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Distribution Booming
• Despite the downturn in the economy, contract distribution is growing by 47% a year, according to marketing company Market Location, and that boom is likely to continue, says......
111 Targets Waste
• Ackers Jarrett, the commercial vehicle and contract hire and rental services group, predicts strong growth in the rental of specialist waste vehicles, says Dennis Buck, its......
Pickfords Arrives In Texas
• Pickfords Industrial has Set up its first American base, in Houston, Texas, as the first stage of a "global network". Former Pickfords UK managing director Rod Moysen will......
Cat Losses Mi Profits Have Plummeted At Caterpillar, The Us
engine producer best known for its earth-moving and construction machinery. It is cutting back production schedules due to low demand for truck engines and tracked tractors.......
Tender Letter • Shadow Environment Secretary John...
to his Conservative counterpart, Chris Patten, urging him to outlaw loss-leader bids for contracts subject to compulsory competitive tendering.......
Bowyers Deal • Wincanton Chilled Distribution Has Won A...
Based at Wincanton's Chippenham site, the deal involves the warehousing despatch operation for Bowyers' national sales van distribution service. More than 10 million trays/cases......
Firms Fight Gypsii
• Up to 55 haulage jobs cou be lost to provide gypsies wit a home, if plans by Alyn and Deeside council get the goahead. Brian Eccleston, director ol Eccleston Tanker Services,......