North Cheshire Motorway: The proposed route for the first eight-mile
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section of the new North Cheshire motorway (M56) has been published as a draft scheme by the Minister of Transport. It deals with the western section of the motorway, starting just north of Preston Brook in Cheshire and extending to a point west of Hapsford, by-passing the congested villages of Helsby and Frodsham on A56. Eventually this section will form part of a 30-mile motorway from the Princess Parkway (A5103) at Wythenshawe, in Manchester, to A5117, west of Hapsford.
Rootes Take Over Linwood: Negotiations have been completed for the acquisition by the Rootes Group of the entire plant and facilities of Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., at Linwood, Scotland. BMC will continue to take from Linviood the commercial vehicle cabs required by its Scottish factory at Bathgate. New Address: From next Monday (January 10) the address of the southern regional sales office of The British Aluminium Co. Ltd., will be: Phelps House, Heath Road, Twickenham, Middlesex (Tel: POPesgrove 0142). The London district and Home Counties district sales offices will also be at this address. The regional warehouse remains at 403 Bristol Road, Greenford, Middlesex, but all inquiries should be addressed to Twickenham.
New Factory at Glenrothes: Percy Lane Ltd., Tamworth, Staffs, manufacturers of windows for commercial vehicles, buses, coaches, caravans and so on, is to open a new factory in the new town of Glenrothes.
Target Reached: The 1965 export target of £100,000 has been reached by Moffitt Bulk Transporters Ltd., the Wisbech. Cambridgeshire, specialists in rigid and semi-trailer transport construction and pneumatic handling equipment. And Murfitt reports orders for £400,000 export business for 1966.