July Sets Record for Acquisitions
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Dy taking-over 41 road haulage busi .nesses between July 24 and July 31, the British Transport Commission raised to 1.65 the, number of transfers-completed last month. The figure for June was 123 and for May 131: According to a recent statement by the Minister of Transport, 469 haulage• businesses were.acquired up to June 30. Including those transferred in July and in the first six days of August, the
B.T.C.• has no taken over 660 operators. • Acquisitions from 'July 24-31 were as follows:—
Smarts (Unit A.149), Shoreham-by-Sea; Southern TM,(Unit •B137.), Symington; 'Tay Mortars (Unit B.137), Dundee; British Road Services (Unit D.173), Hu11; Fred Cook (Unit D.175). Hail; 3vIoss (Unit D.178), Mytholmroydi.Milex Motor Service (Unit E. 156). West, Bromwich: A. Well (Unit 'E.157), Birmingham, 18: Almond Motors .(Unit • E.162)., Spalding; C. and -B. Trans; port (Unit E.16)), Slough; Lacey (Unit F.164), London, N..W.9;. South Western Haulage wait E.165). London, N.W.9; Andrews (Unit .F,12), Southampton; • I-WM:man (Unit F.125), East Cosham; Powersenurt Tpt. (UnitF.126). Portsmouth; British. Road Services (Unit .F.121). Gosport; Marshall (Unit 11.135), Griinsby: British Road Services (Unit 11.137), Brigg; Abletts (Unit H.I31), Scunthorpe; Pearrield (Unit H,139), Scunthorpe; Cousins, (Unit 14.140), Waddington; British Rciad Services (Unit E.159), Marehav; Carruthers (Unit 0.139), Dumfries; W. G. Jarwood and Sons, Kingsbridge; British Road Services (Unit E.152), Nuneaton; British Roa,d Services ((An F.15)), Wolverhampton; British
Road Services (Unit • E.1541, Nuneaton: British Road Services .• (Unit 0.155). Smethwick: British Road Services (Unit A.I50), Newhaven; 'British Road Services (Unit F.41), 'New Blendworth; Melrose (Unit E.151), BtinerleY: John Yule (Transport). Ltd., Stonehaven; Robert Anderson, Dumfries; W. A. and A. G, -Spiers, Melkkham; R. Milky, Melksham; Symonds Bros., (Unit F,2), Waterlooville; British Road Services • (Unit A.152), gochford; British Road SerVices (Unit C.178). Blackburn; Clark and Perkins (Unit 0.160.), Wellingborough: Pownali (Unit A.145), Brighton, 7; Hair (Unit H.136), Brian.
Twenty-six haulage concerns were taken over in the week from August 1-6.
They are as folloWs:— •
W. and S. McPhee, Ltd., Newcastle-oil-Tyne, 6; ' Stanley Oliver.. Ltd., Newcastle-onTyne, 6: J. 'Younker (Transport), Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 6; F. Wilkinson (Hauliers) Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne. 6; J. T. Green, 'Ltd: Nevienstle.on.Tyne, 6; R. T. Dent. Ltd. Durham; Standen (Unit A.115), Sittingbourne Wilson Tpt.. (Unit A.117), London, .S.E116 Triggs and Chapman (Unit A.160), Croydon Lewis's (unit A.1(1), Chasm; Thomas Smii (Unit A.162), London, N.1; Excervis (Unit A.163). London, S.W.17; Willingham (Unit A.166), Bexhill-on-Sea; Thomas •Brown (Unit B.I44), Falkirk; Alicia TransPort (Unit B. 145), Alloa; Cochrane's (Unit B.146), Bo'ness; Holden