60 P.c. Foreign Lorries Exceed Our Weight Limit

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Offences, shortcomings and abuses by foreign lorries coming to Britain were serious and widespread, said Lord Sandford, UnderSecretary......

Bl Turbo Tanker For Shell Bp

• The prototype British Leyland gas turbine-powered tractive unit which ShellMex and BP Ltd is to operate on service trials will enter the fleet early in January, Mr D. E.......

Bonn Tax Waiver On Uk Vehicles

• An agreement has been signed in Bonn under which, in recognition of the waiver of vehicle excise duty on German commercial vehicles visiting the United Kingdom, the German......

Us Fleet Costs Scheme For Uk

• A system of transport management information, called Fleet Facts, is to be offered in the UK next year. Based on a method of cost control, particularly of fleet maintenance,......

Blue Peter: New Date

• The planned showing of an LDoY feature in BBC TV's Blue Peter Children's programme on December 2 has been postponed. CM will inform readers as soon as a new date is known.......

Tuc Guide For Negotiators

• The TUC this week issued Good Industrial Relations, a book for negotiators which stresses the need for collective bargaining. It runs to 29 pages and is available from the TUC......

Hargreaves' Lim In Half-year

• Hargreaves Group Ltd interim report records that pretax profits have passed the I I m mark in a half-year for the first time. It is only two years since the Group first......