brightest event in the whole of the truck industry's calendar — Commercial Motor Truckfest at Peterborough on Sunday and...

• The London Borough of Westminster has pulled out of the London Boroughs Transport Scheme (LBTC) which now runs the London...

• General Motors is planning to sell the loss-making Luton Bedford van plant to a new joint venture company in which Isuzu, the...

• Britain's road hauliers have every right to criticise the EEC "for allowing petty detail, nationalistic perfection or...

to rise between 3% and 15% by the year 2000, according to the British Road Federation's Basic Road Statistics 1987. The report...

• Six English motorways are to be widened over the next two years as part of a 2700 million new roads programme announced this...

• Following the recent increase in the number of bilateral permits available for Italian journeys, (CM 18 April), the quota for...

• Due to production problems we have been unable to include the revised Commercial Motor 1987 Guide to UK Truckstops as...

• Unions are retaining their importance in pay bargaining in the transport industry despite the declining role of ownaccount...

• Leyland Dais latest and most powerful, 8x 4 Constructor model — the 224kW 30.30 — makes its UK debut this week at the...

set when a Belgian court will hear the company's case against UK hauliers which it claims "conned" it into carrying undeclared...

• Scotland's tipper operators are facing their worst crisis in living memory. "We're in desperate straits," says Bob Wilson of...

weight and C for • Crane Fruehauf s range of insulated and refrigerated van semi-trailers has been boosted by the launch of a...

unit and multi-wheeled rigid range which will use the Cummins C Series 8.31 litre engine. The company would then be using the...

• lveco has extended its Turbostar range with the introduction at the Turin show of a 270kW version which should be on sale in...

The trailer is one result 'of a three-year joint development programme with Glass Glover Distribution. It is a standard 12m...

• SPD has won a 2150,000 rolling annual distribution contract with Eastbourne-based garden furniture importer Roy Firman. SPD...

The vehicles will haul Mandora's 'St Clements' range of canned and bottle drinks to the depots of major multiples, and will...

• Furniture manufacturer Rest Assured has taken delivery of nine Mercedes 11 tonners together worth around 2165,000 for the...

• Parcels network organisation System 24 plans a nationwide launch on 1 June, and it is offering any operator it recruits a...

• Dedicated third party distribution specialist NCCS has signed a new £0.75 million nationwide distribution contract with food...

• Abingdon-based RT Express has won a £7 million, five-year contract with paint manufacturer Akzo Coatings to supply a fleet of...

• Container rental and transport group Tiphook is extending its European base with the acquisition of the road trailer...

• National Carriers-Roadline has just completed the first stage of a £150,000 project to install mobile radios into its...

fleet with three close-coupled drawbar units built on Daf 2100 chassis by Altrincham-based S Cartwright and Sons. Slumberland...

• National Express managing director Clive Myers is settingup a management team to bid for the company which, as a National Bus...

• Bus subsidies in Shropshire are likely to rise by around £350,000 this year, says the county council's public transport...

• The first of 50 Northern Counties-bodied Dodge S46 rnidibuses are now in service with United Transport Buses — the Bee Line...

United's 'Newton Hopper' and 'City Courier' will take visitors round places of interest, including the Cathedral. Part of both...

• Although last year's PSV registrations were the lowest ever, the British Coach Rally at Brighton included its usual...

• Scottish Licensing Authority Hugh McNamara took no disciplinary action against the licence held by D J and P Munro (Haulage),...

• South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has warned Clytha Transport of Gwent that if its vehicles attract further...

• West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh ruled that complaints about vehicles using a narrow lane were a matter for...

• The inquest jury that returned a ten-to-one verdict of unlawful killing for the death of a teenager crushed under the wheels...

• North Western Deputy Licensing Authority Kenneth Birchall took no action against Eastern European Freight's licence after...

have worked for the company on a self-employed basis has been held to be an employee by a Birmingham Industrial Tribunal. The...

• In granting licences to two applicants who gave caravan sites as accommodation addresses, West Midlands Licensing Authority...

Ross Clarkson has been appointed group marketing services manager to BRS, based at the company's Bedford head office. He will...

to its van sales force: both have been employed by the Lex Group as sales consultants for some years. David Jolly has been...

