National Freight Corporation
From Graces Guide
1969 British Road Services (BRS) was renamed the National Freight Corporation.
1982 Under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher the company was sold to its employees in one of the first privatisations of state-owned industry under the name the National Freight Consortium PLC.
It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and subsequently became NFC plc.
1997 BRS Parcels was rebranded as Roadline and left the Company by way of a management buy-out under the name LYNX Express in 1997.
1999 The Company disposed of Pickfords to Allied Van Lines.
2000 NFC merged with Ocean Group plc to form Exel plc.
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