Banbury Hunt

• BRS is looking for 35 drivers for its Banbury, Oxford depot for a new food distribution contract it has almost clinched. It wants drivers with experience of 17-tonne rigids......

Ld In Ipswich

• Leyland Daf Truck has appointed Chassis Cab as main dealer for Ipswich. The firm has three recovery vehicles and a repair centre. The appointment has created 22 jobs.......

Irish/french Route

• A new ferry service between Rosslare in Ireland and Cherbourg in northern France starts in November. Operator Pandoro will make three round trips a week with room for 60......

Christal Complete

• A £1.3 million management buy in at parcels operator Christal Rapid Transport has been completed by Grosvenor Venture Managers. The firm's huband-spoke centre is based in......

Sidney Floats

• Charles Sidney, owner of the Mercedes dealer Northside Trucks, is to be floated on the Stock Exchange by the end of the year. Northside sells around 1,400 trucks a year from......

Sidings Grant

• The Freight Transport Association is asking the Treasury to provide at least £100 million for grants to companies wishing to develop rail freight sidings. Any less would......

Ut Sacks Drivers Named On Writ

by Juliet Parish • United Transport UK has sacked at least two drivers who refuse to take their names off a High Court writ which claims the company's tanker arm has broken......

Trade Groups Reorganise

III Members of the Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage Association are set to deal with different staff structures as both look at reorgan isation. From 1 October......

Vi Staff To Buy In?

• The Vehicle Inspectorate's own staff are likely to be the biggest investors in its privatisation, it emerged this week. The signals of interest from testing station staff must......