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Firm folds over paper
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III A shake-up of paper distribution contracts in north-east Scotland has led to the closure of a family-run haulier employing 14 drivers.
A spokesman for HG McBain of Hopetown, near Banff, says 90% of its work going south was from International Paper's mill at Inverurie near Aberdeen. 'We felt there was little or no chance of obtaining work going south without getting into other people's work by cutting rates and we were not prepared to do that."
Proprietor Harry McBain and his wife are taking early retirement; all the drivers have found new jobs.
The 28-year-old firm was part of a consortium handling more than half of the mill's deliveries until last month.
Another consortium member, Aberdeen based Sandy Bruce
Trucking, has made five drivers redundant as a result of losing the contract. "We used to run three trunks a night into Lancashire and basically we have withdrawn them," says MD Roddy Matheson.
A consortium, of 17 owner-drivers has also been dropped by International Paper which is now using two Aberdeen-based companies, ARR Craib Transport and Ashley Transport.
Craib MD Eddie Anderson says: "We are delighted to have won the business and we have made offers to all the hauliers involved, some of whom we are now working with."