• This week brings worrying news from Brussels, where transport commissioner Karel Van Miert is seeking sweeping new powers to...

• lveco Ford hopes that industrial action over pay may be averted through a final session of talks, possibly this week. Its...

• Bobby Heaton, managing director of Heaton's Transport, is the favourite to succeed Roy Bowles as chairman of the Road Haulage...

• London-based Express Motor Parcel Delivery Service has gone into receivership. Receiver Baker Tilly says the company has a...

• Northampton-based Swift Transport Services has ordered 24 Leyland Daf Roadrunner 8.15s, together worth almost £475,000,...

• Former Steyr dealer Meo and Gilbert has been appointed as MAN's dealer in Peterborough.

• Alan Potter, group managing director of the John Dee Group, has been replaced by Andrew Cowie, former joint managing director...

• Despite closing 38 of its Linfood depots last year, Booker Distribution boosted pre-tax profits by 66% to £39.1m on a...

• The future of road transport training received a massive boost this week with the launch of two major initiatives. The Road...

• Sweeping new regulatory powers over the haulage industry are being sought by the European Commission in preparation for the...

months. Chairman Richard Llewellyn of Econofreight says: "Eventually we would like to see most of the RHA's 11,000 members...

• Two men died last week when a runaway HGV wheel smashed into their van on the A34 in Hampshire, the latest in the recent...

• Volkswagen has launched one of the first fixedcost vehicle-maintenance schemes from a light CV manufacturer. The service,...

• The businesses of Cowie Interleasing Car and Truck Rental, and Cowie Rental are being merged in response to the downturn in...

been hardest hit by the slowdown in the UK economy, with February production down by 55% compared with 1989, to 13,334. Export...

A 10% increase in fuel duty, a massive simplification of the VED system, and a further increase in the duty paid on rigids...

• Bill Morris, deputy generalsecretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union has slammed the idea of road pricing to curb...

• A revised EC plan to make anti-spray devices compulsory on UK trucks and other heavy vehicles above 3.5 tonnes is being...

NI Green Party manager Jan Clark has agreed to face RHA director-general Bryan Colley and British Roads Federation director...

• The number of maximum-weight articulated trucks on Britain's roads increased last year by 15.14% to 58,094.

• Roads minister Robert Atkins says drivers should "ensure they take extra care" when reversing. However, he is still...

IN One of the world's great restoration stories will be retold on the Scania stand at Commercial Motor Truckfest '90 at the...

• The AA has criticised DTp plans for a two-lane motorway link on the eastern side of the second Severn crossing as inadequate,...

• Foden Trucks has finally unveiled its first production 17tonner, designated the 2000 Series. "The 2000 Series represents a...

• Seddon Atkinson is boosting its attack on the municipal market with three developments to its 2-11 middleweight trucks. The...

• Swedish crew-cab conversions of Volvo's FL614 firefighting chassis are being brought into this country by Ailsa Trucks for...

• An American development which enables operators to haul bulk and general cargo in the same trailer is now being offered in...

• Successful trials of Foden 4000 Series trucks fitted with Cummins' new top-power NTAA-465 engine have led the UK truck...

• British Rail is launching a pan-European inter-modal transport venture which will be controlled and owned by British...

• If City confidence in the economy collapses later this year, the volume of goods transported by road could fall by more than...

• VBG Produkter of Sweden has acquired Cheshire-based Dayton Walther, the UK supplier of fifth-wheel couplings. Richard...

• Truck and tailer hire company Dawsonrentals has added 40 Hoynor tri-deck car transporters semi-trailers to its spot-hire...

International of Barking. Essex has gone into receivership. The company runs four tractive units and employs seven staff.

• Northern tipper operators are threatening to boycott Tarmac, one of the country's largest construction firms, if it does not...

• Nottinghamshire-based HDL Engineering, bought out by its managers from Hillsdown Distribution in January, has taken over...

its in-house transport operatwion and signed a 20. 75m/ five-year contract-hire deal with BRS Northern,

Mattel Automobile, which operates 131 trucks, 301 vans and 731 cars from 93 Frech outlets.

profits by 34% to £11.43m in the six months to 31 January.

