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Union Slams Parcel Sell-off
• A Whitehall row has erupted over Government plans to privatise the Civil Service's in-house parcel delivery system. According to Tony Bell of the National Union of Civil and......
Channon Joins Fill As Guest Of Honour
• The Freight Transport Association has confirmed that Transport Secretary Paul Channon will be the guest speaker at its annual dinner in London's Hilton Hotel on 24 April. The......
Leyland Daf Makes It Big
• Leyland Daf has decided to build a batch of four-axle 95Series tractive units for the heavy haulage market, to overcome fifth-wheel loading problems in the 80-tonnes-plus......
• Hopes Remain Alive For A British Relief Convoy To
earthquake-striken Armenia. A top-level meeting next week between the London-based Aid Armenia office and two British hauliers could decide the fate of the venture, which has......
Euro Editors Vote For Scania Series 3
• Scania's Series 3 truck range has been voted the 1989 Truck of the Year by a panel of 13 commercial vehicle editors, drawn from road transport magazines throughout Europe. The......
Southern Snacks
• Many drivers are unaware of a new M23 service station because its motorway signs have yet to be erected. The area, at junction 11 (Pease Pottage) is open 24 hours a day for......