A NOTE ON BANKRUPTCY IN ROAD HAULAGE

The article examines the position of the small operator in the road haulage industry since its development in 1920 and attempts to analyse the reasons for bankruptcy among operators of this size. Although licensing was originally introduced in 1933 to limit those entering the industry to those with sufficient resources in order to reduce the bankruptcy rate, it is shown that the bankruptcy rate among other classes of small trader was higher than that in the road haulage industry. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Blackwell Publishers

  108 Cowley Road
  Oxford,   United Kingdom  OX4 1JF
• Authors:
  • MacLeod, W M
  • Walters, A A
• Publication Date: 1956-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 63-67
• Serial:
  • Journal of Industrial Economics
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
  • ISSN: 0022-1821

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Financing; Freight handling; Freight transportation; Highways; Legislation; Small business
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Haulage
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129573
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM