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• Neariy 500 workers at the port of Felixstowe are voting on possible strike action over poor pay levels. The "sinkers and floaters" claim they are being paid half the rate of regular port workers. Management has told workers that employees taking strike action could be dismissed,
AutoLogic Holdings has bought Manspecl from United Carriers for 22.3m. Manspecl has 600 trailers and is a European logistics provider to the automotive industry.
A section of the M6 has overtaken the M25 as the
country's .
backs. The area around ..19, north of Birmingham, is congested for up to five hours on every working day, says Trafficmoster, compared to three hours at J15 of the M25 near Heathrow,
• Farmers Ferry, the new livestock ferry organised by Welsh farmers, made its first sailing between Dover and Dunkirk last Friday, despite protests from animal campaign group Compassion in World Farming.
• The DV1.A's personalised registration numbers scheme, Sale of Marks, is changing its phone number from 1 September to 0870 6000 142. Operating times will be as before—Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00hrs.
Food retailer SomeiTeki confirms it is in takeover talks with cash-and-carry group Booker
Half the workers in Britain believe smoke's drag down a company's image, says a Gallup survey.