Gregory Distribution snapped up Interoute Transport Services for £75,000

January 2, 2014 Chris Druce


 

Gregory Distribution Limited snapped up the business, assets and goodwill of collapsed Oxfordshire firm Interoute Transport Services for just £75,000, according to the firm’s administrators. In a progress report, published last month, Quantuma adminstrators Carl Jackson and Kelly Mitchell stated that following their appointment on 17 May 2013 they closed the  loss making transport side of the business with immediate effect, making all drivers redundant. However, the warehouse was kept running on a reduced basis, and a transport manager retained […]




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