CHANCELLORS of the Exchequer are, or should be, impervious to public criticism. The very nature of their post guarantees them...

WHEN CM road tested five 71/2-tonners around Wales last November, Bedford, Leyland and Mercedes-Benz were absent from our...

TIPPER operators' "reward" for carrying coal in the miners' strike is a swingeing Budget increase in their vehicle excise duty....

THREE HAULIERS from the Rochdale area went to London on Tuesday to lobby local MPs and David Tripper, the small businesses...

GUARDED optimism about profit margins in road haulage this year comes from Transport Development Group chairman Sir James...

VEHICLE manufacturing is to be reduced at the Hestair Dennis plant at Guildford as part of a Hestair group drive for increased...

A SUSSEX haulage company has been fined £30,000 and its manager given an 18-month suspended sentence following a major...

A GUARANTEE that outline planning permission will assure an operating centre's future will be at the top of the Freight...

GOVERNMENT policy on tolls is unfair, unsound and inconsistent, the Automobile Association has told the House of Commons...

The MP, George Foulkes, is asking Scottish Secretary George Younger to carry out a "full investigation" into the method used by...

PUBLIC inquiries opened this week into two trunk road schemes, one in Sussex, the other near Glasgow. The British Road...

FLYING squads of EEC inspectors could be the answer for checking efficiency and speed of customs officials at border crossings...

ITALIAN Customs officers are already applying stricter controls to the flow of British vehicles through their frontiers. The...

IF THE Greater London Council's lorry ban proposals go ahead, the GLC will provide a list of those hauliers who have exemption...

HAULAGE firms which transport dangerous chemicals send their drivers on regular training courses, says a councillor. should...

NFC PARCELS GROUP, which comprises the National Freight Consortium interests of Roadline UK and National Carriers Parcels...

HENRY SANDERSON, OBE, director of freight at British Rail, is retiring early next month after 57 years with BR. He has headed...

FROM APRIL 1 Richard Christian, assistant traffic manager for Yorkshire Traction at Barnsley, will be operations manager for...

THE EAST Riding, East Midlands and Freight Transport Association have 1985/86. Lincolnshire divisions of the elected senior...

THE STANDARD international licence held by Showerings, Vine Products and Whiteways in the Western Traffic Area was renewed...

ONE OF the longest-established lorry drivers' halts says it is under threat because of the Department of Transport's refusal to...

TRUCK RENTAL firms should be brought in . vehicle licensing system, operators from tl areas were told last week. o the...

WINDFOIL'S sister company Econolite has moved into the manufacture of fast access bodies, building sliding side door models at...

NISSAN has developed an onboard vehicle navigation system to help inexperienced delivery drivers avoid making errors. The...

ANTI-SKID Controls of Coventry has developed the CRM, a Maxaret anti-lock braking system for steering axles. The CRM will...

THE LIKELY game of cat-and-mouse over service registration in the run-up to deregulation worried county council transport...

THE FIRST Cummins B-Series engine to be installed in a bus in Europe has begun a sixmonth field trial with Coras lompair...

GOVERNMENT transport grants to local authorities for public transport projects in future will apply only to "major new schemes...

TRAFFIC Commissioners will in future have to retire at 65, rather than at 70, the Government has agreed. Junior Transport...

HESTAIR Duple's profitability at Blackpool should receive a boost following the announced reorganisation of the Hestair Group...

MOANS a that 3.5p increase in the price of dery will exacerbate problems for coach operators caused by the already spiralling...

A NATIONAL Bus Company subsidiary is retaining fully depreciated double deckers against the possibility of it winning at least...

NICHOLAS RIDLEY has approved London Regional Transport's plans to form subsidiary companies to run bus, railway and provide bus...

A WARNING that rapid moves to one-person operation might "light the fuse" of the London Regional Transport "tinderbox" was...

THE LICENSING battle over stage services in Warwickshire between Heart of England Services and the West Midland PTE has been...

LONDON BUSES, the autonomous London Regional Transport bus operating business, is seeking tenders for the supply of three...

By Brian Weatherley FREIGHT ROVER'S return from the brink of bankruptcy in 1982 to profitability in 1984 has been nothing...

Send a Spare Fund A SHORT note to thank both of you, your staff and, of course, all the readers of Commercial Motor for your...

NEVER a strong contender at the heaviest weights, Ford no longer builds a 38-tonner since it stopped producing its...

"PAY on the nail" is something most hauliers would like to be able to say to their customers, The term originates in shipping,...

SPRAY suppression is the catch phrase of the year, and soon the equipment to reduce water thrown up by lorries is going to be...

MOST pundits agree that deregulation will increase the market for mini or midibuses. The Government would also like to see...

for the next CPC Exam NOW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the...

THE NATIONAL Freight Consortium's faltering parcels system is threatened with renewed competition from the railways. British...

TIME was when most transport bosses knew precious little about what their drivers did when they went out on the road, but this...

It's for you-hoo! AGGRESIVE marketing by British Telecom and RacalVadac will soon make haulage operators aware of the...