Boc Raises Its Profile

• BOC Distribution has taken the first step in a major expansion of its contract distribution business with the signing of an agreement to take over distribution of SmithKline......

Coloroll Buyout Secures Jobs

• The future of transport jobs at Coloroll Home Furnishings looks more settled with news of a three-man management buyout at the Lancashire-based company, which is renamed......

Stronger Link

• Parcels carrier Interlink has turned in a solid set of year-end results, with profits up by £1.28m to £3.89m on a turnover of £48.8m, despite the £4.2m loss incurred by its......

Leigh Bids

• Leigh has made a £37m bid for rival waste management company Hughes.......

Cleaning Up

• Cory Environmental has signed a Elm street cleaning contract with Gedling Council, near Nottingham. in a five-year deal which will involve 13 vehicles. Two more council......

Auction Profits

• Vehicle auction group ADT has pushed up its interim profits by around 38% to 276m, with auction division profits jumping by nearly 20%.......

Home Deliveries

• Hays Specialist Distribution has bought 19 Mercedes 1617s to handle home deliveries for furniture companies.......

Job Losses As Concargo Scales Down

• Concargo has been bought by its management and is closing its insulated panels business, making 16 redundant, "because of the downturn in demand for insulated bodies", says......