• Tipper and truck-loader specialist Welford Truck Bodies of Warley and its sister company, bodybuilder Welford Truck Bodies...

• The Government has banned a London local authority from maintaining council-run vehicles from 1 September in a move likely to...

• Plaxton and Mercedes have jointly produced a new Paramount 3500 coach based on the Mercedes-Benz 0303 underframe. At prices...

• Lancaster City Transport has centralised its activities with the move of the Lonsdale Coaches subsidiary to the main depot at...

• Leyland Bus has won a 23m contract to convert the braking systems of more than 1,000 London Bus Titans from hydraulic to...

the People's Provincial bus company were crushed at the weekend when shareholders voted overwhelmingly against the sale despite...

• w S Yeates, one of Britain's biggest PSV distributors, has been sold to VL Bus & Coach, the marketing company for both Volvo...

• The registration of bus services will continue to be handled by the traffic commissioners, Transport Minister Michel Portillo...

• Trains could return to Dublin following a proposal made by Italian firm, Ansaldo, for a network around Tallaght, Dundrum and...

• The first of 27 Dennis Darts for midibus services in the Richmond, Twickenham and Hounslow areas have been delivered to...

• The draft report on the sale of the National Bus Company was submitted to the Department of Transport in February said...

• Drawlane-owned East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn has launched a single-deck coach body — the EL2000 — which combines...

• Recruiting and retaining staff is a problem seriously affecting 80% of the bus and coach industry, according to a...

• Yorkshire Rider has bought a further 10 Northern Counties-bodied Leyland Olympians, following an initial purchase of 25 in...

• Coach operators could find their vehicles caught in a backlog of coaches waiting to be fitted with speed limiters, required...

• Raymond Ferris, who trades as Ferris Coach Holidays, of Senghenydd, Mid Glamorgan, was jailed last week for nine months at...

• A total of five vehicles and 10 trailers have been deleted from the licence of George Allinson Transport following a string...

• Amber Valley Borough Council was criticised for failing to focus properly on the maintenance of its vehicles when it appeared...

• Stanley Pemberton, a former partner in Bromsgrovebased Redline Bus Co, has been granted a licence to operate four...

• Convictions for vehicle excise duty and tachograph offences have led Metropolitan Licensing Authority Air Vice-Marshal Ronald...

• The twovehicle licence of Bradford-based Howard Utley, one of whose vehicles was involved in a fatal accident, was revoked...

• The unauthorised use of a minibus to carry children to a special school on behalf of Humberside County Council has cost ABC...

• A public alp the changes inquiry into of ownership of Kent operator River Valley Coaches has been adjourned by South...

Terry Brace-Gough helped Transfleet make its name in the public authority sector. He is now helping Ryder become a leading...

ADDING MORE SPICER • Spicer Axles production has been relocated to new purpose-built premises at the company's Wolverhampton...

UK Mr Clutch network, has moved its headquarters to 2 Priory Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent ME2 2EG. Contact (0634) 717747.

NAME CHANGE • The Motor Agents Association will change its name to the Retail Motor Industry Federation on 1 July. Contact...

opened two new centres: one in Pevensey, Sussex, and a second at Prestwick, Ayrshire. Contact 01-589 3744.

TRUCKERS' DAY OUT • Truckers is holding three one-day promotions to launch catalogue sales of its bolt-on equipment range. The...

European Truck Racing Cup series, The Mobil Truck Superprix, will be held on 21/ 22 April at Brands Hatch. First prize will be...

TRUCK SUPERPRIX WHEN ALL'S SEDDON DONE / The biennial Seddon Atkinson vehicle gathering will take place this year on 20 May at...

R FOR REACH TRUCKS • The Road Transport Industry Training Board has published a lift truck Trainer's Guide for reach trucks. It...

FOUR TO FISHGUARD • An extra ferry, the St Fatth, will be running on Sealink's Portsmouth-Fishboume, Isle of Wight route from...

increase in capacity on the company's Truckline Les Routiers service between Poole and Cherbourg, and the Portsmouth-St Maio...

NIGHTSIGHT TESTS IN THE BATH • Bath-based Beta Health Care Services has introduced a new test for diagnosing night myopia —...

