Farmers Reap Un Sat Budget Crop

• Farmers are taking away work from hauliers following Budget changes which appear to sweep away all haulage and carriage restrictions on agricultural machines. Farmers do not......

Perkins Walkout Over £30 Claim

• Workers at Perkins' Peterborough engine plant were still on strike over pay as Commercial Motor went to press. Perkins has offered the 2,500strong workforce a 215-a-week pay......

Tadchurch Open To Suitors' Offers

• An un-named large British automotive group has made an offer for Corby-based Tadchurch, builder of rubbersuspended bogies. Negotiations were still in progress as Commercial......

Road Traffic Increase

• There was a 13.4% increase in international road traffic between European countries during the first quarter of last year, according to the latest Europa report from the EC,......

Big Bus Ballot

• London Bus drivers are expected to be balloted about strike action after their rejection last week of a 7% pay offer. The claim is for 14%. A ballot result would be expected......

Lucas . Lay-off In Lucas Industries Is To Close Its Arden

Road, Saltley, distribution depot in Birmingham with the loss of 85 jobs and plans to lay off about 20 lorry drivers at the Forrnans Road depot, also in Birmingham.......

Volvo's Bus Booster

/ Volvo Bus made a profit of 227.5 million last year worldwide, on turnover increased by 69% largely through the acquisition of Leyland Bus. The company delivered 5,120 buses......

Sharing The Daf Cake

• Daf BV, the Dutch truck and bus builder which owns Leyland Daf, is aiming to raise between 2211 million and 2236 million through its share offer which should see it launched......