Thomas Knowles, managing director of Lancaster City Transport, has been installed as chairman of the Lancashire Centre of the...

specialist NCCS has appointed ex-CID officer Peter Whitecross as company security manager. Whitecross retired from the...

McCULLOCH Lorry-mounted crane manufacturer, Atlas Hydraulic Loaders has appointed Brian McCulloch as sales manager — special...

Robert Tiller has been appointed sales promotion manager at FM Crypton. His responsibilities include the company's advertising,...

ROURKE Les Rourke has just joined Joloda Loading Systems to become managing director of one of its subsidiaries, Modular...

Edbro has appointed a new sales manager with responsibility for sldploader sales. Les Williamson was previously the company's...

David Vicary joins NFC Car Lease from Hertz Leasing and was previously with a finance company for ten years. Paul Hunt was...

• Peugeot has followed its recent practice of deriving vans from its hatchback cars by introducing a van based on the 309...

Roman roughrider • Ford Italia has its own equivalent of the County 4x4 conversion of the Transit, but it is a more complex...

• 'Bonus', a special edition of the Ford Transit SWB 80, is now on sale at dealers around the country. Blue or white coachwork,...

• Hiring a rigid tipper with a crane for only £120 a week seems ludicrously cheap, but it is now possible in Liverpool. Tilly...

• Two new diesel turbochargers have been announced this month for the popular fleets vans from Ford and Mercedes-Benz. Omicron...

• Following the CM story about the Tyron run-flat safety device in our March Light Vehicle News, a demonstration of the...

vans has been placed with Besco bodies by the Anglian Water Authority. The aluminium-framed glass-reinforced plastic box body...

GOING DOWN • After a long search for suitable new premises to house the expanding staff at Interleasing UK, the company has...

TRUAOCO IN LEEDS • Trirnoco Trucks has opened a purpose-built Iveco Ford Truck centre at 54 Dolly Lane, Leeds. The centre...

• Streatham Engineering has been appointed Foden Trucks' service dealer for south-east London, Surrey and West Sussex. The...

• Lookers GB & E has joined the Renault Truck Industries' dealer network. The Bootle, Liverpool-based dealer formerly held a...

• Powerbrace has appointed Walsall-based Albert Jagger as sole agent for its range of heavy duty securement systems for...

TO HULL AND BACK • Fleet Contract Services, a new Hull-based firm, offers a nationwide dual service to all organisations...

• Daily services to Northern Ireland, Eire, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are now being offered by Hunter Freight...

HALDEX DRIES UP • Haldex, a division of Garphyttan Hesselman of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, has introduced a new...

• Eminox has developed a new stainless stee exhaust system for the AN68 Atlantean. Over twenty of the new systems are being...

STARNET'S ON AIR • Storno of Camberley has launched 'Starnet', a trunked radio communications system claimed to allow more...

• The University of London has published details of the transport courses offered by its Department of Extra-Mural Studies. For...

• In a new book written particularly for smaller and medium-sized companies the CBI charts the labyrinth of Government...

CTSRU CONFERENCE • Trent Polytechnic's Community Transport Services Research Unit is organising its sixth annual conference at...

• For the second time the Trailer '87 fair will be held in the Kortrijk, Belgium. Trailer 87 is organised by the Royal...

• The 1987 Classic Commercial Motor Show will be held at Wellesbourne Airfield, near Stortford upon Avon on Sunday 26 July. The...

• Our sister publication, Motor Transport, is sponsoring a Vehicle Security Conference at the St John's Swallow Hotel in...

DRINK DRIVING CRUSADE • Transport Secretary John Moore plans to double the 21million-a-year advertising campaign against...

SCOTTISH TRUNKS • A 270m programme of major Scottish trunk road projects has been announced by Scottish secretary Malcolm...

• Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley has given the go-ahead for a 5.151cm bypass round the Somerset village of...

I appreciate that the main thrust of the article was on the subject of centralisation. I would however like to point out a...

incident which occurred approximately a month ago. This involved one of my drivers who went to the assistance of another...

• I have been a reader of your magazine for the past five years. In that time I have constantly read about HGV drivers being...

• Fresh from watching a very good documentary on the truck industry two Saturdays ago I was driving my car with my wife and two...

