Birmingham Show

faces rivals • At least three exhibition companies are luring truck manufacturers with proposals for a rival CV show in 1991 or 1992, following poor attendances at the......

Party Time For Transport

• Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson has promised to clamp down on black smoke from trucks and buses. In his speech to the Tory party conference on Tuesday he also vowed to......

Tippermen Picket Hits Six Quarries

• Tippermen in Derbyshire claim to have brought six quarries to a virtual standstill in their fight for a 20% rates rise. There appears to be deadlock at the three Tarmac, two......

Hgv Sales Slump Bites

• September CV registrations were 23,134 — over 30% below the September 1989 level. The January-September total was down 20%, from 300,033 to 240,070, according to the ialest......