If Mr George Newman did not exactly nail the IR HA's colours to the Common Market mast on Wednesday, he certainly gave cogent...

• On Tuesday, Britain's negotiators in Brussels agreed that an eight-hour driving day and the installation of tachographs would...

• The 1971 edition of Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs is published this week and is available from IPC Business...

• A group profit of £1,295,180 was achieved by Fodens Ltd for the year ended April 3 1971. It compares with £1,084,189 for the...

The commercial vehicle industry gains a benefit from Mr Barber's "mini-Budget", announced on Monday. Being classified as plant...

from a special correspondent • Amendments to the engine section of the Ford Commercial Vehicle Data Book just issued include...

• The announcement this week by Mr Robert Carr, Secretary for Employment, that the Government is to make funds available for...

• Eurotrux (Rotherham) Ltd, Wetmoor Lane. Wath-on-Dearne, has been appointed concessionaire for the UK for French-built Berliet...

• National Carriers Ltd will continue to show a small loss in 1971, break even in 1972 and show a small profit in 1973. This...

• Three major developments in the services offered by Freightliners Ltd will be implemented shortly. A reallocation of...

• Constructed to carry different types of chassis/cars/vans at any one time are two purpose-built semi-trailers now included in...

• The convictioh of Mr John William Renouf, of the Comet Filling Station, Lipscombe Corner, near Salisbury, of using a lorry...

• Road hauliers will try to support the CBI's call for wage restraint but there are many factors in such a decision—not least...

• It was companies like United Transport Overseas that were helping to get Britain's economy straight—that was the message with...

• Earls Court will be a crossroads, a meeting place for the entire freight transport world, claim the organizers of...

• After numerous meetings between the SMMT and the DoE thee is even more uncertainty than 18 months ago about whether gross...

• Birthday bonuses for seven lorry drivers working for Tina Transport, Terrington St Clement, near King's Lynn, have been won...

• A printer's mistake with a single letter completely reversed the meaning of a sentence on page 12 of last week's CM issue. In...

• The target date for the introduction of metric units as the basis of freight charging by UK Port Authorities is January...

• Three low-loader trailers, the subjects of a hire-purchase court case. are deteriorating while at present being held by the...

• Ford today (July 23) announce a new range of D1010 trucks offering the delivery trade operator a row platform height for...

Report on old people's transport problems by Derek Moses • Rising fares; one-man buses; infrequent and inconvenient services;...

• The largest of the four Passenger Transport Authorities, SELNEC, has promised that there will be no hasty acts to increase...

• A Welsh Council is about to undertake a detailed study of rural transport problems. Announcing this in the Commons this week...

• Mr George Younger, Under-Secretary for Development at the Scottish Office, is inviting local authorities to meet him in...

• A hint that the Government expects improvements in country bus services came in the House of Lords last week. During...

• Appeals by the Western Welsh Omnibus Co Ltd, Red and White Services Ltd and Jones Omnibus Services Ltd against the decisions...

• An Aberdeen carrier company, W and J Clark, Causewayend was rapped last week by Mr Alex Birnie, LA for Scotland, for failing...

• When a Wolverhampton operator applied to increase his vehicle strength at a public inquiry in Birmingham last week, the West...

• The West Midland LA, Mr J. Else, in Birmingham on Monday exercised his power under Section 69 against two owner-operators and...

and will be based at the company's Wigan hq. Mr Gooseman who joins Pitt from a similar position with British Leyland, will be...

• A new maximum-capacity monocoque van semi-trailer, designated model number W21-VBW, is announced by Crane Fruehauf. Known...

• Eaton Yale and Towne (UK) Ltd, transmission division, Worsley, Manchester, has announced that various Fuller Roadranger...

• At a recent Press conference Dr Sonne, chairman of the West German heavy goods vehicle concern KioecknerHumboldt-Deutz,...

• Revised designs of Eaton driving heads and complete axles are now being fitted by Chrysler UK, Ford, British Leyland at...

