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27th February 1976
27th February 1976
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Bright future on training front

THE TRAINING picture in the road transport industry is brighter than at any time since 1970 — despite the current recession....

Four-year delay on eight-hour day

Surprise EEC move on drivers hours regs TEN HOURS' driving a day will stay as the legal maximum in Britain for the next four...

Drivers: are you certified?

DRIVERS' tax-free allowance on subsistence is to be raised from £3 to £4.50 per night spent away from home—but they will have...

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RHA 0-licence

objection policy in melting pot [HE Road Haulage Association is to reconsider its policy on )pposing 0-licence applications...

Trucks for the Eighties

COMPUTER data banks are being used by the National Freight Corporation to find the ideal combination of parts which will extend...

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Road attack

HUGE DROPS in Government spending on new roads and general road maintenance have been Strongly attacked by the road haulage...

Transport head on Gov. chopping block

CHANCELLOR Denis Healey has wielded his spending axe— and brought it down hard on the necks of road and transport expenditure....

Outlook is bleak for bus services

HEAVY cut-backs in bus services, coupled with big fare rises, are now on the cards following the Government's public spending...

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Shetland operators oil up

SHETLAND Road Freight Association is now in operation: it has scme 20 member firms and is receiving a steady flow of...

'Late extra' door

A NEW CAB DOOR for Bedford TKs engaged on local delivery work was Introduced to the fleet of Harris Fleet Deliveries of London...

Van pack

A NEW OPTION for the Ford Transit range—known as the Fleet 90 pack—will be available from Monday. By leaving off such things...

Save now, pay later

Chancellor Healey's cut-back in road expenditure between now and 1979 is yet one more false economy. Expenditure. on roads was...

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Stop dragging your feet call

A CALL to members of the South Wales owner drivers' cooperative to put their money where their mouths are has gone out this...

Tribunal's house rules

Administrative centre can be 0-licence base THE Transport Tribunal has ruled that a haulier's administrative centre can be...

£15,000m on the move

THE United Kingdom spent ,nearly £15,000 million on moving people and goods by road in 1974. Dr John Gilbert, the Minister for...

No loss by 1978 BR told

THE Government is to place a £60 million ceiling during this year on losses in British Rail's freight system that it will cover...

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Chrysler trucks look to the future

THE GOVERNMENT is hopeful about the future of the commercial vehicles section of Chrysler. And the figures for sales in January...

Industry's tax plea to Chancellor

A BARRAGE of pre-Budget pleas to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Denis Healey, not to increase taxation for hauliers has...

Docks Bill attacked

CRITICISM of the Docks Work Regulation Bill came from Mr Albert Simpson, secretary of the RHA Southern area, speaking at the...

Transit Prices

FROM March 1 the list prices of the Ford Transit range will be ex-works and will no longer include delivery costs. This is to...

Manslaughter charge after death crash

A FRENCH lorry driver spent a night in Bedford prison's remand wing this week after being remanded on £1,500 bail following the...

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HIGHER standards for refrigerated transport by lorry and other means

are the aim of the Government's International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Bill, published last week. The measure enables...

LA calls

for licence holder 0-LICENCE holder Mrs M. R. Kennedy, trading as Rosehill Trucking Company, Ridley, Co Durham, did not appear...

SHORT HAULS

Freight figures DR JOHN Gilbert, Minister of Transport, told the Commons last week that he is to publish the first volume of a...

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NO CUTS YET

SAYS MR CUBE SUGAR refiners Tate and Lyle have dismissed as "pure speculation " reports that there were to be 7,000...

Driver wins APPT award

THE Association of Public Passenger Transport have announced their award winners. Bus driver Anthony Booth, of Nottingham City...

Computer licence chaos hits industry

THE £400 million Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre at Swansea is causing chaos to hauliers compelled to use the new system...

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Experimental service for Liverpool

EXISTING bus services to central Liverpool could be replaced by experimental feeder services to rail stations from each side of...

West Yorks £1.2m subsidy stabilises NBC fares

WEST YORKS County Council has stepped in with cash support of £1.2m to prevent fares going up on National Bus subsidiaries...

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Union attack on councils bus cut

A DECISION by the Oxfordshire County Council not to pay out £330,000 in subsidies to cover the National Bus Company loss in the...

New Little Red Book

THE 1976 edition of the Little Red Book has just been published by Ian Allan Ltd for £5 plus 50p postage and packing. As well...

Fleetlines toughens up body parts

THE CURRENT vehicle shortage hitting London Transport has not been helped by the need to return Fleetlines to the manufacturers...

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Roman around

WHAT'S in a name? Well, when it comes to the names MAN and Roman the difference Is worth quite a lot—a couple of thousand...

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Trailer clears the deck

TWO ADVANTAGES claimed by Lawrence David Ltd of Crowland, Peterborough, for its curtainsided trailer are a completely clear...

Perkins option for VW van

THE recently announced Volkswagen LT light van range is now available with a 2.7-litre (174.6cuin) Perkins diesel engine as...