Ryder For Queensbury

• Ryder Distribution Services has won its second homedelivery contract. Under a three-year deal with furniture manufacturer Christie-Tyler, Ryder will run the Lyons Queensway......

Newsflow Plans

• NFC subsidiary Newsflow will enter the magazine distribution field soon, says managing director Doug Cartin. Negotiations with publishers are underway, but Cartin says it......

Cell Sells

• Battery specialist Chloride is set to sell its Exide vehicle battery business to Compagnie Generale d'Electricite for £55 million. Rockwood buys • Distribution group Rockwood......

Tnt Rover Deliveries

• '['NT Just-in-Time's longawaited three-year, 27m contract to supply the Rover Group's Longbridge car assembly lines with components from a nearby dedicated warehouse was......

In-house Staff Take Majority

• Local authority in-house workforces are winning almost three quarters of all contracts put out to tender under the compulsory competitive tendering regulations. According to a......

Amicable Split

• David Coe, managing director of parcel and delivery group Interlink Express, has resigned after just six months in the job. The split was "amicable", says company chairman......

Tate & Lyle Sells

• The general haulage subcontracting business of Tate & Lyle Silver Roadways has been sold to Currie Line, part of Walter Runciman. The sale marks the final disposal of all......

Gkn Buys Tadchurch

• As predicted in Commercial Motor, Glc.N has acquired Corby-based Tadchurch, builder of CV rubber suspensions, for £350,000 (CM 4-10 May).......