Crime, like the poor, will always be with us! It is a disturbing fact that it is constantly on the increase and the criminal's...

SOME training grants from the Road Transport Industry T ng Board are to be cut, following a E2m reduction in the income of the...

DEPARTMENT of Transport officials have denied that Britain is preparing to do an about-turn on its opposition the "piggyback"...

THE SCIENCE Research Council has given a E19,000 grant to the Transport Studies Group at the Polytechnic of Central London to...

LEYLAND Vehicles has anno4nced that specialist vehicle maker Aveling-Barford is to have talks with the Acrow group over a...

SHEFFIELD hauliers have launched an attack on the transport policy of the South Yorkshire County Council and they are being...

SCOTFLOW Ltd has had an appeal to the Transport Tribunal over the definition of a full-time transport manager turned down. The...

SHELL UK promised thi! week to peg its oil prices — and that includes diesel fuel — until the end of the year. This promise is...

YORK Trailer Holdings has turned in a half year pre-tax profit o only £303,000 which chairman Fred Davis described as "dismal'...

e news of the objection foil ws hard on the heels of lett rs from the National Far ers' Union and Road Ha lage Association...

OW1NERDR1VER organisations in the North-West and in Bra ford are reported to have sto i ped operating and drivers in ome areas...

DURING 'THE WEEK this summer when 70mph winds caused chaos at sea, we tested a Seddon Atkinson 400-Series fitted with a...

ERF CHAIRMAN and managing director Peter Foden hit out at the anti-lorry lobby last week when he spoke to shareholders at the...

CAVE WOOD has concluded a new co-operation agreement with the German Rhenus WRAG AG organisation to launch a groupage service...

Dne master' says LA N OLD-ESTABLISHED South Wales haulage company who ald an operator's licence for sixteen vehicles until it...

THE FRENCH commercial vehicle industry is going through a difficult time, particularly at the heavy end of the .market by...

the largest riv te road transport corn • anies in the country, staged a Iramatic recovery" after the anuary haulage drivers'...

A LORRY weight ban proposal has been turned down by a county council. Villagers and the parish council at Wyre on the Fylde...

Another Volvo distributor has just opened in Maidstone, Kent. Princes Commercials (Maidstone) is in Beddow Way, Forstal Road,...

ANGUS Fire Armour of Thame has been appointed the sole distributor of MFC Survival lifting cushions. They are used by many fire...

THE BAN on heavy lorries on the A58 Leeds-Wetherby road is here to stay. Despite interruptions and vigorous outbursts, a joint...

HAULIERS operating for the British Steel Corporation in the Sheffield area have had rates increases designed to cover the...

A SPOT-CHECK of a lorry on the MI cost a traffic clerk his job and a Colnbrook haulage firm hundreds of pounds in redesigning a...

EMPLOYMENT Secretary James Prior has approved the Road Transport Industry Training Board's levy proposals that will mean a one...

UNITED States Lines have changed their Merseyside "less than trailer load" receiving depot. The new premises are operated by...

TRANSPORT Minister Norman Fowler has issued a consultation document on the future of the National Freight Corporation. The...

EASTERN British Road Services have appointed Len Larkins as manager of the Corby, Northants, branch. He has been assistant...

BRS from another National Freight Corporation company, Cartransport, where he was North regional manager. Before this Mr Risden...

FO OPERATORS will benefit from the introduction by the co y of a talking computer system which will speed parts o s ng by...

THE SPLITTER gearbox option now being offered on Mercedes-Benz 1632 S tracthie units (CM road test June 22, 1979) provides an...

UNDER-INFLATION, overloading and speeding can reduce tyre life by as much as 30 per cent and add as much as £500 a year to the...

T E ROAD Transport Indu try Training Board has ta en delivery of a mobile "S 'lls Testing Unit" built by A. C. Penman and Co...

PETTER Refrigeration Ltd has added a new model to its PDL range which is claimed to provide up to 10 per cent more revenue...

MOTAPRODUCTS Automotive Ltd, of West Heath, Birmingham, are recalling replacement brake pipes after preliminary investigations...

BELIZE Estate and Produce Company has supplied Ford Vehicles worth £550,000 for use on a Crown Agents funded road project in...

A NEW PRODUCT aimed at improved road safety is being launched by 3M United Kingdom's Safety Systems Group this week. It is...

CITY OF CARDIFF Transport has changed its vehicle policy again and is ordering 72 newtype double deckers jor delivery between...

TRADERS in the Royal town of Windsor have won another round in their fight to keep more tourists out. The town's council has...

DUPLE Coachbuilders at Blackpool have taken over part of the Volvo truck plant at Barrhead in Scotland. The site will provide...

WATSONS Tours (Dundee) Ltd, were having to apply for reductions in their excursion fares so that they would be able to compete...

FOLLOWING the completion by National Bus company subsidiary Midland Red of its latest Market Analysis Project (MAP) covering...

A North-South Wales bus service recently introduced by the National Bus Company and sponsored by the Welsh Office has proved...

MOST MAJOR bus and coach manufacturers are expected to exhibit vehicles at the finals of the United Kingdom Bus Driver of the...

BEBB International Travel has featured holidays in the Costa Brava and San Remo areas in its latest brochure. _ The company is...

A NEW high-speed tyre specially designed for coach operation has been launched by the Continental Tyre and Rubber Company. The...

Tim Blakemore gets Volyo uprated F7 for his first road test and knocks ail economy records into a cocked hat wh a staggering...

Alan Millar surveys the security firms I DOUBT whether many road hauliers would let their wives leave their diamond rings or...

Many smaller businesses are frightened by employment egislatic David Wilcox talks to an insurance firm that gives instant...

the annual premium is calculated as a percentage of the client company's payroll and usually amounts to around £10-£12 per...

.„ is e driver of a missing load. CM "s team of investigative reporters looks into the problem of stolen loads and suggests...

THE 1979 edition of our Tables of Operating Costs, which includes a rate and utilisation card for each class of vehicle, has...

by The Hawk Timing crucial Norman Fowler, Minister of Transport, is a. good catch as a speaker at the Freight Transport...

Transport managers too often see physical securi - y as an investment with no return. They must change eir ways, says Brian...

nere is only one way to make sure that the load is secure put it in the hands of the right driver, reports Alan V illar WE ALL...

HEAVY VEHICLE tyres are inflated to over 100 lb isqin, so if something goes wrong while . they are being inflated a serious...

by Les Oldridge, T. Eng (CE I), MIMI, AMIRTE IN THE LAST article on this subject, the notices required when single loads are...

The driver is your.front line of communication . s with your customers, SO it's won taking trouble 'choosing ne right ones,...

-but his is difficult with modern ligh - weight vans, Brian ChalmersHunt reviews what 's on offer in the security device...