EXPERT KNOWLEDGE • To err is human, but if you're a haulier don't expect divine forgiveness every time. Judging by the latest...

• Like everyone else in the road transport industry, we thrive by giving value for money — and next week we'll be giving you...

• Government safety researchers have ordered a new crackdown on Britain's RO-RO ferry fleet. Transport Secretary Cecil...

• A vocational HGV driver training scheme has been unveiled by the Road Transport Industry Training Board. The six-month...

• The London Boroughs Transport Committee will make what could be a last-ditch bid to reimpose the controversial condition 11...

• Workers at Iveco Ford's Langley plant have voted to take industrial action over pay. A ballot taken yesterday (Wednesday) is...

Marketing move • Leyland Dots sales and marketing division is to be reorganised to make the organisation more "customer...

• Transport lawyers have attacked British magistrates as being "demonstrably and brutally unfair" to foreign drivers. At this...

• Tipper driver Cyril McGuiness, of Crossbrook Street, Cheshunt, Herts has been jailed for 18 months by an Old Bailey judge...

• Russian truck builder KaMaz has collaborated with Finnish manufacturer Sisu to develop a new tractive unit. The KaMaz 5325...

• The quota for road licences issued to international hauliers within the EC will be increased by 40% this year — but EC...

• London Regional Transport will receive some 2500m in Government grants in the corn ing year now that Transport Secretary...

• John Durant, editor of Commercial Motor Workshop and Focus (formerly Legal Bulletin) has retired after more than 22 years...

• Tarmac has agreed to meet north-western tipper operators who are threatening to strike in protest at rates which, some claim,...

• Some of the best custom trucks in the business will be competing for honours at Commercial Motor Truckfest '90 at the East of...

• Northampton-based Swift Transport Services has bought auto parts distributor Howard Tenens Distribution for 24.5m in a deal...

• Not content with pursuing its own campaign to solve the mystery of lost CV wheels, the IRTE is also supporting Commercial...

School of Drivers, was ordered to pay 2980 in Imes and costs by Kirkby Magistrates after he admitted using a vehicle and...

• Iveco is raising the stakes in the tractive unit power game. From September, the 13.8-litre engine currently used in the...

• J Kettlewell and Son, of Waddingham, near Lincoln, has taken delivery of the first Foden 4000 Series 8x4 tipper equipped with...

• The British Railways parcels sector is moving into the heavier end of the market with a new operation, Track 29. The service...

• Third-quarter results at Federal Express revealed a huge drop in net income to E3.2m from £15.3m for the same period in...

• Edinburgh-based Denholrn Seafoods has acquired Peterhead fish distributor Lendrum Motors Transport. Lendnun will continue...

• Esso UK saw a 15% drop in post-tax profits last year to £299m. It blames the fall on offshore production problems, a warmer...

• LBS Cold Stores is being merged with Yorkshire Cold Stores to produce one of the UK's largest cold store businesses. The...

• Central Trailer Rentco celebrated the purchase of its 20,000th rental trailer this week with the launch of a lease-finance...

• Renner Haulage is increasing its vehicle fleet by 25% to cope with a planned increase in business. Fiona Renner, managing...

• Preston is the first BRS branch to win the BS5750 quality standard. Customers at Preston include ICI Chemicals and Polymers...

• Thompson Freight Services is diversifying into the tipper business after more than 50 years in steel and general haulage....

• Volvo 'Frucks has upped the stakes in the heavy truck warranty battle by becoming the first manufacturer to offer three-year...

• Nickerson Transport has taken delivery of a Leyland Daf FAD 2500 [)HS fitted with the new Emco bottom-loader tanker body. The...

• West German brewer LOwenbrau is putting a new generation of electric-powered Mitsubishi urban delivery vans into service this...

• Manchester City Council has bought its first Seddon Atkinson municipals with narrow-track 2-11 chassis, in a deal worth 0.5m....

• The Government's privatisation timetable for the bus industry has suffered another setback with the referral of South...

• An independent Essex operator hs won the contracts for two London Regional Traozport routes formerly operated by London Bus...

• Mobility Bus services to improve access to public transport for disabled people are a first for Kentish Bus and Coach, now...

• Stagecoach subsidiary Magicbus has been formally warned about its vehicle maintenance by Scottish Traffic Commissioner Keith...

• Employee-owned Grampian Transport plans to continue its acquisition programme with the purchase of Aberdeen competitor SBG...

• Midland Red South has introduced its first minibus services in Coventry, where most city services are operated by West...

• Yorkshire Rider has made 89 staff redundant and revamped the operations of the West Yorkshire Road Car company, which it...

II Hungarian bus builder Ikarus could soon be moving into Britain, following reports that Hughes (Daf) is to launch a citybus...

• Kentish Bus and Coach is taking delivery of 43 Northern Counties-bodied Leyland Olympians for London Regional Transport...

• Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh is considering suspending Seagull Foods ninevehicle licence because he thinks...

been ordered by a Liverpool Industrial Tribunal to repay £221.26 deducted from a driver's wages for an alleged over-payment of...

• Scottish bus operator William Buchanan, whose previous PSV Operator's Licence was revoked on maintenance grounds in August...

• Federal Express (UK) denied over 300 alleged drivers' hours and tachograph offences when its appeared before Rochdale...

• Maintenance problems have led to Blands of Cottesmere to appearing at disciplinary proceedings before Eastern Traffic...

