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Bletchley Boost
IIIBletchley Motor Group, which owns several commercial vehicle dealerships, has announced pre-tax profits of £930,000 in 1988 — an increase of 22% compared to 1987. Turnover......
Br Minilink
• British Rail is to set up a Minilink road/rail container base at Warrington, on its London-Glasgow route. If successful, it will be followed by more depots. A preproduction......
Berends Goes On Air
• Trailer operator George Berends Road Cargo has bought 30 air suspend triaxle tilt trailers from Van Hool.......
Building Business • Halifax-based Nightfreight Has Won A...
building products firm Truline to transport goods to builders' merchants throughout Yorkshire.......
Modular Order
• Tiphooks's manufacturing division Adamson Modular Systems has won a multi-million pound order from West German freight operator Transfracht for 550 swap bodies and containers.......
Firmin Erfs
• Kent distribution company Alan Firmin Transport has taken delivery of five ERF ElOs with Eaton SAMT transmission, and expects to recoup the cost of the SAMT transmission......
Bibby's National Chunnel Network
• Bibby Distribution Services is planning a national network of up to five road/rail warehouses in preparation for the opening of the Channel Tunnel. First of the new depots was......
Hays Wins Drinks Contracts
• Hays Interbond, part of Hays Distribution Services, has won two distribution contracts with Gallo and Long John Export and says a third deal with another wines and spirits......
Brs Cowley Opens
• BRS Western has officially opened its Austin Rover distribution centre at Cowley, Oxford, which has been under development since 1986. The depot provides a just-intime......
Iveco Ford Is Back In Profit
• lveco Ford is firmly back in the black following the announcement of a net profit of £9.6 million for last year, compared with a loss of 29.4 million in 1987. The company also......
Ts Trucks Goes Solo
• IS Engineering has established its truck dealer division as a separate company. Headed by Bill Pringle, and called SE Trucks it is now looking to increase the number of its......
E4m Foden Centre
• Foden Trucks is to build a £4m HQ and engineering centre on the site of the Foden Trucks' vehicle assembly plant. It is due to open by the spring of 1990.......
Jacks Goes Up
• Berkshire-based vehicle distribution and servicing company William Jacks boosted profits by 21% to £1.04 million in the year to end January 1989. Turnover rose to £48.6......