• If a school pupil earned as damning a report from its teachers as did the Department of Transport from its examiners (the...

• British Aerospace is negotiating with the Government and the Rover Group to buy the stateowned company, Trade and Industry...

• The Department of Transport has been slated by MPs from all sides of the House of Commons this week for failing to tackle the...

• London's most-recently hived-off local bus service, Bexleybus, has "fallen flat on its face" and alienated its formerly...

• Oil giant Mobil has announced that it will be sponsoring the opening round of this year's European Truck Racing Championship...

• John Smith, the former managing director of Hestair Dennis who was jailed in Iraq for bribery in 1980, is this week back in...

• Germany was not responsible for last December's failure to boost EEC road haulage quota permits (CM, 22 December-6 January),...

• Transport Secretary Paul Channon plans to penalise local authorities which fail to maintain their roads. He claims they are...

• Raising the weight limit for drawbar vehicles from 32 to 38 tonnes would mean huge savings for operators, Roads and Traffic...

• Lorry drivers were still facing long delays at Channel ferry ports this week because of the continuing seamen's strike....

• Weighbridges are to be installed at Ramsgate and Immingham, which are the last two major ferry ports without them, junior...

• A Volvo-sponsored poster promoting the benefits of road transport was launched this week by Roads and Traffic Minister Peter...

• A revolutionary emergency fire tender has been developed by Cleveland County Council in collaboration with Cleveland County...

• A vehicle forum has been organised by Dana Intertruck, Dunlop Automotive, GRP Massey and Overlander Trailers to give the road...

• The first cab data terminal costing less than £1,000 has been launched by High Wycombe-based Trend Telecommunications. The...

• Seddon Atkinson is now offering a sleeper cab and a long-wheelbase version of its 2-11 range of four-wheel rigid 17-tonners....

• Following the recent merger between Crane Fruehauf and four fellow Fruehauf European subsidiaries (Business Extra page 24) CF...

• Dana has set up a new company to build heavy-duty axles for trailers and low loaders. The Spicer Drivetrain axle plant at...

• Iveco Ford Truck is now offering its 13-tonne Cargo road sweeper chassis with the option of an eight-speed rangechange...

• Busmen in Brighton walked out at 9.30pm last Tuesday (23 February) following two latenight attacks on drivers: one was beaten...

• Stuart Anderson of Hutchison's of Overtown has demonstrated his Hestair Duple 300 bus to the Scottish Region of the Bus and...

• The Battle of Brighton, over who will run this year's coach rally in the town, is over. Graham Yandell of Coaching Journal...

• Frontsource, the bus and truck vehicle engineering services company, is aiming to set up a nationwide network of vehicle...

• A new bus garage has been built for recently-privatised Hastings and District Transport at Rye. The garage is part of a...

• Unnecessary maintenance cutbacks, staff shortages and a rising tide of vandalism mean that London's bus passengers are...

• The first Leyland Swift to be bodied by Elme, the Portuguese coachbuilder, has been delivered to Allways Travel of...

• Cross-Channel ferry fares could rise by a massive 40%, once indirect taxes are harmonised across the European Community in...

• Packaging company Borden has sold its six-vehicle fleet to BRS Western to raise cash for investment. Under a contract hire...

• Wincanton Distribution Services has won a £12 million contract to handle distribution for Littlewood's new Catalogue Shops in...

I A small London-based parels carrier is planning a £25 nillion expansion throughout he UK this summer in a bid to :stablish a...

• Shares in TIP Europe came up for grabs on the Amsterdam stock exchange last week as part of a two-stage listing in Britain...

• Daimler-Benz' profit held steady in 1987, with truck sales up by 8%. The company is boosting truck output in both its German...

• Lynx Express is asking its customers what they think of its service. They are being asked to grade drivers and office staff...

• Defence costs for S A BlacImioor, which trades as Eldred Transport, its transport manager Thomas Grice, and 11 of its...

• A string of conditions has been imposed on the operating licence of E Hunt & Son (East Bridgford) by Eastern Licensing...

• Econofreight United Transport and one of its drivers have been given absolute discharges after being convicted by the...

Like many other buyout teams, Fruehauf s new owners found that the cost of taking over the corporate reins had left them with a...

• Is this a prototype of the 14 Volkswagen Transporter replacement? The picture, along with several others, has recently been...

• Nissan has stopped supplying its four-cylinder DI diesel engines to two existing Land Rover conversion specialists, and will...

• Dacia's one-tonne pickup, the Shifter, has received a facelift, with a new front grille, a larger radiator, and wingmounted...

