Several large logistics firms employ hundreds of forklift drivers on the east of the town.

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Package-delivery companies and logistics firms have been pressured by softened demand in Asian exports.

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This is an area many logistics firms are keen to expand into.

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He realized tech firms would pay for design, logistics and distribution, as well as assembly, so he acquired companies in those businesses.

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Many are using profits from farming to diversify into such businesses as logistics, purchasing fleets of lorries with help from new car-finance firms.

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