Under the headline 'Eurotunnel — A Timely Reminder', there is a picture of the M20 clogged with slow moving traffic. What...

become blind for 13.4 metres — that's almost the length of your attic. If you are among the 6 million plus hay fever sufferers...

can lift 500 tonnes. It weighs 100 tonnes, has a 390kW power unit automatic transmission and four driven and eight steering...

Nickson whose lightning reflexes and outstanding driving skill helped him avert a serious crash while driving the Cambridge...

Sue. The letter was perfectly innocent and sensible. However, the reply was a truly baffling mixture of ignorance and naivety....

The Turin Commercial Vehicle Show is, as ever, dominated by the sole major Italian manufacturer, Iveco. There were, however,...

TipCon '87 marks the show debut of Leyland Daf: other leading manufacturers and suppliers have also headed to Harrogate for the...

• With a stepframe steel chassis and an all-alloy body, the tipping trailer on Crane Fruehauf's stand (70-71 in Hall A) has a...

• Among the Craven Tasker exhibits on stands 42, 43 and 86 is a semi-trailer equipped with its latest device for improved...

• Cummins is exhibiting its new 'B' Series engine, the LTAIO (10 litre) and the 14 litre 'Super E' range. The 'B' Series, now...

• On stands 12 and 13 in Hall C and external stand number 88 Don-Bur has three tipping semi-trailers; the Paylowda, the...

• Eaton is exhibiting its range of medium and heavy truck transmissions and axles on stand 22. These include the new family of...

• Edbro's display of over 50 exhibits on stands 31-34 is its biggest ever at TipCon. It includes prototype tipping stability...

• A 38-tonne tractor unit and an eightwheel tipper take pride of place on the ERF stands, 35 and 36 in Hall B. The EIO tractor...

• Foden is exhibiting three eight-wheel tippers and a 6X 4 tractor unit on stands 64-66 in Hall A, and on stand 89 in the open...

• Grau Girling, a member of the Echlin International Group, is showing its recently-introduced Pure Air Dryer and range of...

• A sixth visit to TipCon for Hytec has the Bolton firm exhibiting a typical tipping installation on stand E38. The combined...

• lveco Ford on stands 60-63 and 91-92 in Hall A is showing six vehicles including the new Loadstar 175.17 16-tonne gross...

• For its first ever show as Leyland DAF, the newly formed company is exhibiting eight vehicles on stands 18-23, 30, and...

• Corrosion-resistant Teflon springs, three eight-wheelers and a twin-steer tractor unit are to be seen on the MAN VW stands...

• The Mercedes-Benz stands (1-4) concentrate on the company's 3025K eightwheeler which made its TipCon debut last year. Two 8...

• On outside stand 95 Neville Charrold s showing a Dumptrailer for operation at 38-tonnes GCW. Equipped with a tandem-axle...

• A specially-prepared Rockwell exhibit is on show for the first time at TipCon. It comprises an SRHD lead axle and SSHD...

• A new range of air suspension systems is launched by Rubery OwenRockwell on stand 4 (Hall F). The company has clinched a...

• Scania is exhibiting three tippers on stands 5-7 in Hall C. The first vehicle has been prepared for Buxton Poultry of...

• Two 3-11 models and a 2-11 16-tonne gross weight model comprise the Seddon Atkinson exhibits to be seen on stands 67-69 (Hall...

• In the past year Tadchurch rubber suspension has become available as a factory-fitted option on Leyland DAF Constructors and...

• Two FL10 tippers and two FL7 tippers are exhibited on the Volvo stands (75-77 and 83). The new lightweight B-ride suspension...

El One of Welford Truck Bodies two show models, a 6.9m 3 double-dropsided tipper with Hiab 070 Speedloader crane equipped for...

• Dispersed among various stands is almost the entire Wilcox range: the honeycomb-section 'Smoothsider' body, and the...

• Three gearbox and PTO combinations are featured on the ZF Gears stand, F2. The ZF S6-36 gearbox, which is specified for many...

John Myers has been a tipper operator for nearly 40 years. He has seen hard times, but this week he presides over TipCon as the...

Foden's S108 eight-legger tipper, powered by the latest 12.7 litre Gardner 6LXDT 290 straight six turbocharged diesel, offers a...

The Leyland Dot combine is doubtless examining its range with a view to rationalisation. Leyland's 24.23 Constructor has the...

All of the right ingredients have been prepared to make this year's Truckfest the most successful recipe yet. We look forward...