28/08/2012

Target Express Ceases Trading

Haulage form Target Express has confirmed that it is to cease trading with the loss of almost 400 jobs.

Speaking on Newstalk this morning, the owner Seamus McBrien said: "We gave everything personally to make it work, we put in our savings, we put in our pensions."

He said the firm was currently repaying the remaining €300,000 by the end of September, and had already paid €1m in the last few weeks.

(CD)


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