REAR VIEW • Talkback is a device developed to enable drivers to display messages to other road users. Any one of 12 messages...

The Bradtech Stroco 6000D heater is designed for coaches and truck cabs. It has a 6kW capacity and is fuelled by the vehicle's...

grease for its automatic lubrication systems. The grease, supplied by BP Deutsche, has undergone extensive tests both in West...

Called Carrier, it is based upon the Trader computer system which covers general financial and administrative functions. It...

length and cost of journeys in Britain has been developed by Adrose Communications. The Charge Master runs on IBM and...

name of a drinks holder for trucks which uses the ship's-compass principle to keep the cup upright. A floating tray moves with...

Contact (0527) 584584.

• A new range of alloy skip chains and components manufactured to BS5750 are now available from Truckcare Cargo Aid, part of...

• SOUTH-EAST REGION MI London: Overnight closures of slip roads at J3-4 (Scratchwood/A41). M4 Berkshire: Off-peak restrictions...

BY THE HAWK PRIZE CROSSWORD: 5 • The Orient Freight Group is taking a passenger in one of its Volvo F12s on a run from London...

• You don't need a crystal ball to see what the effects of 1992 and the Single European Market (SEM) will be: for the strength...

standards — but it is surprisin. ly weak in the top-weight tractor sector. Will the 190.32 change all that? • Iveco Ford would...

Waste Management is reckoned to be Britain's sixth largest waste handling company, and it plans to get even bigger. • Rixton...

flower transport venture Bloemfresh. Re-named Flowerflow, the operation has kicked off with a £5 million contract from...

LIQUIDATOR With rising interest rates forcing more hauliers out of business we look at what the options are when the worst...

The Royal Society of Arts says it wants to help the transport industry improve the image of its entry exam, the Certificate of...

• I would like to bring to the attention of all Continental drivers the case of an owner-driver who was employed by my company...

the problems encountered by the Special Type Heavy Haulage operators in Commercial Motor (22-28 February) regarding tyres. One...

• I do believe the sequence of photographs on page six of your 8-14 March 1990 issue illustrating 'Le Looping Camion' is in...

letter in a recent issue (CM 8-14 March) it looks to me to be a total carbon copy of the previous letter that Mr Robertson...

To help mark the occasion I am searching for the earliest lorry bought from us, in 1960, in the days when the company was...

promoted Peter Welch to commercial manager of its commercial tyre remoulding operation, John Bull Tyres. He joined the group...

Scania distributor Scantruck West of Colnbrook has named Jim Moorehead as contract hire manager. He has been involved with...

P&O Ferrymasters has appointed Peter Rogers as general manager of its French division's UK headquarters in Dover. His brief is...

Barry J Hempsall of Hempsall Trucks, Howard Crane of Wrefords Transport and C W Bridge of CW Bridge Huntingdon have been...

David Hoyle has joined SelfChanging Gears as technical director, responsible for product engineering and development. Before...

George Chadfield has been named director of human resources. He has worked with the Road Haulage Association and the Transport...

Scania distributor West Pennine Trucks, which serves the Manchester area, has appointed Steve Ramsden as vehicles sales...

Ian Moffat has taken over as TIP's area sales manager for Glasgow following Brian Foster's promotion to southern region...

Mobile Warranty Services has appointed John Carlin as area manager, to head its new Scotfish offices. He is joined by...

Karl Hamer has joined Houghton-le-Spring dealer Reg Vardy to head its new Ford division in the West Midlands. He joined the...

Exel Logistics — Industrial has appointed Alison Phillips as contract manager and Claire Bamford as operations manager on its...

Removals company Bishops Move (Richmond) has named David Guest as manager. He was previously a removals porter, estimator and...

appointed to the board of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Ian Harris becomes director of planning and...

National Car Auctions, part of the Wincanton Group, has made Robert Smyth finance/ commercial director. He was previously the...

Mike Taylor becomes national accounts manager; John Manley is north western sales executive, and Ian Coulson is named eastern...

McKenzie as project operations director. He joined the company in 1975 as a project analyst. Nigel Parker has become sales and...

Bob Clarke founder of Octagon Recovery, has died. He retired as managing director last October, having been in the truck...