ESPITE the long and damaging recession, the British vehicle has maintained, Id in many cases improved, its after-sales service....

NO, this is not the latest EEC method for hecking that a new vehicle complies with irive-in noise regulations! It is ERF's new...

A HINT that the recession may be diminishing maintenance standards as well as leading to fewer vehicles on the road is...

TNT'S HUB parcels distributii centre at Atherstone Warwickshire is now in opei tion. The 19-acre £10m computi controlled...

SEDDON ATKINSON'S existing model range can probably sun/ without major reinvestment for about seven years, according managing...

: INDUSTRY gets its first chance to hear the views of Derek 3d, the chairman of the controversial inquiry into lorry bans in...

THE ARCHWAY ROAD improvement plans for the Al in North London are for a "dual carriageway which nobody wants," according to the...

CARRYCARE, SPD's care distribution division, has won a sixmonth contract to distribute toys to 30 Argos catalogue showrooms in...

THE PROBLEM of EEC border delays has been set in another perspective by an Ulster lorry driver who has illustrated the daily...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR hi donated £500 to a fund spoi sored by the Worshipful Con pany of Carmen to obtain a ne Land Rover for the...

WE HAVE BEEN advised that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher h called on John Selwyn Gummer, Employment Under Secretary prepare a...

Scottish objection A DEPUTY Licensing Authority las Association's Scottish district of objection to an operator licence ap t...

FRESH PROPOSALS for increased fees for driving tests are being planned by the Department of Transport. The plans, which do not...

DRIVERS should be prepared for more trunk road delays, following the start of more work for the Department of Transport. There...

A MAJOR DRIVE is on to Ivo new members to the Rc Haulage Association and to recently-launched additioi membership services....

WIDESPREAD construction of road humps so as to slow traffic residential areas could divert scarce resources from improving road...

Tanker exemption kNKERS to carry regular loads of petrol, kerosene, gas oil and dery ay now carry hazard warning panels, even...

ESEL fitter driver Thomas Mulvie put his foot down the day his ss ordered him to tow a caravan 60 miles across Scotland. He...

A ONE-DAY vehicle leasing and contract hire seminar takes place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London on...

BRITISH CAR Auctions has expanded its auction centre network in Scotland by taking over its remaining 50 per cent holding in...

A NEW managing director is taking control of the Blackburn-based Primrose Group, which is engaged in commercial vehicle...

PETER ANGELL has left Roadline to become sales manager with the Peter Lane Group at Knowle, Bristol. He will be responsible...

A FORMER Leyland senior manager has left to become managing director of Reynolds Boughton, the specialist manufacturer. JOHN...

ERNIE CLEMSON has become national sales manager with Central Trailer Rentals. The company's new northern regional sales...

DON-BUR Bodies and Trailei newly created post of body di , sion general manager has be filled by KEITH RENSHAW, wl is...

EUROPEAN FERRIES financial controller Rodger Braidwood has joined the group's board after six years in his present post. Mr...

CHARGE CARD SERVICES, the Motor Agents' Association's Fuel Card petrol charge card ' company, has made MAA petrol services...

;tagecoach upsta 4NSPORT Secretary Tom King has upheld an appeal by Tayside, impien and Central Regional Councils, British...

:urocare Travel of Richmond > been appointed to run the 'I/ service for the well-known Idon store, using two Neon N122 Skyliner...

DUPLE Coachbuilders is to body the Dennis Dorchester chassis. The first Duple Dennis coach is to have a high-floor Caribbean...

WESTERN SMT has bought another ten London Transport Daimler Fleetline double-deckers to strengthen its school contract fleet in...

WEBASTO is to introduce a completely new supplementary heater for coaches at CM Coach Fair '83 this month. The new heater,...

BUS AND COACH maintenance standards have some way to go to equal the generally improved record for goods vehicles, according to...

Amos appea PLANS by Associated Mini Operators (Amos) to ope 400 minibuses on four rou across London are to be givi second...

Taxi drivers blockaded a ferry terminal as part of their protest at what they describe as a transport monopoly by the PTE. The...

'mod updates range e Cargo sleeper cab is the 3 width and height as the cab but is 536mm (21.1in) jer to accommodate its e...

TIONAL ENGINE options in the way from Foden in 3rm of the 10.5 litre (638cu forge-cooled 3306 Caterpil'3 or 201kW (245 or...

COBOCO, the body-building division of CWS Transport Group from Urmston, Manchester, has produced what it claims to be the first...

AT THE Frankfurt Show in ti weeks' time, York will be hibiting a disc braked axle c signed specifically for trai use....

WITH THIS WEEK'S issue we have published a detailed guide to vehicle manufacturers' dealers. The following gives a breakdown of...

B. WALKER AND SONS' range of aerodynamically styled Truckman Top load-box canopies is designed to convert pick-ups into secure...

THE SOUTH-WEST Water Authority has taken delivery of a 9,092 litre (2,000gal) vacuum tanker with a four-wheel tankertrailer of...

IEW air-actuated reactionii disc brake will be annced by Lucas Girling at the ikfurt Show later this tended for front and rear...

A TANDEM to tri-axle semitrailer conversion kit for 38tonne operation is now available from Al International Motor Engineering...

Our Parliamentary correspondent profiles Transport Secretary Tom King THE ADVENT of new Transport Secretary Tom King to...

.V0 has introduced a charge;ed, 210kW (281hp) variant of 0-litre engine. It has also deped a 1E8kW (225hp) rated ;ion of the...

SALLY THE VIKING LINE is, and will be for years to come, the cross-Channel underdog. The company is fighting the Townsend...

lEAT DEAL has been heard May 1 regarding the applin of 38 tonnes to the genhaulier, but what has been tory from the specialist...

RICH bus company will be the st to follow British Airways' Id with instructions on portment "to encourage staff give a positive...