Trees are dying. Riverbeds are empty. Lake Mead's water level dropped to its lowest point in history, and Utah's governor asked residents to pray for rain. Water is increasingly scarce in the Western U.S. where 72 percent of the region is in "severe" drought, 26 percent is in exceptional drought, and populations are booming. Sign up for our Newsletters Insufficient monsoon rains last summer and low snowpacks over the winter left states like.
Greg Michael, chief executive of Menzies Distribution Menzies Distribution has completed its second significant acquisition in six months with the takeover of West Lothian s JBT Distribution. JBT operates 200 vehicles from its headquarters in Bathgate and further depots in Aberdeen, Inverness, East Kilbride, Lerwick and Kirkwall. Sitting alongside Menzies in Motor Transport s Top 100 logistics companies by size, JBT has annual sales of more than £23 million. Menzies has been gearing up for expansion since it was taken over in September 2018 by private equity group Endless as a buy and build project. At the end of last year it acquired Bibby Distribution, a move that was followed by the appointment of distribution heavyweights Andy Clark and Charles Wilson to the board of directors.