The National Freight Corporation was a major British transport business between 1948 and 2000. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and at one time, as NFC plc, was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
From 1963, the company was administered by the Transport Holding Company and had four main operating areas: British Road Services, BRS Parcels, Pickfords and Containerway & Roadferry.
On 1 January 1969, it was renamed the National Freight Corporation.[2][3][4] On the same date a 51% share in Freightliner was transferred from the British Railways Board (BRB).[5] This was transferred back to the BRB on 1 August 1978.[6][7][8][9]
In 1980, the assets of the National Freight Corporation were transferred to the National Freight Company.[10][11] In 1982, the company was sold to its employees as the National Freight Consortium in one of the first privatisationsofstate-owned industry.[12][13] The new company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and subsequently became NFC plc.
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