Road ahead clear for Eddie Stobart

The owner of the Eddie Stobart haulage business yesterday said it was on track for half-year profits "significantly ahead" of a year ago.

Stobart Group achieved its latest contract boost with a 7 million a year deal to provide Irn-Bru owner AG Barr with transport and warehousing.

Volumes have been also been boosted by recent contracts with Tesco, Unilever and Nestle and the launch of rail services such as the distribution from Valencia to the UK of temperature-controlled fresh produce.