Briefs

• BT is buying a further 7,000 Ford Escort 50 diesel vans and 4,000 diesel Fiesta vans. Its nationwide fleet includes 16,000 Escort and Fiesta vans as well as 20,000 Transit......

Renault Links With Gm

by Toby Clark • Renault and GM have finally signed the agreement under which an allnew panel van will be built in Luton and sold under the Vauxhall, Opel and Renault names.......

Nevis Sheeting System Restrains The Rubbish

• Bakewell-based Donington Environmental Engineering (DEE) has produced a safe method of sheeting waste or high-volume loads in large trailers. Its Nevis one-piece waste control......

Devon Conversions Calls In Receivers

• West Country specialist bodybuilder Devon Conversions is in administrative receivership, with 82 jobs at risk. Trevor Frid and Cedric Clapp of Ernst & Young's Exeter office......