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Ec Regs To Boost Safety
• Tough European legislation on product safety, which will cover the distribution of goods, is being proposed by the European Commission. The EC General Product Safety Directive......
Coming Home
• John Ferriday, former chairman of Eagle Trust, which is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, is likely to return to Britain to give his side of the Connect......
Firemen Hit Out At Planned Cuts
• The Fire Brigade Union is bracing itself for strike action i the Government pursues prop osals to slash fire service man power by up to 20%. Lord Ferrers, the Home Office......
Jobs Fear At Southdown
• Fears of job losses hang over Sussex bus company Southdown, following an announcement by new owner Stagecoach Holdings' that Southdown is to go through a "period of......
Skelly Sold N I Harrogate-based Appleyard Group Has...
major VW-Audi network Skelly for k18.3 million, after weeks of speculation over the deal. Appleyard intends to develop the servicing side of Skelly's business.......
New Commissioner
• Keith Waterworth takes up the post of traffic commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area from the end of September. He succeeds Hugh McNamara, who is retiring.......
More Steyrs
• South Wales haulier Graham Lowder Transport has ordered two Steyr 19S31 tractor units to join its original Steyr unit — the first to be registered to a UK operator when Steyr......