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Rates Squee; For Hauliers In 1990
• Half of the hauliers questioned in the latest exclusive Commercial Motor survey have been unable to increase their rates over the past year and are facing an increasingly......
Staff Strike Threat At Traffic Area Offices
/ Industrial action by Traffic Area Offices staff is likely if the Government refuses to follow industry recommendations about The Palmer Report, warns National Union of Civil......
New Tech Rules Ok
• Government plans to use new technology to enforce road traffic law have been largely welcomed by the Freight Transport Association. "The consultation paper meets the PTA's......
Wilkes Departure / Seddon Atkinson Managing Director Vic...
leaving the company. He will be replaced by Michael Vargas, currently vicepresident of the defence and special products division of parent company Enasa.......
• Volkswagen Has Signed A Deal With East German Manufacturer
VEB IFAKombinat Personenkraftwagen to jointly produce light CVs. VEB has been making VW engines under licence since 1988.......
Buying Waste • Attwoods Is To Spend £3.79 Million To
acquire Taskmasters Cleansing Services, which holds waste collection contracts with several local authorities.......
Job Cuts • Only 16% Of Transport Operators Plan To
take on staff in the first quarter of 1990, says the latest quarterly survey from employment services company Manpower — and 10% of operators predict job losses.......
Renault's Gee-up / Renault Is To Introduce A More Powerful
lower-revving 38-tonne tractive unit in its G range. The G320 is almost identical to the current G290 except that its 9.8-litre turbocharged and charge-cooled MIDR 06. 20.45......