Erf Goes To A Shorter Week

• ERF is putting its workforce on a four-day week during January to reduce the levels of trucks in stock. It has also shut down a week early for Christmas. The news comes as......

Tiphook Buys 10% Share Of Tip Rival

• Trailer rental giant Tiphook has snapped up a 10% stake in rival company TIP Europe. Tiphook chairman Robert Montague describes the deal as a "distanced investment" and......

Speedlink Loss Will Hit Hauliers

• More than half of Speedlink's customers could be left without a viable rail freight alternative following Railfreight Distribution's decision to shut the Speedlink UK......

Dmd Delays Launch Date

• Dedicated Magazine Deliveries — the magazine distribution consortium formed from the ashes of Times Sensitive Deliveries (TSDL) — has put off its launch until 8 January. It......

Joining Up

• Kenley Motors of Darwen has joined the Track 29 network, British Rail Parcels's overnight freight company, as its 32nd regional agent. The company will operate as a sales......

Cash Injection

• Scalia distributor Southway Commercials of Fareham has been taken over by Scania (Great Britain), which has injected cash into the company to keep it afloat. "The business was......

Cleaning Up

• Great Grimsby Borough Council has bought 10 Jack Allen Colectornatics to update its fleet of refuse collection vehicles. Eight of them are 24-tonners fitted with Colectomatic......