Mi There are those who would say that there have already been more than enough conferences, slogans and schemes spawned by...

• Whichever date the Prime Minister chooses for the next general election, road hauliers should not get too excited, judging by...

• Commercial Motor's reporters capture the mood at the Royal Lancaster Hotel as around 300 delegates respond to the views...

training levy revisions • The Road Haulage Association is totally opposed to changes in the financing of road transport...

January 31) regarding the Eastern Area Deputy Licensing Authority. Charles Arnold Baker's current term of office does not...

'87 manifestos • Margaret Thatcher may be keeping the country guessing on the election date, but the first transport policy...

• Traffic examiners could face examination by a traffic inspectorate if proposals in a new Department of Transport review are...

Just before Christmas the TGWU gave a verbal agreement to the wage increase offer of 4.6%. Only hours later the union reneged...

A decision to relocate the weighbridge in Portsmouth Harbour, inside the bonded part of the harbour, has left local hauliers...

• The Fiat group's preliminary results for 1986 show that its commercial vehicle building subsidiary, Iveco, increased its...

• The BBC has denied suggestions in the Observer newspaper that it plans to go ahead with the delayed transmission of the...

• More and more hauliers are writing to Commercial Motor to complain about the difficulties their companies face every time...

• Seddon Atkinson has taken a leaf out of Scania's book, and become the second manufacturer to withdraw from the Scottish Motor...

meaning, with the appearance of a fleet of new mobile billboards. This new advertising concept, originally designed in France,...

share of the EEC permits cake, we need many more letters with facts and figures. Please write to us NOW telling us about your...

of Bedford TLs who wish to replace their engines. Three models from the Darlingtonbuilt 5.9 litre B Series engine range are...

The new 12.2m, tandem axle box trailer has BPW lightweight air suspension, lightweight body bearers and Henderson rear door....

• A fleet of 14 low-deck Mercedes-Benz-16 tonners, which are claimed to make delivery drivers' jobs safer and less physically...

continent for the first time since 1980 has raised hopes that sister company Bedford will increase its exports of light vans....

• Harris Road Services, a subsidiary of the newly formed Harris-Reliance, Transport Development Group distribution company, has...

• Longton Storage and Transport, the Stoke-based haulage, distribution and warehousing group, has taken over R L Graham...

• A fleet of 41 new Mercedes 709D vans worth over £0.5 million is to enter service with overnight express courier, Elan. The...

• Motor vehicle traffic during the third quarter of last year was up by 3%, compared with the same period in 1985, according to...

underway at Wincanton Vehicle Rentals, involving the purchase of 98 vehicles. Director Les Morson says his company is...

• Charthire Services, the Scottish transport and distribution company, has changed its name to Chart Services. The switch...

• Over 70% of BRS Western's employees now own shares in the National Freight Consortium, according to managing director Steve...

• Dexion, the HemelHempstead-based manufacturers of storage and materials handling equipment, has put seven new Mercedes trucks...

and Robert Maxwell for the distribution of Maxwell's new 24-hour newspaper, the London Daily News, has been named: it will be...

• Lowfield Distribution will operate a new distribution contract with the Beecham Group from March 1. It will last initially...

with Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council, thought to be worth in the region of £100,000, to supply a Leyland Roadrunner fitted...

• West Yorkshire Trading Standards Department has been ordered to pay defence costs of £600 within 28 days after an overloading...

• Lichfield haulage company Rowe Freight, called to public inquiry on the renewal of its international licence because of...

• A driver whose sacking led to a strike by drivers employed by Amalgamated Foods has lost his claim for unfair dismissal...

• Shropshire operators G G Crowther 8z Sons, Crowthers Animal Livestock Haulage and Lionel Burgoyne, trading as W Burgoyne &...

11 Two more NBC subsidiaries have been sold to management teams, but for the first time, one subsidiary has been split with its...

its third week, senior managers from the West Yorkshire Road Car Company are hopeful of getting the matter resolved at an...

• More than a dozen studies are being carried out into the deregulation of bus services, Transport Minister David Mitchell has...

• Alder Valley North has changed its name, and the livery of its vehicles. The company now becomes the Berks Bucks Bus Company...

• The UK commercial vehicle market has undergone far-reaching changes in the past five years. That much is obvious to even the...

• Third party distribution company NCCS has appointed Martin Walsh as contract development manager. Walsh, who will be based...

