get any manufacturer, distributor or dealer talking, it is that of discounting. Everybody, it seems, is opposed to it....

• TNT has applied for a High Court injunction to stop outbreaks of picket violence at its premises. Following the five recent...

si Bedford is to discontinue the electric version of its Cl.'2 panel van just two months after announcing plans to produce up...

• Changes in drivers' hours, which come into effect on September 29, have been approved by Parliament, despite last-minute...

closer to rail • Hauliers should work more closely with British Rail in preparation for the opening of the Channel Tunnel,...

• Toll crossings on motorways and trunk roads are to continue. Transport Secretary John Moore announced this week. The...

• The so-called missing link of the M20, between Maidstone and Ashford, which is currently the subject of a public inquiry,...

• Leyland Trucks will sponsor the British Associatidh of Removers annual conference over the next three years. Following...

Road Test of the VW LT35 (CM %vie July 19, 1986), and that some of the text on pages 48 and 49 has been reproduced out of...

• At the time of going to press, it appears that the London Borough of Richmond has been unsuccessful in its court action...

• A Common Market plan to harmonise speed limits throughout the EEC by 1992 has been given a cautious reception by the...

• Parliament has given the thumbs-up to a new set of Construction and Use regulations for road vehicles, which will bring...

• Plans to simplify record sheets for vehicles exempt from EEC driving regulations have been circulated for consultation by the...

IN British competitors dominated the first truck Grand Prix to be held at the famous Nurburgring motor racing circuit in...

• Perkins and Austin Rover are claiming a world first with the launch of Prima, their long-awaited, joint venture, two-litre,...

• Less than four months after the launch of its Extra van, Renault UK is about to bring another light commercial Above: The...

• Wincanton Engineering of Sherbome has built a new tank semi-trailer incorporating several features soon to be specified by...

• Draka Foam of Glossop, Derbyshire — the first to purchase a high-cube York SID16 Freightmaster semi-trailer 14 years ago —...

• Despite strong opposition from local residents and Test Valley Borough Council, BKP Scott-Healey Limited has won some...

• The falsification of tachograph records cost South Humberside haulier Graham Alford and two lorry drivers, plus a yard...

• A check on forei. vehicles carried out by the Lancashire police together with the Department of Transport has led to four...

• The importance of the proper training of HGV drivers was stressed by West Midland Licensing Authority Ronald Jackson when he...

• M J Giddings Farm Produce Limited of Colsden, near Bedford, has been given until the end of the year to show that it can...

• Despite opposition from national officials of the Transport and General Workers' Union, BP Tanker drivers have settled on a...

• Tiphook, the newly-floated container and trailer rental company which includes Central Trailer Rental, increased its pre-tax...

• Reports that Sealink and Townsend Thoresen are to seek Government permission to offer an integrated crosschannel service...

with Austin Rover to store and supply all car components used at Austin Rover's Cowley works. Under the deal, BRS Western will...

has taken its first Scania tractive unit. The 6x4 R 142E RC prime mover has a 313kW (420hp) 14.2-litre turbocharged and...

I After a year of continuous decline, British hauliers' share of international traffic picked up during the first quarter of...

• A record number of operators are now choosing to contract hire semi-trailers instead of buying them outright, according to...

• Record sales last year helped Volvo Trucks GB increase its 1985/86 profits by over 18% to 3.2 million, and raised its...

• East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn, has launched a new all-aluminium midibus based on the Dodge S56 chassis. The...

• Traffic congestion in gen eral and illegal parking in particular were cited as two main reasons why London Buses still has...

MI Spending on bus services in Cumbria could be cut by more than 50% according to Government figures. Cumbria has been named as...

PTE have both announced new names for their new bus operating companies. In the North East, Tyne and Wear has opted for...

• As recognition for thriving enterprise, light haulier B and D Transport from Newtown, Powys, has won the midWales Rural...

• Renault Truck Industries, the Dunstable-based manufacturer of Renault and Dodge trucks, has appointed Thierry Brisson to the...

Poole, of one of the big names in state-owned road transport in the Sixties — George Quick-Smith — at the age of 80. For many...

• Peter Wilkinson OBE, the retired RAF wing commander who was a prominent member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers,...

• Two former British Road Services executives, lain Howie and Peter Rogers, have bought Brighton Van Hire from its founder,...

• John Greenwood, sales manager of FCS's distribution division has been joined by three salesmen to complete his team. Bill...

former editor of CM, Brian Cottee, is to be succeeded by Muriel Craddock, when he retires in October. Craddock is currently...

