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• to k marketing director at MAN Truck and Bus UK, is moving to Mercedes-Benz (UK) as general manager, marketing. MB has also appointed
as director of commercial vehicles.
flP ,rs are gear ing up for a new round of disputes from early November: a crisis meeting between unions and management is due this week.
• Pensions ombudsman Dr Julian Farrand has rejected complaints lodged by . pensioner Harold Clark, who had alleged maladministration and raised concerns about the merger of three pension plans in 1992.
• US forwarder International Logistics, which bought Lep International Worldwide this month, is closing Lep's UK headquarters in Epsom, Surrey. Most of the 33 people employed in Epsom will transfer to other offices in the UK.
de Oil giant is buying
19 Conoco Jet-branded service stations which will be rebranded and open at the beginning of next year. The two companies are also swapping five retail sites.
• Merlin Distribution has been awarded a contract by British Steel Ship Products for internal trans-shipment.
• The Freight Transport Association is calling for a cut in customs red tape, in its latest policy statement the FTA says simplifying customs administration would help European competitiveness and save jobs.