TWO VEHICLES of very similar shape can have very different aerodynamic drag characteristics and relatively minor changes to the...

DETAILED TABLES of the cost of operating 40 classes of goods vehicle with payloads ranging from 5cwt to 22 tons and 19...

• Served on ice Not many bus services in my experience have to give special thought to feeding the passengers, but this is one...

by Trevor Longcroft SIX-WHEELERS are traditionally popular with tipper operators and not usually an obvious choice for trunk...

should Mop data on research Report by Derek Moses CONCERN ABOUT the present state of research in the bus industry was...

In answer to Frank B. Coult (CM 9 July), some of the terminology he uses reminds me of someone who is supposed to have died in...

The dialogue between Jason and Cromwell (CM, July 2, Topic by Janus) was interesting and amusing. However. Jason failed to...

I read with regret last week of yet another hgv licence application being turned down by an LA, this time one from a driver...

Tom Williams • It takes only half an hour with Tom Williams for one to form the opinion that he must be one of the busiest men...

road and by Handyman Bench wise: c o o/ i t ( 1 7) DESPITE adherence to maintenance schedules it is sometimes the relatively...

AH things to all men by Janus A FTER some turbulent passages descriptive of its chequered progress, the 1970 report of the...

article about invoice factoring as a means of obtaining working capital. Is there somewhere that I can obtain more detailed...

the date when the final braking regulations governing pre-1968 vehicles and trailers come into force; some say January 1972,...

you mentioned that R. P. Block was preparing a road transport costing bureau. Have you any more details of what this service...

our ports or down south to London. I invariably see some Continental vehicle which must exceed the 32-ton limit by a good deal....

in the future one of our staff was told that there is an organization which helps in this matter. Could you give us its name...

port operation in the L1K and in order to complete this I need some statistics regarding the numbers of vehicles licensed, the...

by F. S. D. Davies and S. J. Rayfield, MANAGERS, TASC, ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD Get the facts then decide LAST...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The Factories Act (2) PART II of the Factories Act, 1961, deals with the safety of workmen and...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Educational organizations in transport the...

The losses mount by John C. Vann • British motor insurance companies took a real hiding during 1970. Figures out recently...

Providing a constant pressure in the braking system rather than depending on pumping of the brake pedal, the Port-A-Pack Ltd....

From Safe Production Systems comes a range of equipment that can be fitted to any guillotine in order to reduce scrap and...

A road hazard warning lamp has been developed by Ceag Ltd that is known as the RL 10. Details include an illuminated surface of...

Applied Chemicals Ltd (Lubrication Division) has completed a 20-minute 16mm film entitled Profit from lubrication. The film...

Aerolift is the name given to suction lift developed by Armstrong-Taylor Plant Ltd that is operated by a diesel or electric...

A pictorial instruction transfer is a feature of Model 1815, the latest stored-pressure multipurpose dry-powder extinguisher...

A convertible towing eye assembly, which enables trailer operators to use both British and Continental towing equipment...

Direct visual indication of pneumatic signal states over a horizontal viewing angle of 180 deg is said to make the Agastat...

A range of Keepalite single-point emergency lighting units has been introduced by ChlorideTudor Batteries division of Electric...

Of Japanese origin a range of Elephant Super 8 chain blocks is being marketed in this country by Ropequip Ltd. The models are...

\ method of depositing sprayed netal at a rate that is claimed to )e two and three times that of :onventional methods has been...

by Gibb Grace Recent public criticism of some contract maintenance schemes has perhaps rubbed off onto systems where the...

wing a load capacity of 1 tonne letric) at a reach of 6ft and 75 tonnes at 8ft the PI ectricrane is produced by dger Equipment...

Two rivet types that are claimed to be new to this country are included in the range of Gesipa blind rivets that is marketed by...

The Thermo-800, a highpressure hot water cleansing unit claimed to produce hot water at 3gal per minute at 85deg C and a...

To meet the changing conditions of battery manufacture and operation, Crypton-Triangle Ltd has designed a range of fast...