T HE QUESTION of agency drivers is one of those niggling ones which — despite having been ignored for long enough — has refused...

WHEN Leyland Bus closed the Charles Roe bus plant in Leeds down last September it signalled the end of a 70-year-long era. But...

THE Department of Transport has finally admitted that it has made cuts in traffic examiners' travel and subsistence allowances,...

AFTEp. agreeing controls on exhaust emissions for private cars, the EEC has now started to work on a similar directive which...

by Karen Miles ENVIRONMENTALISTS have warned that they are, ready to use any legal method, they can to stop coal lorries from...

VOLVO's new 7.5 tonner, the FL4, which is still officially under wraps, will go on sale in the UK next year. It will be the...

TH E FUTURE of ag, drivers within the Trans and General Workers' U: could be decided in a en meeting of the union's gei...

;ICT new regulations on carriage of dangerous lances by road have been yed because of a wrangle • who will enforce them. .nd...

GOVERNMENT ins to spend 0.5 billion on 70 miles of London main s it takes over after the ter London Council is lished, says the...

ONE of the big surprises of Margaret Thatcher's Government re-shuffle is that there was no promotion for Transport Minister...

BLACKING of lorries in South Wales, which had been threatened by the National Union of Mineworkers in the area, failed to...

INCENSED hauliers on the Road Ilaulage Association's national council last week demanded an inquiry into what they claim is...

THE COUNTRY'S top barrister has been drafted in by the Department of Transport for the lorry ban appeal court fight against the...

A BUILDERS' merchant has been refused permission CO expand his fleet following a public inquiry into his application for an...

SOUTH AFRICA'S ci poses a big problem for . but the company would vive even a complete coil of its market there, the Ii:...

SENIOR executive with tional Holidays who rened to join Premier Travel Cambridge six months ), is to re-join the company...

7 ..TER eight years of irking behind the scenes of moving industry, Robyn arris has moved into the eground. She has been...

FORMER managing director of Leyland Trucks, Ron Hancock, has been appointed chairman of Chloride Overseas. Hancock resigned...

DECISION has been reserved on the renewal of the licence held by Mansfield Roadways after it was opposed by two local...

WHALE TANKERS is to receive an Out of court "five figure cash sum" for infringement of copyright in its designs from...

A COMPANY direct ended _up out of a job wh his firm made him a cs offer he couldn't refuse. F David Whyte was worni that he...

PHASED-in removal of -year capital allowances Drought in a rush of new tact hire business, one of tin's leading distribution s...

0-Scania distributors, for th Wales and south west land, are continuing their ness despite being in reership. elford Motors of...

THE P&O Group, through its subsidiary Northern Ireland Trailers (Scotland), has announced a capacity increase for its...

UNIQUE AIR, the latest cellular mobile phone company, was launched this week as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unipart. While it...

INTERNATIONAL haulier David Prince, trading as Prince Transport of Cheddar, has been saved from possible disciplinary action by...

A NEW commercial vehicle leasing concept in Singapore has resulted in an order for 30 Scania P82M lorries and 6m container...

BATI1GATE Storage Distribution Company Blackburn Road, Bathg has pulled out of negotiat for the development o 5,600m 2...

A DOVERCOLICT, E! man's haulage business en in bankruptcy and debts over 160,000, Colche5 Bankruptcy Court has heal Registrar...

THE FIRST rigid lorry in Britain commissioned with a walking floor" marks a growing acceptance among operators of the mechanism...

PERISHABLES and dry freight goods in refrigerated box vans can be kept separate using the latest moveable bulkhead door from...

VOLVO has adopted a fr approach to the design commercial vehicle pam with its novel driver inforr non system optional on n FL7...

CO is launching a new, powerful eight wheeler sir into Britain during the half of next year, in spite oubts about its continued...

BERY OWEN-Rockwell ils the twin-wheel verof its Indair — indepenair suspension for trailers t next month's Frankfurt or show.....

JOSHUA TETLEY and Son, the Leeds-based brewery, is evaluating a factory-built Leyland Freighter Chinese six. It is based on...

STEMFAST Axles of Ripponden, West Yorkshire is marketing its latest trailer axle (the prototype of which was seen at Tipcon)...

