Securicor Builds Ec Links

• Securicor Express forecasts that it will have a linked distribution system covering the UK, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands established by the end of......

Dixon Wins The Bs Kitemark

• Cleveland-based tanker operator Dennis Dixon has won the British Standards Institution's BS 5750 Part II quality assurance standard less than nine months after starting his......

Schmitz To Build In The Uk

• Schmitz Trailers, the German reefer specialist, is to open a UK assembly plant this year. Schmitz, which, with its Cargobull range of products, claims to be Germany's second......

Ashley Buys

• Ashley Group, the distribution company being set up by former executives of the Dee Corporation, has bought Spanish food distributor Alcamenes Castillo for 219.9 million.......

Royal Deals

• The Royal Mail has placed an order for 76 Leyland Daf trucks worth around 22 million. It new Superservice 24 and Superservice 48 operations will use 67 of the vehicles. Last......

Chloride Sells Bide Europe

• Chloride has sold its lossmaking automotive battery group, Exide Europe, for 215.7 million to the Malaysian Wanandi Group and British venture capitalists Alan Patricof......

Sold To Elf • Powell Duffryn Is Selling Its 50%

stake in Combustibles Blanzy Quest-Powell Duffryn, the French fuel distributor, for £5.6 million to PD's joint venture partner, Elf France.......

More Flexible

• Wincanton Vehicle Rentals has added a flexible contract maintenance scheme to its range of services, allowing fleet operators to specify the length of contract.......

Trucking Costs

• Hauliers' costs have risen steeply this spring, according to the Road Haulage Association's survey of operating costs — finance alone costs 50% more.......