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• Tibbett and Britten, the nationwide clothing transport company, has expanded its 250-strong fleet with 28 Iveco Ford Cargo 0609 models worth over £400,000. Operating from the company's five depots in London, Droitwich, Leeds, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the vehicles are equipped with special boxvan bodies designed to carry hanging garments.
• The Wilcox Group is expanding its bodybuilding facilities at its Market Deeping factory and also at its newer manufacturing plants at Sedgefield near Darlington and at Newhouse and Dalcross (Inverness) in Scotland.
• Pannell Engineering of Andover has issued a statement refuting allegations of possible infringement of copyright over the Neville Charrold Ultralite tipper body design (CM 28 March).
• Britain's biggest Fordonly vehicle dealership, Quick of Manchester, made pre-tax profits of 21.7m in 1986, a significant increase on the previous year's £637,000. Turnover was up 14% to 2123m. Truck sales rose by 7.5% with profits up 400% and Quick's new contract hire division is expected to contribute to profits in 1987.
• Motor distribution group Evans Halshaw pushed pretax profits up from £2.18 million to £3.56 million in 1986. Turnover rose from £151.7 million to £172.9 million.
• Eurotunnel, the Channel tunnel consortium, has announced a £54 million package of orders which will create 1,620 new jobs in Britain.