(Sales), has been elected chairman of the transport committee of UNICE — the European equivalent of the CBI. Pearce, 49, lives...

• Former general manager Michael Diacono has been promoted to deputy managing director of Sally Line, which operates the...

• Tony Fieldhouse has been appointed sales liaison engineer with Volvo Bus (Great Britain). • The Council of the Institute of...

• With regret we report the death of Richard Robinson, Interleasing's national sales manager, in a car accident on January 8....

• Mitsubishi's new L300 panel van and L200 pickup are now on sale in this country after making their European debut at the...

Volkswagen's LT 31based frontline ambulance — the API — which was developed jointly by VW's advanced engineering division and...

• Following the collapse of its original UK importer — Isuzu GB — the Japanese 4x4 Isuzu Trooper has finally arrived in Britain...

• More details of the joint Mitsubishi/Daimler Benz panel van, which will be built in Spain and sold to selected European...

• Due to incorrect information received, we printed the wrong price for the Nissan Patrol in last week's road test. The price...

• Lancaster-based TB Turbos has produced a turbocharger kit for the 1.6 litre diesel-engMed Bedford Astra Van and Astramax,...

BEES HEAD OFFICE • Specialist secure parcels carrier Bees Security Distribution has moved its head office to Newton Road,...

• Tachograph systems specialist Tachodisc has moved to new offices at Clarendon Court, Winwick Quay, Warrington — just off...

a new, larger base to cope with a 35% growth in its business. The new address is Brunswick Court, Brunswick Square, Bristol —...

MORE FOR SEDDON • From February 16 Batchelor Bowles, of Freeman's Common Road, Leicester (0533 557667), will be the new Seddon...

CELLULAR SAFETY CODE • A safety code for vehiclebased cellular radios has been published by British Telecom Mobile...

HAZCHEM CARD II A handy pocket-sized card from the USE covers drivers' responsibilities under the latest regulations covering...

FMC GETS RTITB GRANT STATUS • The Road Transport Industry Training Board has confirmed that operators attending this week's...

NEW DISTRIBUTION SOFTWARE COMPANY • A new software house is being set up in Nottingham to offer transport managers, and those...

ON-BOARD PSV PROMOTIONS • Overdubb of Great Dunmow, Essex is offering coach operators on-board promotional tapes which can be...

VANMASTER CATALOGUE • Fri-Stor, the light vehicle interior racking specialist, has produced a new catalogue covering its...

MAZDA CVs UP • The recent depreciation of the Pound against the Yen has forced a number of Japanese manufacturers to increase...

its micro van and Four Trak commercial 4x4 models by an average of 3.1%. New prices are as follows: Hi jet micro van, £4,469;...

T1PCON DATES • Tipcon, the Road Haulage Association's annual tipping exhibition, will take place for the 21st time in...

holding a one-day seminar on Vehicle route guidance, navigation and location systems at Savoy Place, London W2, on February...

ABNORMAL LOADS ROUTING • From March 1 major resurfacing and alignment work will be carried out on the A45 at the double bends,...

John Moore, who has been Transport Secretary for eight months now, talks to Geoff Hadwick about attitudes to road haulage. •...

The National Freight Consortium employee buyout is exactly his sort of a privatisation and he is convinced that "deregulation...

Last month Swift won British Rail's spare parts business. Next month it starts a new national distribution contract for Jaguar...

III Your report on the recent llipwood & Grundy overloading case in Commercial Motor, November 22 1986 helped my own company...

foul of the tax authorities who are demanding PAYE for employees. And once again, ignorance of the law is given as an excuse...

a few letters from unemployed HGV drivers. Their main complaint was that after spending so much money on getting the licence it...

keep fit and trim. As a student he was a successful runner and the London School of Economics's athletic lobby helped to vole...

has become the first of its kind in the country to be honoured with a Grade II building of architectural and historical...

• As long ago as 1862 and 1882 the Home Office legislated on the safe storage and carriage of petroleum. BP Oil sees safety...

• The purpose of a tachograph is summed up in the preamble to EEC Regulation 3821/85: ". . , the use of recording equipment...

• No one operates a transport fleet for pleasure. All vehicles are purchased to make a profit. This can only be achieved by the...

• General Motors senior research scientist Leonard Evans has designed two hypothetical vehicles. One, which he calls an...

IN LIFE By combining the frugal DI Prima engine with a modified driveline Freight Rover aims to give the Sherpa economical...