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'wrong Man' Goes Under
• Haulier Geoffrey Wallwork, whose truck was vandalised when he was mistaken for a hitand-run driver, (CM 30 Jan5 Feb) has been forced out of business because his bank turned......
Supermarket Rejects Claim
• A haulier demanding compensation because of excessive waiting time is considering its position this week after supermarket giant Morrisons has refused to pay. Hepden Transport......
Big Spender • Parcelforce Is
completing its takeover of the operational control of former Royal Mail express service Datapost with a multi-million-pound spend on computerised networks and cab communications......
Demand Up? • Nfc Expects Customer Demand To Increase...
the election, chairman James Watson said this week. The group was further cheered by a Court of Appeal win last week which stopped NFC being forced to sell land at Kings Cross,......
Take Care • Economic Recovery Has Begun, But Hauliers Face
a new risk of going bust through overtrading as business improves, warns accountancy firm Ernst & Young.......
Leyland Daf Expands To Cope With Demand
• Assembly staff at Leyland Daf are being recruited for the first time since 1989 as the truck manufacturer responds to a small increase in demand. The Leyland, Lancashire plant......
Go Trucks Are Go
• John Goodreid, former managing director of Intertrail, is to launch his own contract hire and rentals firm next month called Go Truck. He says the Staffordbased company has......