Bathgate: The End

LESS THAN a year after it assured its workforce that they had a secure future, Leyland Trucks last week announced the closure of the Bathgate factory in West Lothian, with the......

Volvo Better

VOLVO TRUCKS appears to have turned the economic corner and is planning to recruit over 100 new employees in Sweden later this year. Production is up by 10 to 15 per cent,......

Ridley Damns Chunnel Plan

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Nicholas Ridley has poured cold water on the latest proposals for a twin-bore tunnel across the Channel. An Anglo-Fench banking group's report has concluded......

Closure News Met With Fury

THE GOVERNMENT decision to shut down Bathgate was greeted with fury by Opposition MPs despite ministerial pledges to do all they could to find a prospective buyer for the......