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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK
* Study - There is money to be made in the haulage industry
London,UK -Road Transport -20 Dec 2007: -- The haulage and distribution industry might have had a difficult time in the last few years, but there is money to be made, as the latest Motor Transport Top 100/Fastest Growing survey, produced in association with Barclays Bank, shows... The figure I always look at is the return on sales (ie profit margin). That enables you to have a direct comparison between the very largest and very smallest companies. It shows, for example that Citylink made a return on sales of just over £20% and Turners (Soham) Ltd did very well with a return of very nearly 14%. TNT UK achieved a return of just over 10%. But these are big players. Yet Stan Robinson got a return of just over £17% and Grocontinental achieved 7.12%. Both Knowles Transport and Fergusons (Blyth) had returns of £12%...
* Clipper Group buys Stormont Truck & VanYorkshire,UK -Road Transport(London,UK) -20 Dec 2007: -- The Clipper Group has bought Iveco and Fiat dealership Stormont Truck and Van. The deal by the Yorkshire-based specialist logistics services company adds the south and Midlands based dealership to Northern Commercials which it bought in December 2005.
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