Contracts

• Vehicle management firm PHH has signed a fiveyea r/£15m-a -year contract to service and maintain 8,000 CVs and 11,000 items of plant for British Gas TransCo. It is said to be......

Red Star Plans For Profit

by Steve McQueen • Employees of parcels delivery firm Red Star have been offered the chance to become franchisees, as part of a radical shake-up of the firm designed to return......

Rfg Warns Of Barriers

• The cost of carrying freight by rail is being kept artificially high because insurers are charging rail freight operators too much for cover, according to the Rail Freight......

Unions Press For Recognition

• The Trades Union Congress annual conference is to press Labour to introduce stronger union rights if it wins the next election. The TUC wants unions to be consulted on any......

Brighter Ideas

• Reflective signs on the back of LGVs will have to be more conspicuous from the beginning of next month when new EU guidelines become law. Under the Vehicle Lighting......