TDG Now in Three Groups MOBILE CRANE ON M6 DECENTRALIZATION—AND
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MORE EXPANSION SOON —DRIVER FINED To provide a framework for further expansion, Transport Development Group Ltd. has established three wholly owned sub-holding companies. The shares of most of the group subsidiaries currently trading in the UK will be transferred to these companies.
The three sub-holding companies are: Southern Area Transport Group Ltd., Marqueen House, 215-223 High Street, Beckenham, Kent, with Mr. C. J. Palmer as managing director; Northern Area Transport Group Ltd., Castle Chambers, Castle Street, Liverpool 2, with Mr C H Palim Its managing director; and Scottish Area Transport Group Ltd., 3 Royal Terrace, Glasgow C3, with Mr. F. I. Alexander as managing director.
Each sub-holding company will, like the existing sub-holding companies in Western Europe and Australia, be completely autonomous in all its functions, except that in the fields of finance and policy it will be subject to the control of the parent board. It will not trade, but will provide to its operating subsidiaries all the services which hitherto have been provided by the parent company. The subsidiaries will continue to trade exactly as at present.
The Southern Area Group controls 31 subsidiaries in Southern England and South Wales. They include:— C. Albany and Sons Ltd.; Beek and PoLlitzer Road Transport Ltd.; Beck and Pollitzer Warehousing Ltd.; Bristol and Avonmouth Warehousing Co. Ltd.; Caledonian Wharfage Co. Ltd.; J. W. Cation (IBS) Ltd.; Collings and Stevenson
(Contracts) Ltd.; Contract Hire (Car and Commercial Vehicle) Ltd.; Crow Carrying Co. Ltd.; Cox's Machinery Ltd.; Dallas (Kingston) Ltd.; Arthur Gartman Ltd.; Gwent Transport (Swansea) Ltd.; Hans Wharfage Co. Ltd.; The London and Welsh Transport Service Ltd.; Mead Bros. (Kingsbury) Ltd.; Moth Transport Ltd.; The Mountfield Transport and Engineering Co. Ltd.; J. Spurling Ltd.; Western Transport Ltd.; Wright and Co. (King's Cross) Ltd.
The Northern Area Group controls 24 subsidiaries in the Midlands and North of England. They include:— Beck and Pollitzer Manchester Ltd.; Bishop's Wharf and Isherwood Ltd.; John Buckley and Co. (Warrington) Ltd.; DMT Transport Ltd.; Furley and Co. Ltd.; Gilyott arid Scott Ltd.; Harris Road Services Ltd.; William Harper and Sons Ltd.; J. A. Irving and Co. Ltd.; E. S. Jones and Co. Ltd.; The Liverpool Warehousing Co. Ltd.; Manchester Haulage and Warehousing Ltd.; Merseyside Transport Services Ltd.; Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd.; R. Rankin arid Sons Ltd.; Runcorn Transport Services Ltd.; Smiths of Eccles Ltd.; Stirland and Dakin Ltd.; Storage and Haulage Ltd.; Trailers Ltd.
The Scottish Area Group controls 17 subsidiaries in Scotland. They include:— Charles Alexander and Partners (Transport) Ltd.; Connal and Co. Ltd.; Dundee Express Deliveries Ltd.; Highland Haulage Ltd.; Peter McCallum and Sons Ltd.; MeKelvie (Transport) Co. Ltd.; James Paterson and Co. (Motor Hirers) Ltd.; John Rhind Transport Ltd.; Russell of Bathgate Ltd.; John Russell (Grangemouth) Ltd.; Thos. Smith lin% (Newhaven) Ltd.; Strathclyde Transport Services Ltd.; Sutherlands of Peterhead (Road Hauliers) Ltd.; Alex Taylor and Sons (Glasgow) Ltd.; W. D. Tucker (Haulage Contractors) 'Ltd.; .I. and R. Wright (Haulage) Ltd.