• Paul Channon's idea of making employers liable for their employees' speeding offences (see page four News Headlines) has a...

• Land Rover has lost the battle with arch-rival Steyr Daimler Puch to supply the Swiss Army with over 4,000 4x4 vehicles, in...

• Operators and trade associations in the transport industry have reacted angrily to a proposal by Junior Transport Minister...

• The Government is resisting European Commission proposals to spend £42 million on research into the electronic transfer of...

• The Department of Transport has issued consultation documents on its proposal that all freight vehicles should be weighed...

doubts about a company bidding to take over National Bus Company subsidiary Midland Red North (MRN) of Cannock, Staffordshire....

• The European Commission has put forward a series of Ear-reaching proposals to standardise heavy goods vehicle tax rates...

IN The Road Haulage Association has fired a broadside at Britain's farmers in its 1988 Budget submission, asking Chancellor...

• Freight Transport Association president Stuart Phillips and London Buses chairman and managing director John Telford Beasley...

• The Road Haulage Association has changed the venue of its 1988 annual conference from Majorca to Lisbon, Portugal because...

• Changes in distribution and working patterns are causing operators to think again about hiring temporary labour, according to...

• BRS Midlands had clinched a 23 million contract fleet management deal with Dana Distribution Group to supply a dedicated...

• Bunzl Transportation is back on the takeover trail with the acquisition of Robson's Distribution Services, the warehousing...

Group, has won the contract with Trebor Group to buy and hire back a fleet of 86 vehicles, comprising Ford Cargos and Leyland...

• The success of Foden's 4000 Series helped make 1987 a record year for the Sandbach-based heavy truck builder, which reports...

• Heronfreight, the contract services arm of Heron International, has signed two new long-term contracts worth over £20 million...

• Energas, the industrial gas supplier, has added a brace of ERF El() trucks to its fleet. One of them, an EIO 4x2 sleeper cab...

• Kaymar Industrial Furniture has bought the first luton-bodied Mercedes-Benz 3.5-tonne chassis to be bodied with a Maxiflow...

• In a bid to boosts its sales in the lucrative municipal and recovery vehicle market, Mercedes-Benz (UK) is now offering an...

The Transit has been adapted for the Department of Transport's Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service (MAVIS) to...

• The long-awaited 231kW (310hp) version of Gardner's 12.7-litre 6LXDT diesel engine will make its UK debut in October at the...

• Aerodyne Equipment of Perivale, Middlesex has extended its wind deflector range for the Iveco Ford Cargo with a Windfarer...

as a factory option on new York semitrailers, following the signing of a joint agreement between Bendix Anti-lock Systems and...

• Leyland Daf has dismissed suggestions that it is about to fit a Daf engine in its 8x4 Constructor chassis. Although Daf...

fears • The Government is being urged not to dodge safety issues following its recentlypublished review of road safety...

• The National Bus Company has pulled out of Wales with the sale of Llandudno-based Crosville Wales. Like two former NBC Welsh...

The management and staff of Premier Travel have made a buyout bid for the Cambridgebased bus and coach company, which has been...

• MCW predicts that "reasonable" sales levels will return to the UK double-deck market this year, and says that it will be...

to offer advertising on its products. Roltech Transport, a division of till roll manufacturer Roltech, estimates that a single...

• Renault Truck Industries has just delivered the final consignment of 11 556 midibuses to the Newport Transport Company. They...

Industries has been using international road haulage permits with intent to deceive and operating vehicles without an operators...

• Two drivers who claimed that they were told to use blank tachograph charts made out in the name of their employer's managing...

• A poorly maintained canal bridge has forced the West Midlands Deputy Licensing Authority Ronald Jackson to refuse an...

• Despite his decision to take no action against East Coast Roadways of Aberdeen, Scottish Licensing Authority Hugh McNamara...

• AP Borg and Beck has developed an automatic clutch and throttle system (ACTS) for commercial vehicles. The system allows...

• Polargrip of Cinderford, Gloucestershire has designed studded covers to suit all tyres with wheel diameters from 10 to 15...

British Rail to supply 800 Sherpa vans and minibuses, to be delivered during the early part of this year. The order comprises...

Japanese car and commercial vehicle manufacturer. GM has held a stake in Isuzu since 1971 and currently owns 38.6% of the...

• Ricardo Consulting Engineers has developed a new fully-automatic gearbox for the light CV market as part of its extensive...

• A powered-pallet delivery vehicle for carrying goods in crowded urban areas is one of the interesting ideas in the British...

