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29th November 1980
29th November 1980
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Trade and train

WHATEVER the fate of the Road Transport Industry Training Board, and its future is still very much in the balance, the industry...

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JIC axe i'disastee

BOLITION of the Joint Industol Councils would be a recipe ir disaster, warns the United oad Transport Union. Commenting on the...

£100 next?

Oram A £100 MINIMUM basic wage should be lorry drivers' goal for 1982, says Transport and General Workers' Union national...

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Stop the kerbside operators: Rogers

TOUGHER quality licensing must be introduced rapidly, Road Haulage Association chairman Ken Rogers said this week when he met...

Hand over •

no Bill yet THOUGH the Department of Transport is going ahead with its plans to hand over the testing of lorries to private...

Tacho row loses steam

THE TRANSPORT and General Workers' Union campaign against the use of tachographs (before 1982) appears to be losing support....

Unifaster

UNIFAST International Ltd, an SPD Group company, has moved into larger premises on the new Heathrow International Trading...

DTp spend!

2pc less THE REDUCTION in the Depai ment of Transport's direct e penditure during 1981-82 will I about £11m at November 19 ....

Gardner sit-in stand endh

MORE REDUNDANCIES and lay-offs were announced by Britis manufacturers this week, while brighter news came from L. Gar( ner and...

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Armitage: act fast Rogers urges Govt

TH the Armitage Report now only about ten days away, Road ulage Association chairman Ken Rogers this week urged the vernment to...

Con trick?

IS "rubbish" to say that Sed n Atkinson will emerge from 3 recession in a fitter and a ner condition, marketing Inager Stan...

Give us the lowdown: FTA

MORE MONEY should be spent on publicising the dangers of lorries hitting low bridges, says the Freight Transport Association....

Tariffs not on: RHA

IT IS a nonsense to pretend that the publication of compulsory tariffs is a political possibility, Road Haulage Association...

Tacho call

THE FREIGHT Transport Association has called for a meeting with the Department of Transport to discuss proposals for approving...

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Driver in solar flare-up

ilasgow firm of Percy & Heiden /as dismissed last July on (as sacked. lways accurate, and his records nded up in such a mess...

Lynn ban little help

THE BENEFITS of the proposed rush-hour lorry ban through King's Lynn town centre will be marginal while the additional costs...

Valuable courses

THE Cranfield Institute of Technology is holding induction and advanced courses entitled The Optimisation of Value and Cost....

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Enter the 4x4 rally

THE THIRD Paris to Dakar Rally for 4x4 vehicles takes place between January 1 and January 20, 1981. CM was involved in the 1980...

Eurotrec

take a TIP SPECIALIST trailer rental operator Eurotrec Ltd, of Dagenham, Essex, has been taken over by TIP Trailer Rental....

Summons on entry

MAGISTRATES who refused police a summons against Doncaster lorry driver after . ciding that his alleged breach EEC Regulation...

Skye high embargo

LORRIES and other vehich heavier than 30cwt are to be e cluded from Highland Region Council's car park in Broadfor Skye. The...

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LDoY final fee up, entrance still E1

HE ENTRANCE fee for finalists ompetition has been doubled ntrance fee will remain at £10. DoY national council was endo ust...

Drinking dismissal

LONG-SERVING driver with a jood record, sacked because he as found asleep in his cab at us distillery delivery point, has lad...

Insurance phased out

OVERSEAS group members attending the British Association of Removers autumn conference earlier this month unanimously voted...

Capital needs more capital

OVER the next 15 to 20 years, more than £2600m needs to be spent on London's roads, according to the Standing Conference on...

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Roadworks ahead

SCOTLAND: M8. At Strathclyde, the westbound carriageway is closed west of junction 29 (St James Interchange, Paisley). Delays...

PEOPLE

STEPHEN TRENNERY has become traffic manager of the Eastern National Omnibus Company Ltd following the retirement of Bob Hanley....

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111100 for next year

THE REPLACEMENT for the Leyland Buffalo codenamed the HT100A-will be launched early next year, probably in January. It will...

Elechic demonstration will gauge FTA's needs

AN "assessment and demonstration" of battery and hybrid electric vehicles at London's County Hall on December 11 is to be...

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Tanking up on waste

OIL, fatty and viscous sludges, even liquid chemicals in drums, can now be handled by a versatile vacuum tanker built for the...

Infrared tachometers

A NEW optical tachometer has been developed by Ducklin Instruments Ltd and uses an infrared ray which is reflected from the...