• A bid for authority by Sheernessbased Victor Clements, trading as Clements Transport, to triple his fleet has been turned...

• Fines and costs of £2,405 were imposed on David Clarke and David Betts, partners in W J Williams International of Bradford,...

• A Crown Court judge has reduced fines imposed on Warley owner-driver Karl Welborn for the unauthorised use of a vehicle from...

• Eleven drivers employed by Brian Yeardley Transport were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,380 after they admitted...

More than 25,000 CVs are participating in the IRTE's UK wheel loss trials — and early results are very encouraging. minate...

Robert Wood is a man with a reputation for making things happen. Commercial Motor talks to him about profits and plans at...

• Ford is set to launch a chassis-cab version of the P100 this month. It was scheduled for launch earlier this year, but was...

• Following the launch of the two-stage Direct Injection diesel Maestro saloon, Rover says that it has no plans to fit...

• Leyland Daf Vans marked the official opening of its new marketing and sales offices in Birmingham with a ceremony Leyland Daf...

• A Citroen C15 chassis-cab is now available in the UK. As predicted by Commercial Motor (4 May 1989), it can be supplied as a...

• The top-selling panel van in the UK delivered by Lex Van Contracts is the redoubtable Ford Transit. During the first quarter...

• Hope Technical Developments has launched the latest addition to its Safe-T-Bar range, with a bumper designed for panel vans...

• Seat (UK) is already making claims about the market potential of the diesel-version of the Terra van, even before its launch...

• The Department of Transport has finally done away with the 1,525kg unladen weight threshold for light vehicle taxation and...

Scania has put its EDC-equipped R143-470 through strenuous operational trials. Rather than waiting for a UK model to test, we...

OF DE ROAD A group of women truck drivers have joined together to fight for better treatment — something they aim to win by...

YOUNG ONES YES is a thriving section of the Road Haulage Association aimed at young operators. Three leading members tell...

world of the owner driver. East Coast Transport Associates is a mutual-aid group of independent operators which, from the...

Al SERVICE BUSMAN'S Bus operator Al Service is a co-operative with 1 2 owners and a history which goes back to pre-regulation...

SIR UNROADWORTHY LEGISLATION • Your Any Questions' column of 15-21 February contained a question on the sale of =roadworthy...

• EXEL LOGISTICS GRANT/WILSON Exel Logistics has taken on Alan Grant and Alan Wilson as development managers for its non-food...

• Belle Vue, Manchester, was the venue for ADT Auctions first dedicated bus and coach sale of the year. The sale was attended...

• The light commercial market is still a story of mixed fortunes, says Cap Red Book's latest editorial. It reports prices...

• ADT Auctions has unveiled plans for a massive investment in new auction centres at Newport, Gwent and Bridgwater in...

• Coventry-based Mercia Express, the light commercial vehicles maintenance company, has commended BRS Car Auctions marketing...

the repair and maintenance of vehicles and plant for six years starting 1 January 1991. The contract involves working on the...

• It is not by accident that we combine electrics with training in this issue. Electrics and electronics are becoming...

• WORKSHOP warm air heating units are dangerous if not installed to standards laid down by the Heating and Ventilating...

• TRUCK DEALERS must step up their efforts to attain the British quality standard BS5750 for their workshops or face losing...

four levels of drill speed to the range. The company will show a number of products at Exclusively Tools, Olympia 2, London,...

• FOR its new accident repair workshop, Ford dealer DovesFord of Folkestone decided to order a precast concrete-frame...

• EASOBAL mechanical wheel balancers are now being manufactured in the UK by Milling International Marketing. These balancers,...

• SYKES-PICKAVANT is claiming a "first with an infra-red gas analyser as probably the smallest and fastest one in the world. It...

E THE VEHICLE Builders and Repairers Association is delighted with the results of the recent Which? report on vehicle crash...

• FIVE or six years ago many people felt that the role of the wholesaler in the aftermarket was in terminal decline, Partco...

• VOLKSWAGEN has launched a fixed cost maintenance scheme for commercial vehicles run by small and medium businesses. A...

• From 1 April next year the 1,525kg unladen limit for HGV testing will be abolished. All vehicles under 3.5-tonne will be...

• MEGGER Instruments has launched a multimeter for the automotive trade. The AVO M823 digital engine analyser, says the...

• MORE THAN 147,500 trucks, vans and public service vehicles are subject to the latest safety recalls against 26,000 in the...

Training for fitters has never been more important as the next generation of trucks emerges. We look at what courses are...

T he ERF ES6 has now been available for a couple of years. It shares the same driveline specification as the ERE SP4A-cabbed...

Exhaust fumes from vehicles in the workshop is a real problem. Colin Sowman looks at a new product that might help In Smoke...

If fitters have been shy of electrics, that will change in the Nineties. Colin Sowman examines some of the hi-tech electronics...

• Price reductions of 12.5% on the Bendix Parts range are included in its new catalogues. References cover more than 2,300...

• Two Boss WK14 "manaloft" order pickers were delivered to the ER F's Sandbach plant on one of Boss's own ERF trucks. The ERF...

• From Kane-May comes the KM6002 portable tachometer with optical sensing system. The instrument can be supplied with a remote...

• Bodyfile is a self-help business package for growing bodyshops and those connected with the vehicle body repair and...

• Bosch is putting on a roadshow to allow garage operators to see and discuss diagnostic test equipment. During April and May...