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unlop Helps Olympic Athletes: To help eel the cost of sending Britain's athletes the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Dunlop ubber Co. Ltd. has donated £500 to the ritish Olympic Appeals Committee, An Iditional £100 has been given to the sottish appeal.
igher Profit for Powell Duffryn: Group outs of Powell• Duffryn Ltd. for the year tded March 31 last amounted to £3,368.440 ompared with £3,045,047 in the previous ar). This left a net profit of £1,935,509 1,617,139). A total dividend of 10 per cent r the year is recommended.
mining Plans: The Kenning Motor Group, tich already has numerous depots in effield, is planning to build a special corn:rcial vehicle showroom and depot in nistone Road, adjacent to the group's esent coachworks. The scheme will result the conversion of existing premises to rm a showroom, and the erection of a new 'vice and repair shop of some 15,600 sq. ft.
!luting Buys Bathgate Site : The Kenning 3tor Group has purchased premises and a le-acre site for future expansion at Bath
West Lothian, where a commercial side collection centre and coachworks will set up. Acquisitions this year by the rating Group have now brought the mber of its depots, including petrol lions, garages, and showrooms, to more .n250, tin. Trunk Road Programme : Nineteen jor trunk road improvement schemes, tmated to cost at least £50 m., are to he pared in detail for inclusion in the nister of Transport's programme. The ginal five-year " rolling programme" of nk road schemes, launched in 1962, coned of 111 major schemes costing about 0 m. Last year, a further 36 schemes 5 m.) were added. Much of the work has n completed the start of work on other emes has been authorized and detailed paration of the remainder is going ahead. paration of the further 19 schemes will v be put in hand.
m. For New Road Works: The Minister transport has announced a further list of schemes to be included in the 1968-69 :e of the five-year rolling programme for sified roads in England and Wales. Total mated cost of these schemes, each costing -e than £100,000, is some elm. The iernment will contribute more than m. in grants.