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• Somerset-based Autologic Holdings has acquired French vehicle logistics company Remorquage Automobile Depenage, in a deal worth just under El m.
• Dagenham Motors Group has announced rises in turnover and profit for the six months ending 30 June 1998. Turnover was up 11.6% to £162 million, and pre-tax profit increased by 7.4% to E3.04 million.
• The IRU has extended the deadline for its photo competition on Historical, Modern and Humanitarian Road Transport until 30 September. Call (+41 221 918 27 01 for entry forms.
• Kent County Council is planning a E3.35m scheme to relieve congestion for traffic entering Maidstone by creating a contrdow bus and truck lane near the town centre.
• Bristol-based DenboIm Shipping Services has obtained forwarding and distribui-ion company Matthew Taylor from Forth Ports. Matthew Taylor operates 100 subcontracted vehicles.
• Shenstone Parish Council has called for weight restrictions b be placed on narrow village roads near the 4452 Chester Road in the Midlands. Residents complained when heavy lorries used the roads to avoid congestion on nearby A-roads.
• Five people, including two children, were killed on Monday 14 September when a truck collided with a school bus in Co Wicklow. The lorry driver, from Northern Ireland, faces charges of causing death by dangerous driving.