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Uk Market Still On Line
• Truck sales in Western Europe in 1989 will be 6% above 1988 levels, predicts motor ind u stry analyst DRI. The report, out this week, comes as SMMT figures for the UK market......
Ashdown Clamps London Deliveries
• Proposals to reduce commercial deliveries in London and enforce the use of smaller goods vehicles has been promoted by Social Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. At Westminster......
Bvrla Sets Standards
• A mandatory commercial vehicle quality assurance scheme is being introduced by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, to ensure its members operate up to......
Thumbs Down For Road-rail Switch
• The government has refused to back the switch of more freight from roads to railways. In the Commons last week Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Ronnie Fearn's demand for......
Tacho Time • The Dip Has Given Tacho Calibration Centres
more time — up to 31 Jam ary 1990 — before they w be required to hold BS575( to do anything more than very minor repairs. A November deadline was or ginally set but met with pr......
Ec Road Fund
• The European Commis sion is to help fund a yearlong study into the feasibility of an East Coast motor way from Cambridge to " Newcastle. The EC has pledged £130,000 to add te......
• Stephen Johnson Is Taking Over As General Manage Of
Volvo Trucks with affec1 from 1 January 1990. Johnson, currently general man ager of the parts division, takes over from Jim Lamor who is to leave the industry. Johnson joined......