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JUDGING by the number of cases we report each week of objections to 0-licence renewals, own-account operators attract more...
WITH such a large array of options available to its customers, the claim of Foden Trucks to be a bespoke engineer has to be...
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THE MAJOR oil companies gave hauliers a post-Budget bonus this week when they cut their bulk dery prices for the first time...
LEYLAND'S commercial vehicle business cut its losses by 12.8 per cent last year, and the Land Rover-Leyland Group cut its loss...
THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has responded to intense lobbying by the Road Haulage Association's international group and is now...
A NEW EDITOR is being sought for CM in this, its Seth year of serving commercial vehicle operators. CM's publishing director,...
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SOME 12 per cent of road tankers carrying dangerous substances at the Dartford Tunnel were found in a spot-check in December to...
ISUZU Ireland is a newly established subsidiary of J. Harris (Assemblers), the company which assembles Hino lorries in Dublin...
BRITISH international lorry drivers were criticised at last week's six monthly meeting of the Road Haulage Association's...
BRITISH international haulage regional conferences to be held the Road Haulage Association's be held this autumn. Local export...
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IT IS WRONG to penalise a haulier for a dangerous parts offence when everything possible was done to maintain the vehicle...
SEVEN trunk road schemes worth £27.3m have been authorised by the Scottish Office. They are for the 1.6km Synton-Mossend...
.... First year capital allowances on plant and machinery and that includes lorries — reduce from 75 per cent to 50 per cent on...
DONALD FOX, of the Fox Freight clearing houses, is building up another company in Scotland doing similar work. The firm, Orion...
DRUM Freight5ervicesLtd. Orion is owned by Donald Fox Donald and Alan Fox started their clearing house in 1974, trading as a...
TWO COMPANIES profits, while anoth ketplace. in the contracts business report increased er two continue to make progress in the...
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ENVIRONMENTAL representations from people who do not comply with the limits of operator licensing regulations may only be...
TRUCK RACING and Britain's premier road safety event for lorry drivers will be unlikely partners on August 18, if the Multipart...
A SOUTH WALES haulier has joined forces with British Rail to provide additional volume on its services to Britain and Europe....
A LICENSING Authority is not entitled to refuse an application on environmental grounds in respect of an existing operating...
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ROADLINE UK now has its own managing director, Graham Roberts. Until his appointment on March 25 that responsibility had been...
NEW APPOINTMENTS with Scania (Great Britain) are Mike Ellithorn as service manager and Geoff Bell as regional sales manager....
New engineers for growing Trailerent EXPANSION at Trailerent and the company's new division Truckrent has resulted in two new...
A FORMER senior director with Leyland International, Richard Dunn, has been appointed general manager with Renault Truck...
LORD BEECHING, the man who in the early Sixties started a political controversy which is still reverberating over his plan to...
FORMER depot 'manager of the TNT Roadfreight terminal at Southampton, Martin Bennett, has been appointed general manager. Other...
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Customs form row A PROTEST has been made to the EEC Commission over a £1,465 fine levied by the Belgian authorities because a...
HAULIERS transporting live animals across Europe are flouting drivers' hours regulations, export licensing laws and inflicting...
FOLLOWING our announcement that we are co-operating with the Save the Children Fund (CM, March 161 to build up teams of...
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'HE 12-vehicle licence of Robert Mitchell Farms was renewed by Vest Midlands Licensing Authority Ronald Jackson, when three...
SHROPSHIRE company sucmeded in obtaining the grant if an international licence for 15 vehicles and 20 trailers when a local...
another farm, so the use of Firs Farm had diminished considerably during the year. Mr Jackson said that it was not really...
Excise duty fine of £400 JAMES GAULD, a contractor of Aberdeen, admitted at Kincardine and Deeside District Court in...
BRITISH Car Auctions has contracted out its transport operations to Abbey Hill. As of last week all BCA's vehicle collection...
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TO COUNTER the threat of pilfering from slashed sidecurtains, BoaHoy of Congleton has produced a new and (provisionally)...
CONCERN has been expressed by Clayton Dewandre over the reliability of spurious replacement brake units which are often...
4.14, 401 GLOSTER Saro, the Hawker Siddeley Group specialist vehicle builder, has supplied £7m worth of export orders to South...
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IMechE conference "TECHNIQUES for the prediction and simulation of in-service conditions" is the title of an Institution of...
CERAMICS technology and its application to engine components was the subject of the 21st John Player Memorial Lecture to the...
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THE GOVERNMENT is to start talks with the bus industry about new Construction and Use regulations that would make it easier for...
FOLLOWING deregulation bus engineers will come under some more pressure, Eastern Counties chief engineer Ken Poison told an...
THE STRICT operating conditions Transport could make franchised tential operators. As the decision day approaches for the...
TRAVEL agents' demands that coach operators join their bonding scheme have been dismissed angrily as "bully boy" tactics by Bus...
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MINIBUS passengers are at least as safe as those in cars, but at best are as safe as passengers in full-size buses, a Transport...
TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley, is considering the appointment of advisers to assist with the proposed reorganisation and...
NEWPORT Borough estimates it has improved the fuel consumption of its Scania N112DR double-deckers by specifying turbocharged...
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CM first tested the revised 5.4litre 101kW (135hp) TL750 around our Welsh middleweight route last December (CM, February 9,...
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IVECO sees the UK 7.5-tonne market in two clearly defined sectors. To operators with regular motorway work, who want a...
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FOLLOWING its spectacular debut on the eve of last year's Motor Show, Leyland's Roadrunner seems to be making its mark in the...
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WHEN Daimler-Benz finally replaced its ageing LP range last July it did so with a completely new family of light/middleweights....
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Cutting up a chassis cab CUTT'ING chassis has become more popular since weights went up because it offers a cheap way to get...
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example is located on Merseyside. Hernway Express of Bankhall, Bootle, has risen from the ashes of a firm which went into...
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LEYLAND'SNational single decker could have been the bus for all men if it had not been for that engine. Dissatisfaction with...
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for the next CPC Exam NOW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the...
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Wage comparisons YOU ASK our opinion on collective wage agreements (CM, March 9). Comparing my basic wage and night money in...
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"WE ARE determined to ensure that Truckfest firmly becomes the leading trade show for the road haulage industry combined with a...
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ONE VEHICLE that is certain to be at Truckfest will be Geoff Gilbert's White Road Commander 2. As winner of the Best Kept Truck...
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WE ARE now accepting entries for CM's 1985 Vehicle Livery Competition. This is the eighth year of the event, which grows in...
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THE ARTICULATED vehicle has been the favourite commercial vehicle configuration in this country since it was given a maximum...
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From 24 to 38 tonnes, there's an IVECO tractor to fit the bill. The Third Generation 190 series combines top level...
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EVERY semi-trailer manufacturer in the UK remembers 1980 as a watershed year. That was when the total market for all types of...
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CRANE FRUEHAUF, Toftwood. Dereham, Norfolk. ALL three of Crane Fruehauf s trailer manufacturing plants are in Norfolk — two at...
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CRAVEN TASKER, Staniforth Road. Darnall, Sheffield, Yorshire. The Craven Tasker group was formed in 1968 as a result of the...
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Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire. y YORK's parent company is York Transport Equipment of Toronto, Canada. It began trading...