Severn Trent Buys Biffa

• BET has sold its waste-management subsidiary Biffa to water authority Severn Trent for £212m. The cash will be used to reduce BET's debts. Severn Trent was privatised in 1989.......

Delighted Dennis • Trinity Holdings, Manufacturer Of...

Roadtrain export • S Jones of Walsall has won a contract to supply five secondhand Leyland Roadtrains to Sri Lanka firm Cargo Systems. French stores 1111 Harris Distribution has......

Buyers Shun Bfi Sites

• Scant interest has been shown in the remaining parts of BFI, the long-established transport operation which went into receivership last month (CM 25 April-1 May). Receiver BDO......

Rug Ditches Loss Claims

• The Railfreight Users Group has decided not to pursue compensation from Railfreight Distribution for the losses its members incurred following the decision to shut Speedlink......

Timetables Delay Talks

• Talks between Christian Salvesen, Exel Logistics and Wincanton on a joint European food distribution venture are being delayed while Railfreight Distribution agrees timetables......