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5th December 2002
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3lasgow-based freight fording firm Able Transport has e into receivership along associated firms Able tsport (Midlands) and Able isport (Special Contracts). ad been running since 1992; hers in the area praised it always paying on time.

3ut following the recent th of director and principal reholder Steven Semple the lagement decided not to ry on. Tony Friar, receiver n accountant KPMG, says at this stage it is too early to say how much money is owed to creditors. John Sexton of Wishawhased Sexton Transport says he is owed some £20,000, but adds: "I genuinely can't gve them a bad name—he always used to fight to give you a fair rate for the job."

Unsubstantiated rumours circulating in the industry suggest that thousands of pounds had been spirited away from the firm by Semple before he died: KPMG is investigating this, but says it is too early to say if there is any truth in the rumours.


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