IN BRIEF
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• In 1986 the Freight Transport Association boosted its turnover by 14% to 26.5 million and increased its membership by 80 companies to 13,543.
During the year the FTA carried out more than 100,000 vehicle safety inspections and more than 500,000 tachograph checks.
• Britax has just taken delivery of two tri-axle tautliner trailers on long term contract hire from TIP Trailer Rental. The trailers, supplied in the Britax livery, are based at the company's depot in Chichester and are used for the national distribution of seat belts and mirrors to car manufacturers Ford, Rover and Jaguar.
• Fast growth in the UK and the USA has enabled food distribution and services specialists the Albert Fisher Group to more than double pre-tax profits to 27.06 million in the six months to the end of February_ The company's UK distribution operations made profits of 2794,000, up from 2477,000 in the same period last year.