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Business Moves
ELT MOVES • Birmingham AWD and Vauxhall van dealer Elt Bros has moved to new premises in the city's Amington Road. Contact 021-765 4555.......
Elt Bros
PIRTEK EXPANDS • Hydraulic equipment group Pirtek is setting up a 70-strong network of distributors in Britain. Five distributors are already up and running — two in London and......
Shearing Moves • Shearings Bus & Coach Has Opened A
new £3.5m depot near Wigan. It replaces an existing site in the town. The new address is Lockett Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn, Nr Wigan WN4 8DE. Contact (0942) 272270.......
Going Airborne • British Rail Subsidiary Airborne Express...
handle all of Red Star's US-bound consignments. It used to use a network of agents in the US. In return, Red Star will handle Airborne's UK deliveries.......
Ctr Opens In Barry • Central Trailer Rentco Has Opened
a depot and workshop in Barry, South Glamorgan. Situated at the town's docks, it employs 14 and has a fleet of 650 trailers.......
Dealers
TELMA% FIVE • Retarder manufacturer Telma has appointed five Volvo, Scania and MercedesBenz dealers to sell its products. They are: Haydock Commercials, St Helens; Maidstone......
Telma
TYRE TWO • Tyre distributor Central Tyre has added dealers in Portsmouth and Doncaster to its 100-strong network. Contact Portsmouth on (0705) 664379; and Doncaster on (0302)......
Prices
RENAULT RISE • Renault is increasing the price of some of its light commercials. The Extra goes up by 2.5% and the Trafic and Master by 2%. The price of the Trafic T1400 LWB and......
Events
DISTRIBUTION DATE • The 1991 Logistics and Distribution Exhibition takes place at the NEC Birmingham on 18-20 June. It will be held alongside the annual conference of the......
Sixth Form Logistics I A Conference Designed To Entice Sixth
formers into careers in distribution is expected to attract over 300 students from schools in Yorkshire and Humberside. The event, on 9 April, is being organised by the......
Greece To Glasgow • Greece To Glasgow — Commercial Road
Transport within the European Community is the theme of the Engineering Council's Yorkshire regional association's lecture in York on 15 November. The keynote speaker will be......
Managing Traffic • The Latest Developments In Using...
for traffic management is the subject of a conference in London later this month. It is being held by the National Economic Development Office on 15 November at the Millbank......
Etmc Countdown • The European Transport Maintenance...
its annual conference in Vienna on 25-27 November. Topics include pollution and safety; education and training; and electronics and communication. Contact 010-323 2373627.......
Cooling Down • The Temperature Controlled Storage And...
Show is being held in Rotterdam on 13-15 November. Sponsored by Transfrigoroute, it includes an exhibition and conference. Contact (0732) 865502.......
Meeting The East Ii A Conference On Transport Prospects...
the West and the emerging capitalist countries of the former Communist bloc is being held in Paris on 6-7 December. It is being organised by the European Conference of Ministers......
Publications
LICENSING GUIDE • An A4-size booklet on the driver licensing changes which take place from June 1991 is available free from Iveco Ford. Driver Licensing in the 1990s, written by......
Weigh It Up • Six South-east Councils Have Collaborated On
a booklet listing the public weighbridges in their area. West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Hampshire and Isle of Wight county councils have collated details of all their......