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Eddie Stobart is planning to take over the running of Tesco's regional distribution centre in Middlewich, Cheshire. 19-Feb-2008 Eddie Stobart is to set up a 103,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Heywood Distribution Park in Manchester. 02-Nov-2007 Eddie Stobart is to create up to 150 jobs when it starts making truck deliveries to the new Tesco distribution centre due to open in Goole in September. 22-Aug-2007 Eddie Stobart is to be acquired by Westbury Property Fund in a £138m reverse takeover that will create a combined £250m transport and logistics group, and this will be followed by the £23m acquisition of Widnes-based rail freight operator O'Connor. 16-Aug-2007 Eddie Stobart has ordered 500 new trucks from Scania of Sweden, in order to expand its haulage business and cut exhaust emissions, with delivery starting in March. 26-Jan-2007 Eddie Stobart has unveiled proposals for the development of a £20m international transport hub and air freight business at Carlisle Airport. 19-Jun-2006 Eddie Stobart has secured government grants worth £0.4m to transfer freight between Daventry and Glasgow from road to rail, as part of an arrangement with Tesco. 09-May-2006 Eddie Stobart, the haulage company with about 1,500 staff, is to be acquired by WA Developments International of Appleby for undisclosed terms. 17-Oct-2003 Eddie Stobart is relocating the headquarters of its trucking business from Carlisle to Warrington, in order to get closer to its customers. 06-Oct-2003 Eddie Stobart is to rationalise its transport depots with the loss of 150 jobs, in order to improve profitability. 18-Dec-2000 Eddie Stobart is to close its haulage depot in Avonmouth, with most of the 60 jobs being transferred to other sites in Bridgwater and Sharpness. 17-Nov-2000 Eddie Stobart has shed 23 jobs at its Wakefield haulage business in order to transfer the accounts and payroll departments to the head office in Carlisle. 02-Nov-2000 Eddie Stobart is planning to set up a distribution centre at the Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, which will house more than 100 vehicles and employ 200 staff. 18-Sep-1999 Eddie Stobart is opening two new distribution centres at the Daventry International Railfreight Terminal site, with the creation of about 200 jobs. 23-Jun-1999 Eddie Stobart is considering plans to move 50% of its haulage operations abroad, in order to avoid tax increases. 15-Mar-1999 Eddie Stobart, the road transport company, is planning to set up a £22m warehouse at Sherburn-in-Elmet near Leeds, with the creation of 250 jobs. 29-Dec-1998 Eddie Stobart is expected to win a £20m government grant to help it set up a rail freight terminal in the Midlands, in a project that will create two new distribution centres, one in Glasgow and the other in either Birmingham or Daventry. 12-Mar-1998 Eddie Stobart Ltd has bought the former Volvo bus factory near Workington, which it will use as a regional base. 27-Nov-1996
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