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John Kilpatrick has joined Scottish Road Services as company sales manager, based at the head office in Cumbernauld. He was previously with another National Freight Corporation company, Roadline. Mr Kilpatrick had joined in 1972 as a sales manager for BRS Parcels, becoming regional sales manager when the name changed to Roadline.
Commercial-vehicle distributor Giltspur Motor Industries have named Peter Aspin as the new managing director. Mr Aspin was previously managing director of another company in the Giltspur Group, Giltspur Precision Instruments in Nottingham. For his new post he moves to the company offices in Derby.
Tony Rose has been promoted to become finance and systems director of Leyland Vehicles. Before taking up this new position at the beginning of the month he was finance director for the Passenger Vehicle Division at Leyland Vehicles. Mr Rose has been with the Leyland group for 17 years, including periods spent at Thornycroft. AEC, and Maudslay.
The Baker West organisation, which holds franchises in the coach, car and caravan fields has promoted Jim Shuttle. worth to managing director. Mr Shuttleworth was previously director of Baker West's Bus and Coach Division and will be based at the Aldershot head office.
Ocean Transport and Trading has appointed William Menzies-Wilson as deputy chairman. He will take up this new post on January 31 1980 following the retirement of David Elder. Mr MenziesWilson is also to succeed Sir
Lindsay • Alexander as chairman when Sir Lindsay retires next September.
Mr Menzies-Wilson w. appointed executive director Ocean in January 1973 ar was managing director Ocean Cory until 1976, wh( he moved onto the shipping si of Ocean's activities.
Richard Ross has join Hartshorne Motor Services, t main Volvo commercial-vehic distributor in Walsall. He is company's new sales direc. and also has a seat on the boa Mr Ross has responsibility co-ordinating the marketi activities at Hartshorne. He N once a commercial-vehi( salesman with Volvo and subi guently became a director another cv sales and rep. business.
Another commercial-vehi distributor has also just name new sales director. Evans e Kitchen jrucks) has promo Harry Whitehead to sa director, responsible for p moting sales for the Leylz Vehicle franchise that Evans Kitchen holds in the Midland Robert Lightfoot takes o the position of general we manager of Dunlop's tyre I tory at Washington, Tyne i Wear. Mr Lightfoot joined company as an apprentice i in 1975 became manager truck tyres at Dunlop's Witt factory in Germany.