Burnley: EFS Global acquires Scottish firm Courier Connections
ONE OF East Lancashire's biggest haulage firms has expanded into Scotland with a new takeover deal.
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ONE OF East Lancashire's biggest haulage firms has expanded into Scotland with a new takeover deal.
A FREIGHT company has completed a second major expansion in as many months. Burnley-based EFS Global, already one of the North West's largest freight and haulage groups, has now taken control of Atherton-based Austin Wilkinson for an undisclosed sum, just over a month after acquiring Manchester-based World Freight Terminal. Austin Wilkinson provides haulage, freight forwarding and logistics services across the UK and Europe and will now do so under the Phoenix Way based Burnley company's umbrella. EFS Global managing director Mark Jones said: "Austin Wilkinson is a much respected nam...