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• The Cost Of Hgv Driver's Licences Will Be Going
up this autumn, it was revealed this week. Full HGV licences will increase by 22.50 to 210.00, provisionals by £2.00 to £5.00 and duplicates by £.3.50 to 25.00. The present......
• Esso's Plans To Contractout Much Of Its Distribution To
third parties will not mean any redundancies among its tanker drivers. The company is in talks with unions and expects to make an announcement on the future of its 400-strong......
• The Department Of Transport Is Preparing A Report On
the worst traffic blackspots in London. The year-long project has used information from local authorities, police and the AA. Some of the spots that have come to light are......
• Registrations Of Trucks And Artics Above 3.5 Tonnes Gvw
are 18% up on last year, according to the Latest • SMMT figures. Up to the end of May Iveco Ford was in first place with a 24.4% share of the market, ahead of Leyland Daf......
• London Buses, The Largest Bus Operator In Western Europe,
will be split into 11 independent units which will be in operation by April next year. The units, says LBL, are designed to compete with other bus companies. The split will......
• The Sale Of Portsmouth City Transport, The First Municipal
bus company to be privatised, to Southampton City Bus and PCT employees has been agreed by Transport Secretary Paul Channon.......
Tender Crash Fires Enquiry
• An investigation is under way to find the cause of a series of fire engine crashes which have left one fireman dead and 10 seriously injured in the past two years. Eight......
Driver Shortage Hits One In Two
• Almost half of Britain's hauliers are unable to recruit experienced HGV drivers, and an overwhelming 61% write off the HGV driving test as irrelevant to their day-to-day......
Crisis Cripples Kammac
• One of north-west England's best-known hauliers, Katnrriac Trucking of Burscough, Lancashire, has gone into receivership. As Commercial Motor went to press several major......