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Soens killed off by VVTD and rising costs
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HESHIRE-HAULIER James ioens Transport went into liquilation last week, blaming a corn)ination of the Working Time 3irective and rising fuel and nsurarice costs.
The firm. based at Moore, near Narringt on, has been running or 30 years. Until a few months igo it operated 26 vehicles, but it had cut back to 18 by the time of its closure.
Soens employed 30 staff, most of whom have found alternative employment.
Operations manager Nigel Soens explains that the WTD had made the firm's groupage operations particularly hard to operate economically: "We gave it a go since March but it was becoming clear that the sums just weren't adding up. Besides which we had one large bad debt of £80,000, so we had to call it a day.
"We tried to make sure that our customers found other suitable arrangements for their deliveries."
• Aberdeen haulier Bon Accord Transport is to close in July with the loss of 16 drivers' jobs. A spokesman says Alistair Wright decided "to close up shop aged 62 because he wants to retire early".
The firm's biggest distribution contract, with a local abattoir, will he taken over by Grampian Country Transport.