Longton Set To Expand

• Owner-drivers look set to benefit from the recent managment buyout of a Midlands transport firm. Longton Storage and Transport—formerly Beacon Storage—of Stoke-on-Trent plans......

Mendip Hopes To Win Ex-charterail Loads

• Robin Gisby, former managing director of Charterail, aims to win back some of the business of the failed road/rail operation in his new role as chief executive of the private......

No Rise • Van Hee Transport Has Imposed A Pay Free

No rise • Van Hee Transport has imposed a pay freeze on its 45 drivers and 25 warehouse staff at Felling, Tyne & Wear, but it has agreed to meet the TGWU in April to discuss a......

Tax Rebates For Phones And Vans

• Employees who have the use of company vans and those issued with mobile phones could be in line for tax rebates. Anyone who has paid tax based on more than the marginal cost......