A MERCEDES-BENZ 1625 tractive unit has been converted to 6x2 by William Gollop Engineering of Canterbury using SAF axle and air...

TWO coach drivers and their employer, Dalesman Travel of Ilkley, have been convicted for failing to keep tachographs running...

NATIONAL Bus Comp, subsidiary South Wa Transport is entering computer software businesi a supplier to other bus coach...

LEYLAND Bus remains relatively confident of securing A major bus order from the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority despite press...

LONDON'S regional passengers' committee has formally objected to a number of London Regional Transport proposals to reduce bus...

A MAN 362 high deck touring coach wilimake its debut at the Frankfurt motor show next week. Both nose and tail have been...

WNER ENGINES has )licd 12 vertical 6LXCT incs to Finnish coach ufacturer Kabus Oy. The are being fitted to a h of 13m-long...

N-PSV minibus convers on Bedford Midi vans been introduced by B. kers and Sons of Watford. -ange includes Leisurebus, isabus...

THE REAR-ENGINED Nem 315 Turbo midicoach chassis has been added by Salvador Caetano to the range of chassis on which it can...

LEYLAND's new underfloor mid-engined double-deck (CM August 24) chassis has been named the Lion. The chassis will complement...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE Passenger Transport Executive has reintroduced articulated buses on its free Sheffield Clipper service. A fleet...

AT, the Spanish vehicle nufacturer, will be selling all, inexpensive vans and k-ups in the UK by 1987. !lowing the company's...

IT ON TI if HEELS of 8x8 Esarco (CM July 6) ncs a new all-terrain tide — the eight-wheel re Birkie Beast — which is aufactureci...

SUZUKI has added an extra commercial model to its 970cc petrol-engined SJ410 light 4x4 range. The new SJ410QB is based on the...

A GLASS-reinforced plastic high-roof moulding for short wheelbase Freight Rover Sherpa vans has been developed by Rydgeway...

TURBOCHARGING specialist PAO Preparations of Aldbourne, Wiltshire, has produced a turbocharged version of the...

TOYOTA has extended is range of light commercial vehicle accessories, adding a full roll-bar and twin rear bumper for the...

IS THIS the ambulance of the future? Volkswagen's new aerodynamic front-line ambulance made an impressive debut recently at the...

MINOR REVISIONS h been made to Peugeot '1 bot's light commercial veh range for 1986. The Peugeot 205 van, troduced in June,...

UNIQUE AIR, a who owned subsidiary of Unipz is a new cellular mob phone company, whose phones may he attractive light van...

1E DUST has almost settled on the ond British Truck Grand Prix. ving just read GM's (August 24) ort on the recent truck racing...

IS THERE a statistician out there who can Prove or refute the logic of the argument that probably one of the greatest single,...

HAVING been a reader of your book for some 20 years, I must write to you and say that I think you are getting out of touch with...

Several chassis and bodybuilders are using the First International Bus and Coach Exhibition (Earls Court, September 11-14) to...

:XT WEDNESDAY at 10am about civil servants will assemble in the arlemagne building in Brussels. Like ry other EEC meeting this...

M-B's new driving simulator in Berlin comes as close as you can get at the moment to reproducing all the sensations of driving....

T IE SALE of MacBrayne Haulage reminds me of a colleague's experience 10 years ago, when signs that all was not well could...

Alternative transport AT FIRST sight, Low-Cost Vehicles: Options for moving people and goods (Intermediate Technology...

FREIGHT FAVOUR ESTIMATES of the cost to the road transport operator of any London night and weekend lorry ban on vehicles of...

As an exponent of resonance charging MAN has for some stood out on its own. Now it appears to have given up that cause. Bill...

ADE PLATES NIDER :RUITNY IX MONTHS or so, when the Budget is unveiled, attention in transport circles will, as always, be...

OW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the Certificate of Prosional...

Only models at the heavy end of Sweden's biggest truck maker's product line are unaffected by the most radical revision of any...

Tim Blakemore drives the new Volvo models A LTHOLIGI I the angular lines of Volvo's new FL7/10 cab might suggest it came from...

One of the boldest truck programme revisions ever made by a manufacturer is examined by Tim Blakemore in the context of the...