Buyer Sought For Bratt Hire

• Southern-based vehicle hire firm Bratt has become a victim of the recession with the receiver taking over its five depots last week. The downturn in HGV hire is blamed for its......

Transworld Goes Under

• Up to 1,000 owner-drivers throughout the UK are owed money by Transworld Distribution Services which has crashed with debts of "many thousands of pounds". Receiver Sorsky's of......

Under Because It Was Not Being Paid For Work Booked

by large firms. "This led to borrowings costing us up to £4,000 a week," says director Neil Hooson, son of owner Roy Hooson. Neil Hooson says he feels sorry for hauliers who......

Job Loss Worries

• High calibre transport and distribution managers are approaching recruitment firms because they are afraid they are going to lose their jobs and want an escape route. "There......

Mckellar Switches To Inter-modal

• Inter-modal drawbar outfits are taking over from artics as the key vehicles at McKellar Trucking, a long-established international haulier based in Rainham, Essex. The change......