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• Truck driver Richard Duclos appeared at Bradford Magistrates Court on 22 June accus€ supplying drugs with a street value of £20m. Duclos, of The Oval, Weston Lane, Otley, was remanded in custody for a month.
• The UK transport industry has produced enormous ciency gains over the past 15 years, according to the Freight Transport Association: 12% fewer trucks now carry 38% more goods than in 1978, Central Transport Rental
Group has won Court injunction preventing its former boss Robert Montague from working for a competitor. Montague, who resigned last December, was alleged to have been working for Dutch trailer group Axis.
Frank McAllister of Aldershot-based McAllisters Recovery has been appointed as the .-iLw pi esiaent ot th€ Association of Vehicir.
(-1'".rr* (AVRO). He takes over from George Graham of Auto Recoveries.
Business Post, the parcels and express mail delivery firm floated on the Stock Exchange two years ago, has posted a i2% increase in to £9.1m on a turnover up 23%, to £51.3m.
• Doncaster's Direct for Europe internationrii •.' ,,.-ro;nal is expected to be open for swap bodies and containers by the end of the year. The 65-acre site is being developed by Doncaster Metropolitan Council and Kylie Stewart Properties.