Ryder Prepares

• Ryder Distribution Services is to recruit 120 parttime agents for its new Freemans home delivery contract in the North West. The company has also bought 12 new vehicles for......

Rh Freight Plans Big

• More than £1 million is being invested into temperature-controlled transport operations at RH Freight Services of Nottingham. Around £350,000 has just been spent on 10 new......

Hagglunds For Mod In Fire Appliance Manufacturers Angloco...

its first order to supply Swedish Hagglunds BV206 allterrain vehicles to the Ministry of Defence — only weeks after winning the right to distribute the units in Britain.......

Hire And Higher

• Vehicle rental and leasing group Avis boosted profits by 32% to £72 million in the year to 28 February 1989. The results were well above market expectations of £68 million.......

Wincanton Woos Btac

• Wincanton aims to follow TNT and NCCS into brewery distribution. The Somersetbased carrier told brewery bosses at last week's Brewery Transport Advisory Committee conference......

Daf Shares Offer

• Dafs 7,000 British employees might be offered free shares in the company's 2400 million flotation which will begin on 2 May. The truck manufacturer, which owns Leyland Daf and......

Boost For Lancs

• Garrett Automotive is planning a £3.3 million factory expansion in Skelmersdale, Lanes, to manufacture a new range of turbochargers for commercial vehicles and cars.......

Tender Touch

• If local authorities are unable to prove that they provide good service, a future Labour Government would force them to tender out work, according to Labour's new local......