the company by RollsLoyce Motor Holdings have aade it clear the bid is unwelome. And Rolls-Royce said last leek it thought the...

TOLLS at the two Mersey Tunnels, which handle more than 20 million vehicle journeys a year, were increased on June 1 — the...

THE Bedford CF became available in the UK fitted with • the GM diesel engine in September 1976. Over our van test route, the...

VICKERS and MAN have joined British Leyland in the hunt for, bus orders worth $100,000,000 at the International Union of Public...

TANSPORT Minister William Rodgers was due to attend a neeting of European transport ministers in Athens this week. Imong the...

THE PASSENGER Vehicles (Educational and Other . Purposes) Bill, introduced by Wirral MP, David Hunt, had its name changed in...

AFTER only three months of a Government/Chrysler plans pact, the company is in trouble. Chrysler is behind schedule and has...

THE COST of Ford lorries and vans is to go up by an average increase of 6.5 per cent. Examples below include the charge for...

for international haulage, Mr Rodgers said that "The British Government decided in 1974 to encourage the transfer of freight...

IN THIS year's CM artics and trailers special number of June 17 we will be publishing a full road test report on a Sgadon...

Cha tered Institute of Transpo has recommended changes the membership rules to allo a wider range of transpo men to join. In...

Nuclear All Clear THE Government is satisfied with safety regulations covering road transport of nuclear fuel, John Horam,...

for us— TGWU chief TRANSPORT and General /Yorkers Union commercial ;ervices area group secretary kIan Law has described...

EVERY _ vehicle in the fleet operated by Anthony Purchase of arierley Hill was found to be defective when a senior vehicle...

MERSEYSIDE Chamber of Commerce and Industry's surface transport committee is to continue to campaign for a relaxation in the...

per cent during the first juarter of this year according to figures compiled by The Road laulage Association. And blame for...

weigl — that's the message fn Institution of Mechanical gineers president Dom Peake. Mr Peake was commenti on an IME appeal to...

kFTER a sharp decline in ommercial vehicle dealings in 975, Wadharn Stringer Ltd Las increased its commercial 'allele sales in...

to become VAT says the Federation of Wholesale and Industrial Distributors and it describes the present system as "punitive."...

Catering facilities NEW catering facilities have been opened on the southbound carriageway of the M6 at Southwaite service...

■ DRIVER who took his van ome despite a contract of mployment forbidding this .ad his appeal against unfair ismissal upheld by...

the GLC has decided to install coach parking meters for short term parking at three sites within the capital. The meters are...

- LONDON COUNTRY has outlined new plans for expansion and modernisation. On the inaugural run of its new London to Windsor...

THE Post Office in Scotland has recently put into service its 100th postbus. The new service from In varary to Dalmally was...

THE battle over the provision of extended tour facilities from the West Yorkshire town of Birstall (CM, April 15), continued...

HANTS and Dorset Motor Services is introducing a Jubilee "Faresaver" bus fare scheme to give passengers half-price travel...

Car Park Charges THE NATIONAL Exhibition Centre at Birmingham is looking at the possibility of providing temporary canteen...

TWO vehicles, not one, are the subject of CM's latest road test. To assess Volvo's recently released automatic version of the...

JOHN Smith's of Tadeaster, part of the Courage brewery group, is trying out a new design of side curtain, produced by Lawrence...

ALTHOUGH the long-awaited Perkins "Squish Lip" combustion system is not yet available for truck use, use has been sanctioned in...

- MEMBERS of the Lighting Industry Federation concerned with commercial vehicles are preparing a code of practice for interior...

SHELVOKE and Drewery's new Intapak refuse collection vehicle made its second public appearance at the Institute of Solid Waste...

BEDFORD'S long-standing HA light van has undergone a cab restyle which should provide a more pleasant environment for the...

ONCE AGAIN Torbay has been the Mecca for those involved in the solid waste handling industry. Papers present to the conference...

rHE National Coal Board's Road Transport Service has been in existence for ten years now. It's been a decade of reorganisation...

THE NCB transport service has come a long way since it was started 10 years ago, and now runs far fewer vehicles. Its...

private operators have to cope with the varied selection of vehicles in use today by local authorities. These can range from...

I feel we have an obligation to point out the possible hazards involved in the growing practice of reconditioning fifth-wheel...

On January 7, 1077, CM described the organisation of the firm run by Mr Ailion and we learn that he intends to run his...

There is no contradiction in saying that something is both physically possible and economically unthinkable. This is what I...

Steve Gray tests the NCB Angus CSV fire tender Pictures by Dick Ross MOST STANDARD 400gallon fire tenders are at best a...

CM learns why the authorities like them MUNICIPAL and public authorities are finding more use these days for four-wheel-deve...

For more years than I care to remember, Harold Sansum and ERF were synonymous terms. Never looking a day older, Harold seemed...

IT is not always mechanical items that unexpectedly gobble up your hard earned pounds. Driving up the M recently I followed for...

FROM OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENT WHEN the Government announced that it was to cut back on public expenditure as part of...

DESPITE the financial constraints imposed by Central Government, particularly in relation to transport support grant, sensible...

created by people. Take the Department of Health and Social Services standard ambulance as an example: it is the creation of...

Johnny Johnson discovers how Government cut-backs are affecting one local authority COMPILING a budget forecast of future...