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Dodge dealership
North Eastern Motors Ltd of Newcastle and Fallin, Stirling are opening a new Dodge dealership in High Leven, Cleveland. The appointment re-established the Dodge marque in the area.
Kwik-fit profit
PROFITS before tax amounting to £513,588 — 60 per cent up on the previous year — have been announced by Kwik-Fit chairman Alec Stenson.
He told shareholders in London that total sales of tyres and exhausts was up by 52 per cent and five new locations have been acquired. They should come onto stream during the current year.
Kenana contract
TRANSPORT specialists Robert Wynn and Sons have secured a contract from the Kenana Sugar Company to transport over 3,000 tons of sugar refinery equipment from Port Sudan to a new plant at Sufaiya, Sudan about 1,000 miles away.
The company has started shipping out the transport fleet of heavy duty tractive units and trailers for the job from Britain.
NEB buy in
THE National Enterprise Board has acquired 48.9 per cent of the equity of Hydraroll Ltd, a Birmingham-based company which supplies_ equipment for installation in commercial vehicles to provide easy roll-on loading pallets, crates and smaller packages.
The total NEB investment is £64,500.
B +I expand
B+1 LINE has ordered £1.3 million worth of equipment as the first phase of an expansion programme for the company's Fleetwood-Dublin trailer service.
Dennison Trailers (Ireland) Ltd of Naas, has been awarded the contract to supply 200 40ft PSK trailers and 60 40ft box vans. B + I plan to spend an additional £2.2 million on equipment for the service.