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Kent Fire Raises Queries
• A fire which devastated a Kent haulage yard last week may have been a case of arson. Six vehicles were wrecked in the blaze at Newington, Sittingbourne-based G and B Haulage.......
Council Fights Coal By Road
• Local councillors in Staffordshire aim to stop British Coal from transporting coal across the county by road. British Coal needs to move the stocks from its High Lane opencast......
Crane Cuts • Trailer Manufacturer Crane Fruehauf Is To Shed
a further 50 jobs, two months after making 60 people redundant in a management shake-up. The latest job cuts affect clerical, supervisory and non-production staff.......
Centre Sold • Charterhall Properties, The Property...
has sold CocIdiedge Retail Centre in Warrington for over £11m to concentrate on transport, warehousing and distribution.......
Bigger Parcel • Securicor Omega Express Has Opened A Branch
in South Wales to cope with increasing business in the area. The site at Nantgarw, Cardiff, replaces the Taffs Well branch; it can handle 7,000 parcels a day.......
Black Tyres • The Continental Tyre And Rubber Group, Parent
company of Uniroyal and Semperit, has told shareholders it expects to finish the year "well in the black".......
More Food • Glass Glover Distribution (ggd) Has Won The
contract to manage Asda's distribution centre at Wigan for four more years.......
Spanish Flier ▪ Tdg Company Beck And
Pollitzer has been awarded a contract to operate the national distribution centre of ICI Paints Espana, the Spanish division of ICI. Beck and Pollitzer is responsibility for......
'ransomed' Ices Offered By Exel
• Exel Logistics plans to sell almost £700,000 of Clarke Foods icecream it is holding to force settlement of a distribution bill. Exel wants to set up a "commercial agreement"......