• Leicester City Council has ordered a base Land Rover hardtop, which it plans to uprate with an Agrover conversion. Agrover...

• Ford has confirmed that it is actively working on a small, high-speed diesel engine which is expected to be offered in its...

Transport Development Group member Charles Alexander Transport has opened a new depot in Aberdeen. The 1.82ha site at Greenhank...

Park Royal is now offering 24 hour truck servicing for all marques to its own customers and other third-party operators....

at Stolpe on the motorway through the German Democratic Republic to West Berlin, the motorway access road at Stolpe and the...

matching specialist, is offering prospective customers a free service until the end of February to give them a chance to...

which is claimed to enable transport managers to cut costs, improve security and increase their efficiency in fuel management...

increased the penalty which can be imposed for a number of offences associated with the registration and licensing of vehicles...

April 1988 all drivers transporting dangerous substances in packages and drums which are subject to the latest Road Traffic...

Truckmate is designed to eliminate much of the guesswork when manoeuvring a truck at awkward road junctions, or when reversing...

rescue service, can now be contacted by mobile cellular phone users on Bradford (0274) 678060. British Telecom phone users...

Council has published a guide to the county's lorry parks. The Guide to Lorry and Driver Facilities lists the location of 21...

M1 London: j4, LC (Edgeware). M2 Kent: J4, CF. M4 London: J4, LC EB CC 21:30-06:00, D. LC. M10 LC: WB, EB M11 Essex: J6-J7,...

M1 Leics: 24-25, CF. M5 Hereford/Worcester: J5-6, LC. J5, SB entry C. 36, NB entry C. J5-j7, LR and/or ON LC. M5 W Mid: .11,...

M62/M6 (intersection Cheshire): LC, CF. M62 Lancs/Yorks: J21J22, RW. M8 Humberside: 336, LC. M62 West Yorks: J25-J26, CF,...

M4 Gwent: (off peak) J27J28, LC. M4 S Glamorgan: J32J34, LC. J35-J37, bridge repairs. M5 Glos: J11-112, LC. M5 Avon: .114,...

M8 Lothian: .1244, CF. M8 Strathclyde: J6415, LC. J27-J29, LC, LD. M9 Central: J5-J6, LC. M9 Fife: LR NB. M73 Strathclyde:...

is booming in the London area, which is proving to be a very profitable venue for property dealers and building contractors...

issue (CM 22 December-6 January) the statement that drivers carrying Hazardous Packed products must have attended a recognised...

no doubt that Volvo Trucks' new parts and service dealer is at Basingstoke and that it is close to both the M3 and M4 motorways...

on recruitment (CM, 26 November-2 December I was somewhat surprised at some of the comments made by some senior people in the...

PERSONAL COLUMN BIRTHS CONNECT UK: Appropriately enough many of the births recorded during 1988 came as small parcels — or,...

Ford's new P100 pickup has been the subject of much speculation over the past year. There are still some unanswered questions,...

you hear a loud knock at the door, In comes one of the boys in blue. "Are you the owner of a blue 16-tormer, registered...

the bottle and the throttle, a new species of drink-driver has emerged — the hard core business offender. This is one of the...

NFC subsidiary Fashionflow is using car transporter technology in a new double-deck semi-trailer that can carry 44 roll cages,...

Hauliers specialising in livestock have to work within the usual EEC road haulage regulations — but they also have to comply...

Maurice Leach is the new fleet sales manager for PSV distributor Stuart Johnson of Sheffield. Leach joins Stuart Johnson after...

BEATTIE Clive Beattie has resigned from his post as group managing director of the National Freight Consortium's special...

FRASER/POINTON/ SMEETON Colin Fraser has become managing director of Ocean Transport & Trading's newlyformed warehousing and...

HARKESS Jim Harkess has joined Renault Truck Industries as zone sales manager covering Scotland, Northern England and Northern...

BYATT Vehicle management specialist PHH has appointed Andrew Byatt as product manager. He was formerly fleet purchasing and...

PIECHOKI Transfleet Services has named Christopher Piechoki as its new commercial director, responsible for the group's...

Tony Dimavicius has joined G1CN Autoparts from Intertruck to head and develop GiCN's Truckparts marketing section. Dimavicius...

position as divisional sales manager at Edmunds Walker to become the new parts manager at Carlyle Group, the PSV bodybuilders....

STANSFIELD Michael Stansfield has become director and general manager of Peter Stubs, He joined the James Neill group, of...

PETTIT Sir Daniel Pettit, the former chairman of the National Freight Company, has been appointed by Tibbett and Britten as...