Back in the dark days of 1968, the industry screamed its indignation at Barbara Castle when she introduced the Transport Act....

'IDESCREED sales tours we helped increase interest the Middle East Transpor.tion Exhibition and Conrence to be held in Dubai on...

A LORRY driver's mysterious disappearance in Volos, Greece, at the end of March has triggered off a major search for his...

FREIGHT Transport Associt tion profits dropped by El LOC in the last year according to ii annual report published thi week....

THE FUTURE Leyland ligh . mid/range lorry to replace ti current Terrier, Boxer, Masti and Clydesdale models is ; be made at the...

HAULIERS who have applications for international road haulage permits waiting at the International Road Freight Office in...

ANY TRANSFER of pow over the future of transpo and roads will worsen tl overall efficiency of ti British transport system, sa;...

QUARRIES in membership of Western Roadstone Centre and Foster Yoeman Ltd have all agreed to increase their haulage rates...

HANGER Investments Ltd's pre-tax profits shot up last year from 1977's £1.2m to E2.3m. The company, one of Britain's largest...

AS PART of a fact-finding tour of Europe, 40 Japanese motor dealers and bodybuilders made London a port of call last week. Led...

s fuel stocks sink JERS in Yorkshire were reassured tment of Energy in an attempt to esel fuel to keep their wheels turThe DoE...

Iry supplies JEERS in Yorkshire were reassured he Road Haulage Association has ictive "at the highest possible level" rcome...

AFTER July 1 the petroleum licensing authorities will be made the enforcing authorities in their areas under the Petroleum...

Following yesterday's visit to the polls, the eyes of the world are on Britain this morning. Next Friday, CM's eyes are on the...

R Berliet attics travelled more than 7,500km from Lyons to European destinations last week on economy demonstrauns — and the...

PURCHASING and distribution managers are being br brought together on May 22 at a joint Institute of Purchasing and Supply and...

A WIDE range of management information will be available to Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive when it installs a...

THE WAITING list for car driving tests is so long that some people are taking the hgv test instead to take advantage of the...

SITEV 79, the sixth international exhibition for the suppliers of the vehicle industry, is being held later this month in...

HAULIERS and coach operators who have had drivers prosecuted for speeding will find consolation in a recent case involving a...

SWEDISH manufacture car and commercial VE components have j( forces to launch thems into the British vehicle ket. The first...

WORK is to start shortly by-pass for Thame in Oxi shire. The County Council placed a £2.5m contract fo 1.9km (1.1 miles) by-c...

:AUSE he had taken steps to solve overloading problems by tiring larger capacity vehicles, Welsh timber haulier D. H. mas of...

rtISERVATIONISTS and residents' associations will be up in is against a new report which has been submitted to the )artment of...

PRODUCTION of commercial vehicles during the first three months of this year is vastly up on that of last year. In the first...

FORD main dealer Harold Perry Motors would have had a "brilliant year" but for the Ford strike in the second half. As it was,...

TWO TYRE manufacturers have announced senior appointments. The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company has named Lou Prete as the new...

E BERLIET 305 tractive t, announced to the UK at the NEC last year, is ✓ available to British Tators, and UK hauliers e the...

RENAULT TRUCK and Bus UK is to introduce a 32/34 ton gross tractive unit at the Scot'fish Motor Show this year. This was...

THE BATLEY works of Anglo Coachbuilders Ltd has secured a contract worth £200,000 to build thirteen appliances for the Cumbria...

VEHICLE development operation and design to meet the needs of the brewery industry was the theme of a conference sponsored by...

k TRAFFIC court battle is looming over who takes over from a ;omerset operator who is selling out in the face of a 30 per cent...

ILLEGAL PARKING on b routes is the principal cause bus services disruption, se London Transport's Bill MI gait. Mr Morgan, who...

DIRECTLY-GLUED glazing with square-cornered window panes feature in a new standard double-deck body design for Merseyside PTE....

THE FIRST steps towards a integrated bus service patter in Derby were taken last Sus day when a uniform fare scale was...

STRATHCLYDE Regiona Council is supporting a nev minibus service operating bet ween the villages of Sorn an Fenwick via Moscow...

INITIAL experience from a year long free fares experiment held in Denver Colorado by the local transport authority has...

LONDON Country is making strong efforts to improve upon unrealistic timetables on several of its longer-distance services....

AND SPACE at this week's e ight Show North in Harroite, the first such exhibition • be organised, has been ken by a wide range...

Alan Millar looks at a service scheme wit . particular appeal to the own-account fratern . rty -Brian Wea erley took ne oictur...

Whose maintenance schedule is most suited to you? JNLESS a vehicle operator Reps his vehicles in a safe conlition, his...

If a motion from South Yorkshire PTE employees is carried at Nalgo's annual conference in Blackpool in June, the association...

A report, Improved Goods Delivery, prepared by the National Materials Handling Centre for the Lorries and the Environment...

The "fixing" business, originated by Jimmy Savile, is growing. Ford News at Halewood is now offering to try; to make a few...

Ford, which never does things by half, has in the past 12 years built up one of the largest private airlines in Europe. It flew...

While on the subject of flying I should mention that the RAF Association will benefit from the proceeds of the Northern Truck...

"Time running out for 'grandfathers', says a Freight Transport Association press notice. Do the BBC Nationwide Glamorous...

by Bill Brock funk training IN FEBRUARY this year DAF Trucks opened a new training school at Marlow, Bucks. It occupies 4,000...

MERE were two news items in :he March 16 edition of Comnercial Motor that I wish to :omment on: I , Page 22 contained an...

Automation is the name of the game at Leyland's new engine proving centre as the Engineering Editor explains. . . KNOCKING...

'If the Minister had hoped for some guidance. he was disappointed.' By JANUS THE ITCH to improve the road transport industry...

^EW VEHICLES have been mbjected to as rigorous a de felopment programme as the Leyland National bus, which an for long periods...

THE FREIGHTLINER concept evolved initially quite independently of international influences, as the centre piece of British...

THE CONVERSION of the Australian trade to container shipping provided the stimulus necessary to introduce the Containerbase...