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Mercedes Turns East
• Mercedes-Benz is on the verge of clinching the first ever truck manufacturing agreement between East and West Germany. It has concluded a "memo of understanding" with major......
Atkins No To
II Loaded trucks will not be used in HGV driving tests in the immediate future. In a letter to Commercial Motor, Transport Minister Robert Atkins says: "There are arguments for......
Cost Of Lost Transits
• The strike by Ford electricians has cost the company about 9,350 lost Transits from its Southampton plant. The plant normally produces around 375 Transits a day, but the......
Down
• High interest rates, volatile fuel costs and some poor transport performers forced Transport Development Group profits down by £5.6m to £41.5m last year. UK transport was the......
Whizz Bang
• Parcels and distribution fuin Whizzkids (Couriers), has gone into receivership but is being sold as a going concern.......
Plaxton And On
• Plaxton Group nearly doubled its profits last year, to £8.7 million.......
General Rejoicing
• General Motors has decided to build its £150 million European engine plant on Merseyside despite competition from a West German site.......
Brs In Bradford
• BRS Northern has won a five-year £4.3m vehicle maintenance contract with Bradford Council, boosting its local authority business to £12m in the past nine months.......
New Job
• Outgoing NFC chairman Sir Peter Thompson has been appointed chairman of British and Commonwealth Holdings.......