Dinner Time

• Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson will be the principal guest and speaker at the Road Haulage Association's Annual Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Tuesday......

Mps Slam Po

• The all-party Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry has slammed the Post Office's service, and reckons it is getting worse.......

Abec For Rover

• Birmingham distribution company Abec Transmission Products has won a major contract with Rover Group to supply plant maintenance products in the UK.......

Van Miert Rules Out Retaliation

• European transport commissioner Karel Van Miert has rejected calls by the International Road Transport Union for restrictions on the movement of Swiss and Austrian trucks in......

Green Lights Get The Green Light

• The Government has rejected a call to ban the Japanese-style green lights displayed on some lorry roofs. At Westminster last week Roger King MP asked the Department of......

Ec's Drawbar Shockei

• European hauliers are reeling from last week's EC Commission proposal to limit the total load bed length of drawbars to 15.3 metres. If adopted, the limit would cost the......

Civil Licence

• Operators working as sub-contractors for major civil engineering firms should have a standard national licence, says West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh. He......

Hinos Light The Wal,

• Hino importer Harris UK has confirmed that its new lightweight six-wheeler and 17tonner have won type approval, and it is preparing for a launch in mid-1990. The trucks will......