settled some of their ;-standing differences over ye axle weights. At a ling in...

FUTURE of the Lonlorry ban has again been wn into confusion with week's Government decito add another 115kin to ban's exempt...

THE ROAD Haulage Association has referred an advertisement from Friends of the Earth's Cities for People campaign to the...

E ENGLISH and Welsh C counties are about to iw their weight behind the wing anti-40 tonne lorry it was revealed last 'k. he...

A MOVE by English and Welsh shire counties to push for better services on the primary route network has been welcomed by the...

THERE was a serious deterioration in the nation's trunk and local authority roads last year — and there are forecasts of worse...

BSC betters offei BRITISH Road Services management has increase its basic wage increase offer to the Transport an General...

TOZER Kemsley and Millbourn and 1EP Fitrat have made a 170.8 milli( takeover bid for the Kenning Motor Group which has assets...

BECK AND POLL1TZ Engineering, part of the Transport Development Group, has taken over sister company Beck an( Pollitzer Crane...

A FORMER Bedford Truck apprentice has become product planning manager for Leyland Trucks. David Burke, began his career in...

FORMERLY sales manager for Scania's UK Bus and Coach division, Clive Lambert-Beeson is setting up his own consultancy business,...

TIP TRUCK RENTAL promoted Elmer Larsor sales manager for Scand via. Larson, formerly area manager at the Esbj branch in...

COLIN WARD of R South has left that comr to set up Ward and A ciates, a transport consulti and tachograph chart ana. company...

KEN ALLEN is the BRS Truck Rental managt Birmingham. Fle is respc ble for developing promoting the Erdingt based business which...

JOHN MADGETT, manager of Ambassador Travel (Eastern Counties), is to take early retirement on September 30 after 40 years'...

THE NATIONAL. Freight Consortium has promoted Bob Spence to group finance director of its Special Services Group. The...

INTERNATIONAL Ferry Freight makes three new main board appointments. Roger Gale, responsible for commercial and technical...

GAYLE BENTLEY, a former steel salesman, who joined Crane Fruehauf at its Tamworth branch centre less than a year ago, has...

MIKE EDWARDS, regi sales representative with ron, the brake linings c pany, has been made southern region PSV manager. He has...

WE RECORD with re the death of Sidney Ad; son on March 5 after a 1 illness. Adamson was techn manager of Wadham Strii...

waragm INTERNATIONAL exs parcels service and an tronic mail network are first expected products of :•ral Express's acquisition...

A SPANISH lorry driver who drove continuously for three weeks was fined 0,100 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of 103.89...

AN INTERNATIONAL haulier has been jailed for nine months after admitting five counts of forgery in connection with...

EXCISE LICENCE and drivers' hours fines have led to the revocation of the two vehicle/two trailer licence held by Lancashire...

THE JURY in the fake tac graph records conspiracy I at Preston Crown Court been told that some St molts made to the pc were...

• The Department of Transport has asked operators for a detailed case in favour of increased weight limits for rigid vehicles...

Transport's proposals for the removal of the need for some international operators' licences, is expected shortly, reports...

• A symposium held in Barcelona on intermodal transport, and, organised by the International Chamber of Commerce, heard a call...

Express, May 19, ferry majors Townsend Thoresen and Sealink plan more sailings yet to add to the amazing current daily total of...

EEC NW - bile the European Parliament supports the principle of cabotage, reports the June edition of Freight, it would like...

MA scheme to rectify mechanical faults in light vehicles, devised and operated successfully for four years by Nottinghamshire...

III A survey by the Private Truck Council of America reveals that insurance premiums for private carriers have increased by an...

"'When demand for trucks in the oilproducing countries recovers, European manufacturers can no longer be sure of getting most...

Minh.' date for your diary 4 International Automobile Industry Exhibition Automotive China (including commercial vehicles)...

new £100,000 purpose-built coach for the disabled because places were taken by the able-bodied, reports the Birmingham Post,...

Pound for pound a tidy package II Bedford TL2440 6 x 4 Pound for pound, the Bedford TL2440 6x4 tipper is a very tidy package...

garage equipment companies want to commit suicide? A comment from Garage Equipment Association president Gavin Masterton,...

Ken Lane Transport Ltd MAn operator who sets about dealing with his financial difficulties by not paying vehicle excise duty...

D & A Transport Ltd F. Burns (Transport) Ltd J. T. Greenwood's Transport (Longton) Ltd • Appeals by three Lancashire hauliers...

• Legal Bulletin has compiled a list of solicitors specialising in road transport law, including industrial relations work, who...

The case for restrictions EStrange inconsistencies exist between the requirements placed on goods vehicle operators and those...

Clarityrole Ltd (Nottingham Service Contractors) • The Transport Tribunal has now issued its written judgment on its dismissal...

ETwenty-eight operators and their new operating base are notified in the May 9 North Western As and Ds. A. & S. Transport is...

Watch these points.. .its your livelihood I hear from an "informed source" that, at a recent gathering of Licensing...

• The twelth edition of Wilkinsons Road Traffic Offences (Longman Professional, 21/27 Lambs Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NJ;...

Nine languages and 150 people III Last month the EEC Transport Ministers did nut meet on May 6, as long planned; because the...

• When local authorities object to an operator's licence application, it is important that they make it clear whether their...

