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Morrisons Axes 700 Drivers
NEARLY 700 drivers will find themselves out of work this month after being axed by supermarket group Morrisons. They are among 2.500 Mornsons workers being made redundant as the......
Police Come Under Fire
TRANSPORT COMPANIES have criticised the police response to the Buncefield oil depot disaster, claiming it lacked leadership. Operators say that during the three days that police......
Dsv Snaps Up Frans Maas
DANIS H-BASED company DSV is to create a European transport giant by taking over Dutch-based Frans Maas. The move is being described as a merger but DSV is buying Maas and will......
Polish Mans
The European Investment Bank (El B) is planning to lend MAN up to €110m tc build a new factory in Polz• producing 15,000 CVs a......
Scots Boss
Dundee-based haulier PS Ridgway has appoint€ John Lornie as a director.......
Stobart Hat-tric
Eddie Stobart is said to ha acquired a third contract v% Tesco, handling deliveries from its Crick site. This woL add 30 tucks to the 80 currently delivering out of tl Tesco......
New Deadline
The crossword in our 22 December issue wasn't rr any easier by the lack of E entrant's name and addre panel. As a result, we hay extended the closing datc until 24 January.......
Belated Thanks
in our van rental test (CM December), we neglecter to thank Freeway Exhaust and Tyre centre of Tunbric Wells, Kent for the use of of their workshop bays to carry out our......
Sad Farewell
Two transport veterans ha died: Don Taylor, chairma of Taylors of Matey Plc, and Louis Mayling, found( of Herts-based Mayling Transport. CMs condolen to their families and......