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• Dutch construction firm Van Ord ACZ was fined £17,500 last week following the death of a dumper truck driver. Edward Dodds was killed when his truck went over the side of an excavation at Whitley Bay near Newcastle.
O Industrial gases group,
BOC, is to shed 1,700 jobs worldwide in a £85m restructuring programme. Jobs will go in the gases and healthcare divisions but the company refuses to say how many of its 10,000 UK jobs are at risk.
is expanding in France with the acquisition of temperature-controlled specialist haulier Transports Leridon for £2.7m. The Paris-based firm operates 60 vehicles and employs 140 people.
Lane Group is starting work on three distribution contracts worth E2m for BASF Coatings and Inks, paper firm, RA Brand and window firm, Cego. FRANCE • Lommercial vehicle
production plummeted last year by 22% to 193,414 units. Production for export was also hit, down 30% to 91,113 vehicles on the previous year. December's figures for production mirrored the trend at a total of 11,243 with 5,172 destined for export.
• Steno Sealink cross Channel superferry, the Fantasia, will be the first to sell McDonald's food in European waters. The ship makes five return crossings a day; Big Macs are on the menu in February.