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Ups And Downs
III Commercial vehicle production reached 27,300 units in September, slightly ahead of the August figure, but 8% down on August 1988. Production for the home market was down by......
Duff Deals
• The Fork Truck Hire Association has warned against 'cowboy' rental companies which contract-hire fork-lifts at very low prices.......
Czech Release
• Johnson Transport driver Jim Po!lett, wrongly accused of an axle overweighing offence, was released from Czechoslovakia last week after transport lawyer Jonathon Lawton......
Euro Cork
• Cork Port Authority is putting pressure on the Irish government to designate Cork as a Euro port following a £10 million investment.......
Good Quarter
• Sealink Freight is on target for a record year. It moved 6.8% more traffic than was predicted says its third-quarter results.......
Fine Lanes
• Car drivers illegally using bus lanes could face fines of up to £400, as part of a police campaign to punish "selfish" drivers.......
Leeds Limit
• A 7.5-tonne weight limit is to be imposed by Leeds City Council on the A642 from the Dalton roundabout to Garforth.......
Whitbread Centre Iii Whitbread Brewery Is To Spend £1...
redeveloping its distribution depot in Rhymney, South Wales as an enterprise centre, creating 140 jobs.......
Hgv Licence Reviet
• Hauliers face paying an extra 22.1 million a year to pay for proposed changes to the HGV driver licensing system. HGV licences will start at 3.5 tonnes and drivers who want......
Eurocrat Lawyers Slam Foreign Fines
• EC lawyers are pressing for legal action over huge fines imposed on foreign drivers in some member countries. Brussels lawyers have become involved following a complaint about......
Cummins Loses More
• Cummins Engine company lost 225.3 million in the third quarter — more than doubling its previous loss. Cummins is the world's largest manufacturer of diesel engines, with a......
Pickfords Cuts Back
• Household removals giant Pickfords is cutting back to cope with the slump in the housing market. "Pickfords is being forced to trim its resources to a level more appropriate......