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• Vehicle distributors Ford and Slater have received a take-over

17th August 1973, Page 22
17th August 1973
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Page 22, 17th August 1973 — • Vehicle distributors Ford and Slater have received a take-over
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bid from Unilever. The bid values the company at £.6.3m. On Monday it was revealed that Unilever had bought British Leyland's 19.5 per cent stake in Ford and Slater. Unilever paid £3.9m earlier this year for the coachbuilding and vehicle dealing firm of Robert E. Massey.

In-company training

• In-company driver training is now being carried out by Pickfords Removals Ltd so that employees may take an hgv Class 3 driving test.

The course lasts five days and is organized from the company's head office at Finsbury Park in London. At the moment applicants must hold an ordinary driving licence and have worked for Pickfords for two years.

Bodybuilders confer

• The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association is organizing the first post-war conference for Britain's vehicle bodybuilders. The conference is to be held on October 9 at Cheltenham.

Fares formula

• Protected fares are to end in the City of Cambridge after August 20 — and this means that Premier Travel will be able to increase its facilities and reduce some of its fares. Prolonged negotiations with Eastern Counties have enabled a formula to be found for ending the protected fares system which has been in operation since the Thirties. The Eastern Traffic Commissioners have approved new fare scales.


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