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• McGregor Cory Distribution has bought 26 Leyland Daf FT2100 DHT tractive units worth some £0.75 million as part of a major fleet expansion plan.
The new vehicles, which will operate from a recentlyopened depot at Corby, are on contract to a large supermarket chain. Each truck is expected to cover around 48,000km a year. Servicing anal maintenance will be carried out during evenings and at weekends, by Northampton-based Peter Brown Leyland Daf Trucks.
• Chorley-based Southworth Chassis Engineering has been taken over by Bill and Chris Drinkwater, who have bought the whole of the issued share capital from other members of their family.
Chris Drinkwater says that the change "will allow greater flexibility for the company so we will not be looking over our shoulders".
The company specialises in third axle conversions, air suspensions and chassis straightening. It pulled out of the road haulage and warehousing business in 1981, but retains a purposebuilt distribution depot which is let to express parcels company L & G Transport.