• The results of our latest survey on training make depressing reading. Judging by the trade association's reaction, the Road...

• Like most hauliers, we regard one area of our operation as our core business. In our case it's road testing commercial...

• You will notice some subtle changes to CM this week, including easier-to-read pages and a new quick-finder key on our Legal...

start building trailers in this country in Lancaster. The 929m 2 production plant will begin operations in the second half of...

• There is industrial unrest at P&O European Ferries in Portsmouth where union leaders are seeking the support of French seamen...

• Faber Prest has announced a major overhaul of its transport services division following the acquisition of trans-shipment...

refuse collection contracts for local authorities in France, wants to expand in this country when tendering becomes compulsory...

• The chairman of waste disposal firm Leigh Interests, Bill Pybus, has resigned. He says there is a conflict of interest with...

• Almost three quarters of British hauliers do not bother to train their staff, judging by a new survey by Commercial Motor...

• A massive transport operation is being mounted on Merseyside where a giant steel mill is being dismantled piece by piece and...

• The year ending on 31 March 1988 was a good one for the road haulage industry, judging by the latest Licensing Authorities...

• Waste removal hauliers face having to register their trucks by the end of the year as part of a new crackdown on...

• Italy's northern border posts are clogging up because of an overtime ban by Italian customs officers. Queues of 14km have...

• A six-month-old Scania P113, belonging to County Antrim-based Gary Lyons Haulage Services, was stolen last Saturday morning...

• ERF's high powered 6x4 E8 rigid, launched last September, has made its first entry into the contract hire market through...

• Daf is on the acquisition trail, says chairman Aart van der Padt in an interview with European Motor Business this week. Van...

• West Germany is almost certain to press ahead with its plan to charge foreign lorries for using its roads from 1 January...

• Nearly 90% of the new variable voting rights ordinary shares issued by NFC have been snapped up by company employees and...

• The Road Haulage Association has slammed European Community proposals for the protection of animals during transport. In a...

• Drivers in London may be ordered to fix electronically readable number plates to their vehicles so they can be charged a fee...

• Sales of commercial vehicles in Europe last year reached 1,689,000 units — the first time the figure has topped 1.6 million....

• Production of the Sevel van, marketed in this country as the Fiat Ducat°, Peugeot Talbot Express and Citroen C25, is to...

• Our fisting of municipal chassis bodybuilders in last week's issue, ommitted to mention AWD. The entry is as follows: AWD...

• Hauliers operating petrol-powered light commercial vehicles are being warned to check the cost of converting their vehicles...

• Road transport hydrocarbon pollution is up to 20% higher than previously estimated, says the Department of the Environment....

• The Institute of Freight Forwarders is to change its constitution, adopt a new name and introduce a quality assurance scheme...

• As deputy general secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, Bill Morris is heir apparent to the biggest union in...

• Volvo Trucks has stepped up its attack on the UK distribution truck market with the launch of four new FL6 lightmiddleweight...

• The Thai armed forces are evaluating AWD's 8 x 6 MTM55 truck-trailer combination, developed by AWD's sister company...

• The 030,000 Goransson Mk III timber loader, developed by top truck racer Curt Goransson, uses a Jonsered 2500 25-tonne/metre...

• There were 21 recalls of goods vehicles and buses during the second half of 1988, according to the latest Department of...

• The safety of forwardcontrol light vans and minibuses is being examined by the Department of Transport. These vehicles are...

• Portsmouth-based bodybuilder J McKinney and Son is moving into the production of box vans for the removals and furniture...

• West Midlands haulier Renwicks Freight has taken over two more companies in the past fortnight. M&T Haulage, the most recent...

11 West Midland transport company Summerfield (Contract Hire) has been sold to two of its directors by the Summerfield family....

• A management team has bought out the assets of sister companies Whittle International Movers and Whittle International...

• Transfleet Services has clinched its most valuable deal to date. The 10-year-contract with Asda Stores is said to be...

General Accident is proud to announce he introduction of their Fleet Insurance and Risk Ma nagement Services — FIRMS. Backed...

• Distribution specialist Christian Salvesen has launched a contract hire operation called "Service Plus." No new vehicles...

• Australian international transport group Mayne Nickless has increased its pre-tax profits by 23% to £43.4 million in the six...

• P&O has bought one of West Germany's largest transport and distribution companies Rhenania — from Bowater for £45 million....

and Heinrich von Wirth GmbH are operating a new twiceweekly groupage line, from England to Stuttgart, Germany. Cave Wood, which...

Ashok Leyland, plans to increase its investment in developing new buses and trucks for export with the Fiat group during the...

• The first three of welfarespecification StarRiders to roll off the Optare production line have gone into service with the...

• International Leisure Group has launched Coach Europe with a 23 million fleet to build up a continental network of luxury...

• London Regional Transport's levy will be increased by nearly 50% in 1989-1990, making it the biggest ever payment by the...

• Sheffield-based South Yorkshire Transport is launching a new minibus offensive next month to counter competition from 10...

• The strike at Motherwellbased SBG subsidiary Central Scottish is over after seven weeks. Drivers voted to accept the phased...

IN Perth-based Stagecoach has refuted the charge made by Labour front bench Scottish spokesman Brian Wilson, that its...

