Ill health, Covid and and driver shortage tip haulier J&J Ashcroft into administration

TNT Express has seen a drop in both turnover and operating profit, following the loss of a contract with a major fashion retailer in the UK.

Road haulage rates have risen only fractionally in the last two years, provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown.

Halesowen-based Adam Jones and Sons (Blackheath) has closed down after more than 100 years of trading, following “significant losses” brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.