MA South Benfleet appellant at the Transport Tribunal was quizzed by deputy president Robert Owen, presiding, for around 10...

'Loads will fall from the back of lorries, a defending solicitor told a magistrates court before which a haulier and its driver...

• "We are able to report that any contractor with a national standard licence may pull Channel Islands trailers," Legal...

• The Transport Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by three haulage companies against the decision (CM, October 19) by the North...

EA Nottingham-based company has failed in its appeal to the Transport Tribunal against the suspension of its 0-licence....

low to defend a orosecution MIAre different types of offences seasonal? In the sense that some problems are clearly linked to...

— James Knight, trading as James Knight Coaches, was allowed to present additional evidence when he appealed in January against...

III Nine operators' variation base are notified in the Scottish Area As and Ds published on April 14. Alpha Removals is now at...

Incredible, these figures IIIThe new EEC hours and tachograph Regulations (respectively Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85, in case you...

Fine day for prosecution • Overloading offences can be a costly business and there is a suspicion that operators may well be...

The South Wales Traffic area warns: Failure to attend inquiries public inquiries will result in the application being refused...

1E FIRST of MAN's new nweight drawhar chassis being operated by TNT ntract Services on its re[tly-won Audi Volkswagen - ts...

DEN Trucks is about to )rporate noise suppression difications, developed on its QHV90 (Quiet Heavy Vehicle for the Nineties)...

A PREVIEW for the 1986 Lucas Truck Superprix almost ended in tragedy last week, when Dave Gray, driving a Leyland T45 Roadtrain...

[FR suffering financial acks and the collapse of licted high-volume Third - Id markets, Dainder-Benz evising its marketing :egy...

ENGINE research and development company Ricardo Consulting Engineers has opened a new design and computing centre at its...

SYR-Daimler-Puch has inluced a new range of dium-weight (nine-16 nes) chassis fitted with an )dynamic cab and highly:ion...

garages axed COMMERCIAL service development is "crucial to the future of London Buses, its chairman and managing director John...

garages in a deregulation economy d to reduce its overhead cost Its Gartcraig and Newt garages will close this sa mer, before...

STEVENSONS of Uttoxeter Ltd and its managing director, Julian Peddle, were each fined 1:75 and ordered to pay £59 costs when...

is settled LONDON COUNTRY; Ribble, two of the Natio Bus Company subsidiar split up on the instructions Transport Secretary...

NNIS Specialist Vehicles :o strengthen its sales rts this year to tap post:gulation bus demand as it .ves. 'he company, formed...

UNCERTAINTY about bus deregulation has spread beyond existing operators to such companies as Smith Bros and Webb. the Alcester,...

SCOTTISH coachbuilder Walter Alexander of Falkirk is to increase its sales and marketing ready for deregulation. Its recently...

IOUT 15,000 bus services 7c been registered as cornrcial under the Governnt's plans to deregulate the lustry. fransport...

VAT help FOR II IOSE operators who sit down each week to "do the books" here is news of a little free help about VAT. First,...

Telex fraud DO NOT be tricked into paying for entries in bogus telex directories. The Fraud Squad estimates that 2-4,000 of...

Mazda rises FROM the 1st of April, Mazda will be increasing the retail price of its light commercial range by around three per...

Mazda recall ALL OWNERS of Mazda E2(XX) and E2200 panel vans built between September 1984 and September 1985, are being...

New compound SP TYRES has developed two new compounds for io range of Dunlop Repro tru( tyre retreads. One is specifically...

Dangerous good L THE FREIGHT Transport Association, working in conjunction with the emical Industries iociation, is to run...

On the wagon THE g rowin g interest in health is credited with swellin g the ranks of nondrinkers, possibly by as much as...

Peugeot/Talbot: Scottish Automobile Company. a Heron Group subsidiary, has opened a new dealership in Perth. Lionheart Motors...

Maintenance decline 'THE NATIONAL Road Maintenance Condition Survey published earlier this month concludes that the condition...

Although it is plated at only 7.5 tonnes, Volvo's latest truck has all the refinements of its bigger brothers. CM has been...

0 N A LAKE just outside of Storumans in Lapland Volvo demonstrated EWO vehicles equipped with ABZ anti-lock braking last week....

LPG may be cheaper than conventional fuels, but sound economic arguments are needed to convince operators to convert to it. So...

Oil industry moves to lower cetane ratings for diesel are likely to cause operational problems for users. John Dickson-Simpson...

As engine and transmission developments place increasing demands on lubricants, synthetic oils are looking more like credible...

The abundant natural sources of this element plus its ability to burn cleanly in oxygen makes it an attractive alternative...

SAVER TYRES The West German tyre giant is confident its E01 range really is different. Continental says the bette fuel...

WITHOUT wishing to start a slanging match with M. S. Mcdden (CM. February 15), I feel obliged to reply, as he assumes in his...

I REFER to a letter published in (CA , March 8) from Roy Caddy, marketin manager of Foden Trucks. In it, he says: "I am most...

A QUICK note, but you're right. It really is getting too much. (CM, March 1, Bird's-eye View). The Hawk showed an excerpt from...

Although the load carrying capacity of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog has been increased, it is still more of an agricultural tractor...

ECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER V I IATEVER potential changes in transport regulations are discussed,...

3 RITAIN'S troubled earlywarning Nimrod system is detecting speeding motorway ic: "clutter on the ground is loading a...