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• The trial has begun this week at Manchester Crown Court of Thomas Bourke, the man accused of shooting id two Parcels company Network , formed when ,ansend ceased trading, has collapsed. Most of the major agents are understood to have joined Coventry-based Parcelpower. • Vnlvn Truck Gm n has reported operating profits up by more than ten times: from £17m for the first three quarters of 1993 to 2240m this year. Sales are up 38%. • Mercedes-Benz has land ed a /..5n) order for 366 vehicles from rRS Truck Rentnl. The deal, the biggest signed in the firm's history, includes more than 200 tractor units, rigids and panel vans. Nedlloyd Districentres has opened a 6.5m logistics in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The 16,257m2 warehouse has 22 bays for rapid loading and unloading and an integrated rail freight terminal. The North Eastern Deputy LA has turned down an application for an international licence from Albert , who ran a num ber of haulage businesses using different names.