• Isuzu's range of directinjection, high-revving, small diesel engines is now available for replacing the original units in...

• The remaining contenders for the Army's four-tonne payload contract — Leyland Daf, Volvo and AWD — are now undergoing...

Group's CV division, has been appointed Iveco Ford dealer for south-west Scotland. The company, which is based in Kingstown,...

been appointed Multicar dealer for Derbyshire, and will offer the full range of the company's light commercial and...

MONEY MEN IN THE LONDON AREA • LeaseMaster, the vehicle financing specialist, has chosen Wembley as the location for its first...

exporter for Bedford, Perkins, Ford and Land Rover, has moved to new pre mises at Unit 9, Rotate House, Soho Mills Estate,...

a new auction complex at Belle Vue, Manchester. It opens in 1989 and will replace the current Old Trafford site.

have been warned by the Department of Transport about faulty Romanian radial tyres sold under the brand name Vic toria....

from anyone with something to say about transport spending. The House of Commons Transport Committee is holding an inquiry into...

of Stockport near Manchester has been appointed as a "service provider" for the `Freecall" Band III mobile conununications...

Mr - 11•1 1=M_ = IN IM In= IIM .1! =I ME =. ... For more information contact Two-Way Radio Service, Unit 4, Stuart Road,...

FTA INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING GUIDE • The Freight Transport Association is publishing a comprehensive guide to international...

BP OFFERS MORE • Truck drivers filling up with BP diesel are being given vouchers as part of a "Truckstore" promotion. The...

ANTI-CABOTAGE CAMPAIGN • The Transport and General Workers Union southern region is holding a public meeting next month as part...

The new depot will allow the agricultural bulk haulier to control and maintain its expanding fleet of specialised trucks. Last...

• Beamish North of England Open Air Museum in Stanley, County Durham, is staging a steam and commercial vehicle day on Sunday 4...

• The 1988 truck racing calendar includes three key events in the UK. On 9 and 10 April, Brands Hatch will host the European...

A68 SNOW GATES • Snow gates and signs have been fitted at the bottom of Soutra Hill on the A68 in Scotland to warn drivers if...

• Lucas CAV has developed a fuel heater which can fit into the low-pressure fuel line anywhere between tank and filter. The...

M6 SUMMER DELAYS • Major roadworks on the M6 Preston bypass this summer will cause considerable delays, warns the Department...

• Drivers in Berkshire are warned to expect delays during March on the A34 Sandleford Link, Newbury, while central reserve...

• The Department of Transport has warned motorists in East London to expect temporary Sunday closure of the northbound...

is the truck they said they couldn't sell, at least not in this country. It therefore came as something of a surprise when...

operators. High-cube bodies filled with potato crisps or upholstery foam mean a lot of wind drag in relation to laden weight....

Sugden starts criticising the HGV driving schools (CM 18-24 February) he would do well to check his facts and do a little...

Commercial Motor I wonder whether your magazine can help me out. I am a 35-year-old family man with an employment problem, I...

avid reader of Commercial Motor for nearly 10 years and a haulier for the past five and have always particularly enjoyed the...

the extra flexibility provided by temporary staff, but has been generally disappointed with the quality of service offered by...

The Jellis family has lived and worked around Cheddington for 300 years, and has run trucks for more than half a century. Not...

the world's first pneumatic tyre after his son pleaded for a device to make his solid-tyred tricycle run more smoothly on the...

of its staff who will now cover the whole of Europe instead of just the UK. Dr Andrew Mawby becomes director of development and...

region sales representative for its central European division. Brough has worked for Freighttnasters for three years and in the...

Scottish is Dilys Leckie, formerly traffic officer with Western Scottish. She takes over from Alan Howes, who has been...

technical services director. He was previously with the importer of Ford and Toyota vehicles in Bermuda, where he was service...

CASEY Wilcomatic, the vehicle wash, sales and services organisation, has appointed Joe Casey as managing director. He will be...

Distributive Computer Systems, which supplies computers to the automotive distribution industry, has been appointed to the...

manufacturer, has made three appointments. George Miskimmin joins the company from Bedford Commercial Vehicles, where he was...

LAMB Geoffrey Lamb, head of Surrey Council's Transportation Planning Unit, is to become assistant county engineer.

appointed Alan Doran as national sales manager. He has been with TNT for seven years, and was previously regional sales manager...

MORRIS Ribble Motor Services apprentice fitter Stephen Morris has won an award as the best student of heavy vehicles at Tuson...

manager of Lowfield, the foods distributor. He will report to sales and marketing manager Bob Goulborn: he was previously...