Tiphook Offer Leads To Mmc

• Tiphook's takeover of rival trailer rental firm Trailerent has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. The .£9.35 million purchase boosts Tiphook's fleet to......

Imperial Spends

• Imperial Tankers, which was bought out from ICI last April, plans to spend V million on new vehicles next year. It is also looking at a large Merseyside depot, which would......

Silentnight Pulls Out

• Silentnight, the Lancashirebased bed manufacturer is cancelling its direct delivery service to furniture group Lowndes Queensway's customers. Silentnight has been delivering......

Pulling Smaller Curtains

• Transtleet is experimenting with the first 3.5-tonne curtainsider to join its rental fleet. The Leyland Daf 400 Series chassis is fitted with a Southfields Lightweight......

Awd Goes French

• AWL) is set to announce the first of its sales operations on the European continent with the establishment of AWD France on I January — but the new company will not be......