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Small Firms Warned: Flagging Out Is Too
• by Guy Sheppard Flagging out will remain a tough option for 75% of UK hauliers, even though operating costs are up to 20% lower on the Continent. That is the conclusion of......
Lone Tory Scuppers The Impounding Bill
• Hopes for legislation that would empower the authorities to confiscate trucks run by unlicensed hauliers have been dashed after a Conservative MP vetoed a crucial private......
Pickfords Talks Continue
• Logistics giant NM is negotiating the sale of Allied Pickfords, Britain's largest removals business. NFC says discussions with Van Lines of the US are continuing but there is......
Bid Is Rejected
• Livestock haulier Gordon Gilder, who has suffered repeated attacks by animal rights activists, has failed in a bid to expand his headquarters. Gilder wanted to develop a......