Eddie Stobart saw turnover and earnings grow in the first six months of its financial year, but the cost of refinancing, its stock market listing and the end of an Irish retail contract resulted in a pre-tax loss. Having completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the Alternative Investment Market in April, the haulier saw […]
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A Stoke-based logistics firm that emerged from the pre-pack sale of an earlier haulier that had collapsed into administration has now also had to close down.
The new owner of Osborne Motor Transport is looking to grow the firm’s turnover by £1m to £4.5m over the next three years, expand its newly liveried fleet and move to new premises.
A piecemeal, stop-go approach to funding for road maintenance has made it difficult for highways authorities to deliver maintenance cost-effectively over recent decades, the Public Accounts Committee has said.