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Ackers Jarrett In Receivership
• Ackers Jarrett has gone under just six months after buying Truckrent, which had an 850-strong fleet. The Birmingham-based firm called in receiver Arthur Andersen on 16 August.......
Tnt Newsfast: Jobs Are At Risk
• TNT Newsfast is to make an unspecified number of drivers redundant at its London newspaper distribution operation as part of a streamlining exercise. The company is not......
Thumbs Down • Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind's...
rail freight are unlikely to encourage investment in rail freight, according to 70% of operators questioned in a survey by IMR.......
Castro! Contract ▪ Otis Transport Services Has Won A...
contract to distribute Castrol products in London, the South-East and East Anglia.......
Act Quickly I/ The Fta Has Urged The Department Of
the Environment to act quickly in setting up a public inquiry into the Normanton rail freight terminal.......
• Norfolk-based Russell Davies Distribution Has Won A...
contract with retail group Dixons, which includes the shop chain Currys. Up to 17 vehicles will service the contract, including 16 new Volvo FL10 tractive units and one......
Greggs Cuts Cost
• Glasgow bakery chain, Greggs has moved to a contract maintenance plan for the 11 Mercedes-Benz 814 reefers it bought from dealer Callenders Engineering. The company previously......
Ctr Makes Cuts Despite Profits • Central Trailer Rentco Has
slashed 106 jobs and closed eight of its 23 UK depots just weeks after its parent company Tiphook recorded profits up by 129% to £76.1m (CM 11-17 July). Most of the growth came......