of good for the road transport industry. Every time a rail customer is let down on deliveries and finds a reliable alternative...

DESPITE the outburst from the Road Haulage Association over the latest 6.8p rise in the price of a gallon of commercial derv,...

DISARRAY over temporary drivers within the Transport and General Workers' Union increased last week when assistant general...

SAVE the Children Fund, which is working with Commercial Motor to recruit transport staff to the faminestricken African areas,...

THE TIPPING industry has won a bonus from the Central Electricity Generating Board — and it is unlikely to be the last. The...

DESPITE the confusic caused by the National Unii of Mineworkers decision block the transfer of nc mally-railed coal to ro...

TWO FORMER Whitbread managers have set up a new company, Liquid Assets, which sells and delivers beer to free houses....

MAN IS to offer the semiautomatic mechanical transmission (SAMT) version of Eaton's recently introduced twin-splitter...

. .)N police have now med that they used their tion in deciding not to :cute Winterbotharn the Croydon firm for a an...

GNIFIC ANT extension bjectors' rights in ing cases has emerged as ilt of a case being heard he North Western asing Authority....

11 1E ROAD Haulage Association has asked the Department of Transport to think again over its proposed new regulations on...

DESPITE the jailing of four men for handling stolen goods in a container theft conspiracy at Felixstowe, Suffolk police are...

NEW arrangements for the maintenance of motorways and trunk roads in the Metropolitan County Councils have been announced by...

DEARDS is to provide services for lorries at the new motorway service area at South Minims. The company already has a site next...

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has been criticised for not handing over more responsibility for Britain's road building programme...

TRANSPORT Mini:, Lynda Chalker is asking technical experts for rec• mendations on how to re( fog-related accidents. wants...

SYSTEMLINF, the contract distribution division of parcels carrier Lex Wilkinson, Systemline, has made Jeff Morgan financial...

PLANT personnel and employee relations manager with Perkins Engines, Clive Francis, has replaced Peter Jackson as director of...

JAMES FRASER, a retired Laurencekirk haulage contractor, has died in hospital at the age of 80. He began as a lorry driver...

THE PORTSMOUTH and Southampton branches of Pickfords Removals have new managers. Michael Primmett, who now runs the Portsmouth...

training division A NEW TRAINING divii set up by Liquid Powders Gas Transport Company, Leeds based tanker opera is to be...

NATIONAL Bus Company's executive director, Peter Hunt, of public affairs is retiring owing to ill health and will be succeeded...

MLEMS with livestock isportation were highted again last week in t of Leeds magistrates. vestock and meat haulier S Transport...

A SCOTTISH haulier's unique train-to-lorry coal containers could earn it lieW business in other fields. Glasgow based John G....

must t to see whether environital representations will to the imposition of resion conditions in relation Rochdale depot....

DORLUX Beds has signed a deal with contract distribution company Transfleet Services worth in the region of i10m. The...

SALVADOR Caetano (UK) has introduced a single-deck bus body designed to appeal to operators keen to exploit the imminent...

DOUBT has been thrown on the future of the London Regional Transport bus overhaul works at Aldenham following the rejection by...

LONDON based Grey-Green Coaches is having Econocruise top-speed limiters fitted to 26 of its latest coaches. The coaches, which...

EASTERN Area Ira Commissioners have 1: criticised by the Bus Coach Council for ti heavy-handed action in or nig a 70-year-old...

UNITED Counties En neering is the latest Nati( Bus Company central wc organisation to be sepan from its bus fleet. Already,...

SCAN IA has appoin Stuart Johnson as its cc distributor for both the pu and private operator sect. Initially, the Sheffield Ix...

,TIONAL Bus Company sidiary Midland Fox has n successful in its applica to run a network of - Obits routes in Leicester....

TYNE and Wear Passenger Transport Executive coaching subsidiary Armstrong Galley is extending its London Clipper coach service....

AT LEAST 18 new bus or coach models are expected to be on show for the first time at the Commercial Motor sponsored...

'1APPINS Coaches of Didcot, Oxfordshire, has divided its 50-strong coach fleet into three different grades. Charter and...

LEYLAND is forging ahead in the fuel economy race to produce the first — viable — continuously variable transmission (cvt)...

FOUR-WHEEL-dri conversions for vans and Ii chassis cabs and for heal. vehicles up to 16 tonnes g are offered by a new co pany...

THE FIRST FIRE appliance to be built by Leyland for at least 30 years is expected to begin service with Lancashire Fire Brigade...

)F(i)R1) has launched a i-volume version of its .a van. The new variant Astramax offers inseci payloads arid has a i-roof body...

ONE OF THE FIRST 97kW (130hp) V8-powered Sherpas built by Freight Rover (CM August 24) has begun evaluation trials with...

PERKINS ENGINES is now marketing its own brand of alternators for truck diesel engines through its 32 UK distributors. The...

IN REPLY to Mr M. G. Sewell (CM, August 3) in order to learn about new legislation, I would certainly expect to rely on the...

I READ a small report (CM, August 3) about the new Willowbrook Crusader body where CM quotes the following prices: Crusader...

A FEW SIMPLE rules for hgv driver affected by the Greater London Gout: night-time ban intending to drive int, London during the...

The dust has settled after the year-long miners' strike to reveal a changed haulage picture in South Wales. Some operators...

the new servery on the southbound service area on M27 at Rownhams, according to the Operator, Road Chef. The refurbished...

The battles of South Wales operator Clayton Jones to win the right to run local bus services have been well-documented in the...

WITH ADDED SPARKLE Only two years after it launched its highly-successful Astra van, Bedford chose to restyle it radically. It...

Haying decided to change from being a fridge importer to a general haulier, Ray Burch was determined not to yield to pressure...