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• Reducing fuel tax on cii j: should be at the top of the Government's agenda after the summer recess, says BOC Distribution Services.
• National finals of the Van and I rucK
competition will be held at Truckex 97, at South Cerney, Swindon, on 30-31 August.
A Sainsbury's truck has become the first vehicle to be
awarded a ji badge by Westminster City Council as part of a new scheme to tackle pollution.
• Rentokti plant services and distribution sector, which includes United Transport, pushed profits up by 150% to £44.3m for the six months to 30 June.
ping has new agreements with two ferry companies offering services from southern Spain to north Africa.
• P&O Nedlo,„ii has announced operating profits of $36m (£22.5m) for the second quarter, 1997. merger costs for the second quarter were 525m (215.5m).
will be at Centrex, High Ercall, near Telford, on 6-7 September.
Despite stiff opposition from the Freight Transport Association's director general David Green, Commercial Motor won the match between the two sides by three wickets.
• Three hundred drivers working on Northern Foods Transport's Sainsbury's contract have accepted a revised
:5% pay offer having previously rejected 3%. The T&G is meeting Kwik Save on 1 October after 1,800 workers rejected a 2% offer.