Row Over Rail Subsidies

• Companies switching freight from road to rail will soon qualify for an increased subsidy from 38p to 50p a mile — but an expected announcement by the Transport Minister has......

Cool Order Completed

• Rubery Owen-Rockwell Ireland has completed a 25m order for running gear on 1,000 trailers bound for Russia. The company expects to pick up further Soviet business following a......

Cummins Losses

• US engine giant Cummins has reported $137.7m (269.9in) losses for 1990, and it is laying off 600 workers at its Shotts and Darlington plants. Parcel deal • Royal Mail......

Pit Awarded A Drugs Contract

• Peter Lane Transport has won a 12-month/2500,000 northern area distribution contract for pharmaceuticals company Warner Lambert. Northern area manager Malcolm Anderson will......

Securiguard Sector Is Hit By Slowdown

• Securiguard's communictions division, which includes the City Link parcels business and five smaller same-day delivery companies, saw its yearend profits fall by nearly 30%,......

Driving Jobs Safe

• MFI has laid off 120 workers at its Northampton distribution centre, but says that transport jobs are not at risk. The furniture retail group employs more than 50 drivers and......