Responsible for the NFC's corporate external and internal communications including shareholder relations, Craddock will report...

for the introduction of the new EEC drivers hours regulations that come into force on September 29. The latest ones we have...

a new way of making the forthcoming changes in the drivers' hours regulations more easily understood. It has produced a...

In the past, these courses have given exemption from all but one of the final examination papers of the Chartered Institute of...

a fleet training scheme that offers tuition to companies with fleets of cars. The scheme was started earlier this year and...

splitting National Bus Company subsidiary London Country into smaller units, is opening its doors for business on September 1....

parts supply service, specifically for Renault and Dodge users, which is now available through its 70 UK dealers. Fastpart...

The two ships — as yet unnamed — are due to come into service on the crossChannel route next year, the first in June and the...

The new ship is the Ionic Ferry, previously the Dragon operated by P&O on its crossChannel service. Townsend Thoresen bought...

Richards & Shaw (Trim) of Cradley Heath has moved across town to new, larger premises. The company's new address is Units 36,...

its temporary offices and moved into new buildings on the same site near St Albans. The company sold land at the site (the old...

are carried in road tankers and tank conveyors has been updated. The Health and Safety Corn mission has just published...

• Midland Daf Trucks of Coleshill has opened a new service dealership at Warley on the south west side of Birmingham. The...

• Apex Load Control of Croydon has appointed Swindon Truck Services as its distributor for Swindon and the surrounding area....

• The price of replacing lost or damaged vehicle trade plates is to rise on September I. The current fees were set in 1976 and...

on driving standards (CM, July 12) hits several nails accurately on their heads. Of course, as you point out, all driving...

readers (CM July 19) may be surprised to learn that there is now an organisation whose avowed aim is to improve driving...

• I drive a 38-tonne artic on long-distance work. I would like more driving hours again. It cuts the chase out of the job...

British trucks continue to fall. We hear a lot about attitudes and duty. The time is now 12.37pm on a Tuesday. I have just...

letter from Jean Sharpies (CM, June 21) and I would totally support her slogan "For staying power, best buy British." I own a...

a For the hard-working operator a settled and efficient dealer support is essential, and truck manufacturers are well aware of...

The 60-member Leyland Truck Distributers Association is able to exert influence on the major British vehicle manufacturer....

A major truck dealer speaks frankly to David Wilcox about discounting, public sector sales and dealer practices • Truck...

E Mention, on page 18 . . . of the impending retirement of National Freight Consortium communications director Brian Cottee...

of Britain's largest private operators, which recently and proudly delivered the 500.000th ton of newsprint manufactured by...

C Transport (Wimborne) for using the launch of the new Rover 800 series to promote — in a somewhat dramatic way — a new...

Can specification changes to the Dodge 50 Series stave off newer competition for the shrinking 3.6 to 6.5-tonne market? /Any...

• Whether it's to save anticipated costs or keep essential moneyearning trucks on the road with minimal disruption, many...

manufacturers Mayvil Chemicals has been awarded a series of prestige Ministry of Defence contracts to supply chemical cleaning...

Leaf chains, devises and sheaves, just published, includes an extension of the LH series of chains and will be of particular...

welding, etc, are now longer-lasting because their pressure has been increased from 172 bar to 200 bar. This gives 16% more...

the Bedford Midi and Rascal vans has meant a successful spin-off for Brockhouse Harvey Frost, the Bishop's Stortford-based...

Champion Spark Plug Co has won a contract to supply replacement wiper blades to Autoglass. With more than 100 branches in the...

so straight forward and simple in its servicing that this very simplicity tends to lead some operators into overlooking many...

There's often more to crash damage than meets the eye, and it usually pays to let a specialist take a look. Peter Wallage...

solved the longstanding problem of lubricating bearings in the hostile environment of heavy loading, severe vibration and high...

the mid-range Ilartridge Series 700 diesel fuel injection pump test stand has been introduced. The directly coupled, thyristor...

for applications requiring continuously variable analogue indication of speed, without contact, and at low cost, has been...

making a new low-cost 40mm towing eye designated E101 for non-braked trailers up to 750kg gross weight. The unit is made from...

provided by bent-tube tyre cages is offered by the Ammco heavyduty inflation chamber marketed by HTC (Nottingham). The chamber...

to manufacturers' recommendations, regrooving can prolong tyre life by as much as 50%. Regrooving is frequently done manually,...

new gas welding goggles by MTE Intersafe. The Asta flip-up goggles conform to BS679 and BS1542 standards and have a direct...

system called the Laser which is designed to give efficient and cost-effective cleaning of the most complex vehicle shape. It...