• The big municipal bus operators such as Merseyside, Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire are being urged to follow the...

• K5sshohrer will launch its S215 HDH Transcontinental three-axle, high-floor coach in the UK next season, and a 33seat version...

• Sacked Thennalite driver Stephen Johnston, who agreed on union advice to accept £750 in settlement, won his claim for unfair...

• A police blitz on the condition of PSVs in East Lancashire has led to some bus and coach operators appearing before Blackburn...

• Permitting drivers to exceed 41/2 hours' driving without taking the required amount of break, and allowing them not to use...

• South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh has cut the duration of an owner-operator's licence after his vehicle failed its annual test,...

• Rochdalebased James Nuttall (Transport) paid fines and costs totalling £2,717 after the town's magistrates convicted it of 18...

6 for the actions of its drivers is set to be tested in the courts following the issuing of a writ by one of the drivers...

• Van engines are next on the European Commission's hit-list for exhaust emissions standards, and pro posals that are expected...

• Renault has confirmed that it has signed a deal with Chrysler to develop an "all-terrain" vehicle, code named JJ, for...

• Possibly the smallest Luton van bodies ever to be built in Britain are now fitted to two Daihatsu Fourtrak chassis cabs. The...

• Daf chairman Aart van der Padt has revealed that his company is still talking with "at least three" other vehicle producers...

• London Taxis International's new Fairway cab will be fitted with a Nissan TD27 "Plasma" 2.7-litre four-pot diesel engine....

• The latest addition to Mercedes-Benz's Unimog range is the U1550/L37, equipped with a right-hand drive, five/six-man,...

• A vee-six version of the Mitsubishi Shogun will make its debut in the UK at the end of March when the full Shogun range will...

Renault is following in the footsteps of Peugeot Talbot, Toyota, Freight Rover and Bedford in providing a year's RAC cover with...

• Newly formed Mechspec has acquired the design rights to the Challenger lightweight vehicle-mounted crane. The Doncaster-based...

• Bedford is launching a new sliding load platform with a 400kg capacity for its Astramax and Astravan vehicles. It claims the...

• Yugo says its long-awaited 55A light van is unlikely to appear in the UK before midsummer. The £3,315.65 (exVAT) van is more...

BY THE HAWK • That sizzling stunna the Sunday Sport newspaper has solved the 1961 mystery of the missing 109 double-decker to...

SIR CHASING OUR TAILS • I read with interest in your 2-8 February issue "TSEG calls for united blitz on jams". As anybody...

HA\D300 < BUSINESS MOVES TRANSFRIGOROUTE OPENS AN OFFICE in The reefer operators' pressure group Transfrigoroute UK is...

TO WIN LET COMMERCIAL MOTOR PAY FOR YOUR HGV CLASS 1 TRAINING • Last year more than 50,000 hopefuls endured an hour of acute...

Ql. An HGV driver's working week when employed on national or on mixed national and domestic journeys is: A from 00:00hrs on...

Driver Course" competition is open to all readers of Commercial Motor over the age of 21 with the exception of employees of...

• Our training survey makes sorry reading this week, with the revelation that fewer than three out of 10 British hauliers (28%)...

T he Small Firms Service is set up solely to give free help to small businesses, including those in the transport industry. We...

• The Certificate of Professional Competence exam is often scorned as a multiplechoice memory test having little bearing on the...

• Your staff won't get the best out of a computer system without effective training. That may seem self-evident — but up to a...

• Onward Transport was set up in 1930 by W Storey and today is owned by his four children, who are still very much involved in...

a Hino truck. After all, fake leopard-skin lino is not exactly the last word in floor coverings, and what about those Captain...

catch the eye. With the lightweight tipping gear fitted the 6x4's payload is 15,060kg, within a body/payload allowance of...

as fleet accounts manager for northern England. He succeeds John Minshull, who was recently promoted to national accounts...

A shortage of trained parts personnel will hit the truck industry in the 1990s, and unless companies act to attract and train...

attractive Salary Warwick VOLVO TRUCKS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED commands a leading position in the UK heavy truck market and is...

• Welcome to the Commercial Motor Finance Supplement designed to help you win through some of the complicated, and frequently...

• According to Keith Morgan: "If you're in distribution — and we are — you're only as good as your last delivery." Make your...

• When looking at contract maintenance and extended warranty schemes, check the fine print. Some operators fail to look...

• The distribution boss of north London paper merchant Quaife Paper reickons that he would be "happy not saving money" by...

By using contract hire from the start, Southern Counties Paper has been able to predict its transport costs in detail. • For...

• Businesses which need to raise more cash than their profit balance can provide are wallowing in an ever-growing variety of...

• Although accurate statistics are hard to find, it is clear that contract hire and leasing are becoming more important in the...

For expert advice and latest figures turn to the new Commercial Motor Buyer's Guide sponsored by Michelin — the complete...

• New top-line trucks cost a frightening amount of money. But G Alderson & Sons of Appleby in Cumbria approaches finance in a...

• For contract distributor Tibbett and Britten, leasing the bulk of a 500-vehicle fleet means not only looking for the best...

cutting back the number of trucks, or changing to a different type in mid-contract. But they are more expensive than normal...