Kw Ford Lays Off 700

• The ailing British truck market has forced Iveco Ford, one of the UK's leading truck manufacturers, to bring its Langley production line to a halt this week. More than 700......

Pay Talks

• NFC companies BRS and Pickfords are to meet transport unions on 28 November to discuss this year's pay round. They are considering a claim for 15% on basic wages.......

Wound Up

• Wilson Truck Services, the Bingley, West Yorkshire-based bodybuilder, has gone into voluntary receivership. Its factory is to close, making the remaining 30 members of its......

Omega Opens

• Securicor Omega Express has opened depots in Glasgow and Belfast. The Scottish site will operate 100 vehicles and will employ more than 200 people; the smaller Belfast depot......

Fedex Success

• Federal Express Systemline has won a six-year/ 22m contract to distribute products nationwide for Japanese audio and video manufacturer Aiwa.......

Robinson Sold

• Robinson Trucks, the East Anglian Scania distributor, has been sold to Scania after chairman Chris Robinson, was injured in a road accident. Scania stresses that the service......

Liverpool's Drivers Face Job Cut Threat

• Drivers jobs are at risk at Liverpool City Council which is facing a multi-million-pound deficit and must report by 16 November on cost-cutting measures, including a full......

Brs Opens Major

• depot at Swindon • Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope has officially opened BRS's new £7m depot at Swindon which replaces an existing site just down the road. BRS......

Ip Moves For Asda

• TIP's truck and trailer rental division CSL has won a contract to supply Asda's regional distribution centre with more than 60 artics and refrigerated rigids for fresh food......