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AFTER 60 YEARS in busine Falmouth Transport Comps will end on January 31.
The company's transpi operation has failed to rett any profit recently and was I ing supported by property vi tures. The company had b€ letting out thousands of squi feet of warehousing spa profitably while its transp operation did not make a pro according to managing direc Anthony Polglase.
The reason for the decline the company's transport actir is a familiar one. Many smal companies in the area can wi at lower rates than FaImo! Transport, and when it tempted to increase its rates, customers refused to support "Transport is the small ma according to Mr Polglase. Lan outfits may be the answer other parts of the country, I the "one man outfits" which operate very cheaply and w few overheads can simply affi to undercut companies like F mouth Transport, he said.
About eight members of 1 staff will lose their jobs, five those being drivers. Mr Polgll said that his workforce had dc "amazingly well" in difficult cumstances.