Lifesavers

A TEN-TOOL emergency rem pack is being marketed Amendola Engineering Ltd Barnet Green, Birmingham. The set includes an axe,...

Dual-purpose vans

COLLIS Cold Containers have used Concargo body panels to mani facture dual-purpose refrigerated/dry freight vans for the Unite...

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NTDA's broadside

THE ARGUMENT over Britain's tyre law relating to tread depth continues with another broadside from the National Tyre...

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Free winds are a blowilf, says Clarke

A KEEN wind of private enterprise is waiting to blow through the bus industry, according to Junior Transport Minister Kenneth...

Better by far by car?

TRANSPORT Minister Norma Fowler is considering a furth publicity campaign about c sharing in the new year. Announcing this in...

Tay fears

TAYSIDE private coac operators are worried by ne competition from Tayside Regi, nal Council's Dundee bus ui dertaking,...

Cardiff enterprise

CARDIFF independent coac operator C. K. Coaches ha started a late-night bus servic in Cardiff. Three buses are to b used to...

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East Anglia fare cuts

3 CUTS in fares on the East iglian pool of services from ndon Victoria coach station ve been announced by Greyeen Coaches,...

Lothian buy new works

ABOUT Elm is to be spent by Lothian regional council for a new bus maintenance garage at &Wield, Edinburgh. The depot will be...

Greece is the word

FRANK HARRIS Coaches of Grays, Essex, and Grey-Green Coaches of London have submitted an application to operate an express...

Dates for Nice show

THE 25TH International week of the bus and coach is to be held in Nice between April 28 and May 2. The coach rally includes...

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by Bill Godwir

Tunnel vision in Essen SELF-STEERED buses have been introduced on a 1.2km stretch of a former tram route in Essen, Germany....

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Maggie gets the red light

3ECRETARY of State for Trade John Nott, has known for some ime just what Seddon Atkin;on's manufacturing manager itanley...

-IAULIERS are not noted as sen:imental employers but the late

John Fretwell, of North Wingfield, near Chesterfield, who was also a farmer, was an exception. He was so grateful for his 11 em...

Pin-ups cut no ice at Ford

IF YOU can't believe all you read in the newspapers, it is not necessarily the fault of the Press. The Liverpool Post,...

It's a fare cop!

THE OFFICE move to Sutton this week — correspondents please note — has been in the pipeline for a long time and a couple of...

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Can you cure the shakes?

E OPERATE a Bedford TK1630 nich was first registered on arch 1, 1980 and has done 589 miles. It is fitted with a flat )dy and...

Dwindling Berlin permits

/E HAVE just received our otice of allocation of German ermits for 1981 and are grateful at we have received five addional...

Arrowfast not so slow

IN REPLY to Bowling Bees Aid Hospital (CM, November 8, p44), I would like to point out to you that the "not so fast" Arrowfast...

More trouble with Maggie

IT WAS with some disappointment that I read the letter from J. Nelson Ltd headed U-turn on Maggies (CM, November 15). I was...

A question of timing

I REFER to the CPC questions and answers series (October 25). Question three asked what the weekly driving limit is under...

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Future in the balance RTITB answers back

An "educational bureaucracy" — just one c the criticisms that have been levelled against the Board. And the RHA believes it can...

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Give youngsters a chance to gain work experience

Brian Chalmers-Hunt hears how the transport industry, through the Youth Opportunities Scheme, can help to train the young...

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Study at home fol your CPC

ALL OPERATORS need to hold a Certificate of Professional Competence — or have at least one of their staff pass the CPC...

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QUES'IO S &AN

EACH WEEK we publish five questions similar to those used in the CPC examinations. Readers can test their knowledge by...

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Alternators, 2

GENERALLY speaking, the alternator needs less maintenance than the DC generator. The brushes on a dynamo carry the full output...

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No sour grapes on the Beaujolais run

Bill Brock chauffeurs a precious load from Le Perreon to London and finds that the new Mercedes 1628 enables both driver and...

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Goodbye Southwark Hello Sutton!

This must be the ultimate in CM's long lin( of moving stories; meanwhile, the show must go on c/o Pickfords. THIS week's CM...

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From the Drawing i pp ri pff

The engineering staffs of DAF and Conoco put their brains togeth in order to work out how to remount an eight-year-old lpg tank...

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The Employment Act 1980: 4 .

Secret ballots by Douglas Ainley FUTURE Union Membership Agreements (UMAS) will need approval by secret ballot, so the...