• Trucks belonging to a company which went into receivership
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with debts of more than £1m are back on the road under new ownership.
Seven vehicles which used to belong to Newark-based Robertshaw Transport have been bought by JJB Transport, part of a group with mainly farming interests in the Nottingham area.
Robertshaw already had strong links with the company as a contractor, Keith and Debbie Robertshaw, son and daughter of founder Garth Robertshaw, have been given jobs by JJB.
Robertshaw called in the receivers in May after trading for about 30 years with the toss of around 20 jobs. Robertshaw claims his problems stemmed from being unable to accurately cost vehicle operation due to constant fuel price rises and not being able to get good rates for agricultural work, He wares that hauliers must be prepared to move into new areas of operation as soon as old ones become untenable and not wait until it is too late.
two trucks on local work. He now drives for another haulier; his wife, Sheila, operates