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Morrisons To Lay Off 2,500
UNIONS HAVE accused Morrisons of double dealing after it announced the closure of three depots with up to 2,500 redundancies just hours after agreeing to talks designed to halt......
P-cab Case Gets To Court P Hau S T P O Lim 2 Soli Revea Ls A
TRIAL DATE has finally been set for the Scania group litigation order, which relates to injuries allegedly sustained by drivers as a result of driving 4-Series trucks equipped......
The Gap Between Success And Failure Among The Uk's...
Its latest publication on road transport highlights scores of operators struggling due to falling sales and high levels of debt. But Plimsoll also names its top 25 hauliers......
Ferry Jobs Go
Irish Ferries is to cut 500 jobs on ferries sailing between Wales and Ireland, citing high fuel costs and competition from cheap flights.......
Turnover Down
Car transporter group AutoLogic's turnover fell 1.9% to 2168.2m in the first half. It lost 04.6m, from a profit of 272m in the same period last year.......
Oil Seminars
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is holding seminars on the oil distribution sector on 11 October in Brighouse and 13 October in Crick.......
Gas Vans
British Gas has started to take delivery of 1,000 new Transit Connect vans; they join more than 500 already on its fleet.......
Exclusive Club
Our recent roadtest of the Dal 95XF.530 said it was the first 44-tonner to return more than 8mog around CMS revised two-day test route. In fact the first was the MAN TGA 26.430......
First Meetings
The first Burns Inquiry meetings have taken place, with Felixstowe operators providing strong evidence of cabotage. See www freighttaxes.co.uk for more dates.......