Stabilized Trailers For Scws

• Following its policy of converting from rigid to articulated operation the SCWS Ltd this week placed an order for 34 semi-trailers from Northern Trailers Ltd. A special......

Rise For Brs Works Men

• About 3,000 engineering, maintenance and repair workers of British Road Services Ltd., are to get a £.1 a week pay rise—an increase of 6d an hour on basic rates. This brings......

Haulage Pay

• Operators are reminded that January 23 is the date on which Road Haulage Wages Order RH(90) comes into force. Under this, the basic minimum weekly wage is increased by 10s,......

Transits For Hire

• A £2.62m order for Ford products placed by Godfrey Davis Ltd., the self-drive hire organization, includes nearly 1,000 18 and 35ewt Transit vans and 12-seat buses, and a fleet......

New Birmingham Depot For Gas Board Transport

• A new transport maintenance depot built by the West Midlands Gas Board at Nechells, Birmingham, was formally opened on Tuesday by Mr. John Else, Area Licensing Authority. The......

Fta Year Book

• As each year brings more rules and regulations into the life of transport operators, so the value of the FTA Year Book increases. The 1970 edition, just published, is over 200......

Drivers' Eyesight

• To discover what problems may be created for members and long-serving driving staffs by the BMA ruling that one-eyed drivers and those who have had cataracts removed from both......

Thermo King By Petters

• A 10-year licensing agreement for the continuing manufacture of transport refrigeration units in the UK has been concluded by Petters Ltd., a Hawker Siddeley company, with the......