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Business Moves
SAFETY-KLEEN BRANCHES OUT • Safety-Kleen UK, the mechanical cleaning and finishing equipment supplier, has opened a new branch at Maidstone to cover Kent, south-east London,......
Trading Place Changing Names • Midlands-based Sf Fuels...
itself Alpha Fuels and moved its headquarters from Eagle Street in Wolverhampton to Adderley Street in Market Drayton. Expansion includes the redevelopment of the existing fuel......
Products
SELF-DESTRUCTING SEISMIC ALARM • A new vehicle-protection system which, says the manufacturer, will self-destruct if interfered with, is being evalu ated by vehicle......
Higher Spec For Uniroyal • Uniroyal Says That The Increased
load/speed rating it has achieved on its R200 series low-profile tyres will allow urban distribution vehicles and 17-tonne gross rigids to have higher-rated front axles without......
Events
CONTRACT HIRE CONFERENCE • A bird's eye view of the state of truck rental and contract hire, presented by Roger Randall, of Wincanton Vehicle Rentals, will kick off the Motor......
Services
D RIVING INTO OVERDRIVE • Oveidrive, the temporary driving agency, is extending its Five Star scheme which offers HGV drivers the security of regular employment, coupled with......
Mobile Radio For The South-east Mi Digital Mobile...
launched a Band Three mobile radio service for the South-East, initially extending from Hitchin down to Horsham and from Reading across to Southend. When fully operational, DMC......
Star Goes Plastic For Medium Fleets / Star Service Stations
has introduced a new charge-card for commercial and business vehicle operators, called Star Card. The card is targeted at the small to medium-sized operator running between two......
Insurance For Self-employed • The Original Holloway...
making organisation, offers the selfemployed a way to avoid financial hardship in times of illness or injury. Members make regular contributions for shares and, after a short......
Publications
SAFETY IN DOCKS • The Health and Safety Commission has published twx booklets containing guidance and new regulations which amn to improve health and safety standards in docks......
Training
CPC FROM EP • The next examination for the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), organised by EP Training Services, will be held on 9 December. The company is also......
Road News
EARLY OPENING FOR NORTH DEVON LINK • A second section of the 28 million North Devon link road has been opened this week eight months ahead of schedule. The new section stretches......