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• Road freight busi booming and will coni grow over the next months, according to a t vey of freight operators.
The Freight Tn. Association's first Qt Transport Activity Si 150 member compani one in five companies ir their road freight activii ing the past quarter whi four expect to increa freight movements o next three months. M companies report the growth in road freight followed by freight opa the North and Scotland.
International road frei only slightly less buoys 18% of companies recoi increase in business, but operators believe actil pick up in the third quat
However, the surve lights concern that road tion is making sch, increasingly difficult. M a third of companies E are experiencing worse tion now than this ti year. One in seven coi expect to make greate rail during the nex months.
While some 28% of nies expect to make mo contract distribution dc next quarter, 12% are j increase their LGV fleet 15% of companies ir expand their light CV fl, 7 News from truck de is less optimistic, acco the latest figures ft Finance & Leasing As Demand from compa finance to buy trucks ; in May was just 2% bit May last year. Leasin ments increased by 1c. on-year thanks to ne rules, but hire purcha plummeted 12%.