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• Skelmersdale-based haulage company
Abt cm, which was placed in administration last December, has been saved along with 105 jobs. It was handed hack to its directors on 1 August.
• -non Group made a pretax profit of £32m for the half-year to 30 June, up from £27m in the first half of 1996.
• John Bridge, RHA vicechairman since 1994, has been awarded an OBE.
• Driving instructor of Birmingham has saved the lives of a man and a 12-year-old boy by dragging them from a burning car.
• The Highways Agency says that the worst single cause of da■ la motorw— is HGVs following the same wheel tracks. It wants the nearside white lines moved two inches so drivers can be steered on to less worn areas.
Entry forms are now available for Manpower Driving's 1997 Transbor. .s:ribution Manager of the Year Award which carries a £5,000 prize and six-month's free use of a "top of the range" MAN.
• Traffic jams on motorways have cost British business £1.8bn since April, claims traffic specialist Trafficmaster. It reports that the worst congestion is on the M25.