£15m deal II Following Westminster City Council's award of a
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five-year £1.5m contract to BRS Southern to run a range of vehicles, the council now has four private companies operating its transport division.
Scandinavian's merge
• Scandinavian firms Scanspeed Group AB and Speditor Oy have merged to create a giant transport organisation, employing 6,500. The merger allows Scansped to take over Speditor's companies in the UK and mainland Europe, while Speditor Oy acquires Scansped's Finnish subsidiary. The companies' combined resources include land, air and sea transport.
Moscow bound
• TNT Skypak has launched a next-day delivery service to Moscow. Deliveries can be made up to midnight, despite the fact that businesses in Moscow close at 18:001irs, provided arrangements have been made for receipt of the goods.