Pakistan Prize

• AWD has received an order worth nearly 1.tri from Pakistan for 72 TJ2 trucks — its best-selling vehicle overseas.......

Receivers In

• Trailer builder and rental firm Pennine Bodies is in receivership and nine of its 12 staff have been made redundant. Receiver Arthur Andersen hopes to keep the family-owned......

Clean Sweep For Cory In Southend

• Cory Environmental has won a £16m seven-year contract to provide refuse collection and other services to Southend Council. The company will operate a commercial refuse......

Sheerness Plans Fruits Of Success

• Sheerness Cool Stores is launching an in-house distribution service, with six MAN tractive units, 15 trailers and 10 drivers. Managing director John Gaskelt, a former director......

York Seeks Franchisees

• Trailer manufacturer York is to franchise out its aftemiarket operation during the first three months of the year and will shut five of its parts and service depots. The first......

Marquiss Up For Sale

• Marquiss Transporters, the Scottish car transporter and recovery vehicle manufacturer, is up for sale or lease, following the decision by principle Reg Forester-Smith to......

Rickaby & Lee Goes For Food Market

• Rickaby & Lee, the Yorkshire-based distribution company, has started the expansion plans it announced in the summer by diversifying from its core DIY distribution business......

Dairy Dozen • Express Dairy Has Added 12 Fridge-bodied Awd

TL 8-14s to its 500 vehicle fleet. The 7.5tonners are being supplied by Dando's Motor Services of Chipping Sodbiny, Bristol.......

Chunnel Centre

• Peter Lane Transport has opened a freight centre in Normanton, Wakefield, close to the Channel Tunnel rail terminal.......

Anc Appointments

• ANC has appointed franchisees for Croydon, Crawley and Dartford following its decision in October to put 15 wholly-owned franchises back on the market (CM 4-10 October).......