Volvo To Close Workington

/ Volvo Bus is to close its assembly plant at Workington over the next eight months resulting in the death of the Leyland Lynx integral single-deck city bus and the double-deck......

Hood Joins Car Chair

/ Robin Hood, founder of the GRP bodybuilder of the same name, has joined Car Chair Vehicle Builders of Hailsham, East Sussex, to help launch an extensive range of PCV vehicles.......

Rider Group Profits Rise

/ Rider Group, with 1,300 buses in Yorkshire, almost doubled its trading profit in 1990/91 to £6.2m on a turnover of 2,83.3m, up by £.8.7m. Group net profit for the year ended......

Bird Made Redundant

in West Durham Coach Sales made sales manager Brian Bird redundant last week and stopped selling the Toyota Optimo II, although at present it still has the franchise. It will......

Automatic Five From Renault

/ Renault is counter-attacking at the light end of the market, with the introduction of automatic transmission throughout its B-series range of five and sixtonne 16-seater......