Dtp Accepts Palm )ian On Taos

• Department of Transport officials are urging Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson to accept all the proposals outlined in the Palmer Report of Traffic Area Offices, including......

Government Threatens To Take Out Cowboys

• A Government think tank is drawing up plans to confiscate 'cowboy' operators' trucks. The working party was set-up last spring to weed out the cowboys, amid concern that an......

Ec Training Loss

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board may lose a £350,000 grant from the European Social Fund, following a shift in European Commission training policy. The Commission is......

Test Change Call

• Britain's HGV drivers should be taught and tested on fully-laden trucks according to an exclusive survey of CV driving instructors published by Commercial Motor this week.......

Rha Weighs Against Dtp

• The Government's attitude towards HGV overloading has come under fire from the Road Haulage Association, which is stepping up its campaign for 'due diligence' to be accepted......

High Stakes

• The High Court has over-ruled a revocation order on a South Wales bus operator's licence pending a hearing before the transport tribunal. Clayton Jones Group, Clayton Jones......

Steyr To Scania

• Bill Johnson, currently sales manager of Steyr UK, will join Scania at the beginning of February. Johnson joined Steyr in September 1988 and is leaving in the wake of Steyr's......

Cogent Nugent

• During a Lords transport debate on Monday, former Conservative Transport Minister Lord Nugent of Guildford called for a single London traffic authority to combat congestion.......

Boalloy Boost

• Truck body maker Boalloy Group has helped boost the profits of its owner Marling Industries, of which it was a 20% associate until August 1988. Boalloy made a full six-month......

Up Again

• The bulk price of diesel has risen for the third time this month, this time by an average lp/lit.......