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be formed by the British Transport Commission to acquire the major portion of the assets of British Road Services in south-west Seotland are not to take over unit 4508, advertised in the Special Scottish List. That unit included premises at Dumfries, Stranraer, Lock erbie and Glasgow, and 79 vehicles.
Nevertheless, the assets to bc taken over arc in many ways similar to those comprised in unit 4508, which .was to be offered for tender if negotiations for acquisition by a company under Section 5 of the Transport Act, 1953, failed.
The new company will be known as Road Services (Caledonia), Ltd. The Commercial Motor understands that Mr. T. Atkin, resident group manager of the Caledonian Group of B.R.S., and formerly managing director of J. Hadfield (Glasgow), Ltd., an associate of Beaumont Bros. (Halifax), Ltd., before nationalitation, will become a member of the board of the new company in a similar capacity.
On Monday evening, Millburn Motors, Ltd., Glasgow, said there was no foundation for the statement in last week's issue that they were the purchasers. At no time had they' been concerned. with any negotiations, "but Mr. E. Sanderson, one of the directors, valued the undertaking and took part in negotiations on behalf of the purchasers."
[It had been widely believed in the north of England and south of Scotland that Millburn Motors, Ltd., were the buyers, presumably because of Mr. Sanderson's advisory role.] OUTPUT RECORDS BROKEN: EXPORTS UP
ALL records in commercial-vehicle production were broken in October, when 23,685 units were manufactured. In October last year the figure was 21,798. In the first 10 months of the year. 210,921 commercial vehicles were made, compared with 195,600 in the corresponding period of last year.
Although in October only 9,335 commercial vehicles, valued at £5m., were exported, contrasting with 11,150 (£6.1m.) a year ago, 105,367 vehicles were shipped in the first 10 months of this year. compared with 91,217 last year. The value of exports has advanced from £51.7m. to £58.1m.