Knight of the road
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1E PRIVATE sector of haulage has been recognised in the Queen's rthday honours list with the award of a knighthood to Transport welopment Group chairman James Duncan.
Sir James is a Glasgow-born countant who now heads the indon-based but multinational /G. The group suffered only a ur per cent dip in profits last !ar, to end at £14.6m, and deste its recent failure to expand Britain through an attempted keover of the Giltspur group, it is moved into the United ates by taking over Californiaised Willig Freight Lines.
He believes in maximum automy for TDG's subsidiaries, hich include some of Britain's rgest private-sector hauliers, id told CM last year that he lieves the greatest wealth of iowledge lies with the operatg companies.
Sir James is also president of the Chartered Institute of Transport, and his part-time roles include membership of London Transport's board.
National Bus deputy chairman and chief executive Robert Brook and Transport Salaried Staffs Association general secretary Tom Jenkins have been awarded CBEs.
OBEs have gone to Freight Transport Association immediate past president Malcolm Banks, who is group traffic manager with Littlewoods, Excelsior Motorways managing director Vernon Maitland, London Transport chief medical officer P. A. B. Raffle, and former Land-Rover product engineering director T. A. Barton.
Pickfords Heavy Haulage Northern area engineer J. A. Dixon, Truck Trailers of Edinburgh managing director W. L. Morris, Blackpool Borough Council chief engineer Stuart Pillar, former Greater Manchester Transport chief internal auditor I. Spence, Western National coaching superintendent S. W. Tucker, and Whyte's Airport Services director Les Whyte.
The depleted list of civil servants honoured include Department of Transport deputy secretary A. J. Rosenfeld, who is a CB (Commander of the Bath), and DTp higher executive officer G. C. Bennett, and senior executive officer A. E. Groves who are MBEs.
British Empire Medals have gone to one-time Liverpool City Transport electrician T. Devine, Roadline UK cashier P. M. Hutchinson, Eastern BRS yard foreman R. Knights, United Automobile coach driver H. G. Oakley, Scammell Motors leading hand inspector R. F. Wadcock, and London Transport district assistant (coachmaker) F. E. Whelton, FORMER European transport commissioner Richard Burke has been re-elected to the Irish Dail (Parliament). Mr Burke, who is a member of the Fine Gael party, won a seat in the Dublin West constituency, and has been tipped as a possible Foreign Minister if Fine Gael wins control of the tied Dail on June 30.