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drew Thorns is ord director of ruck sales
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Andrew Thorns, 46, has been appointed director of truck sales, Ford Motor Co Ltd, and will be responsible for the sales and orvicing of all Ford commercial vehicles built in Britain from the Transit van and bus range up the 0 series heavy trucks and R series buses and coaches. Mr Thorns joined Ford as graduate ainee in 1951. He has worked as district sales manager for south-eastern and northern areas, id has also held office positions as sales planning manager and as dealer representative anager. Since 1968 he has been dealer planning manager, responsible for the development efficiency in the Ford truck and car dealer network, particularly in the field of business anagement inter-firm comparisons, agreements and policies. Mr Thorns succeeds Peter vsey, who recently accepted a senior post with another major company.
R. Vachon (Car Transport (BRS) Ltd, .instable) has been re-elected chairman of a Road Haulage Association car transporta' national functional group; K. Glendinng (W. A. Glendinning Ltd, Co Durham) s been re-elected vice-chairman, and G. imbier has been re-elected second viceairman.
Kenneth Piper, 49, has been appointed a local director of PD Wharfage and Transport Ltd's fleet of 70 vehicles at Shoreham. Mr Piper first joined the company in 1966 and returned to Shoreham just over a year ago after a if spell with another firm, followed by .en months as manager of the company's ichester depot. Mr Piper is secretary of the ;sex area Transport Managers' Club.
hn Robinson, chairman of the National ; Company's Bristol Group of Companies, retired after 47 years in the omnibus ustry. Mr Robinson is to spend his retireit in his native Yorkshire.
nis G. Oliver, 27, has been appointed rttish area manager by Pickfords Removals . He is the youngest area manager ever to appointed by the company. He joined (fords in 1 961 and gained his first managelt post in 1967 at Deptford, subsequently oming manager at Altrincham, Cricklex' and Aldershot. In 1970 he was awarded Institute of Transport scholarship to visit th America and study pa Iletization methods irniture removals and storage.
14. Doughty, general manager, Kenning Imercial Workshops and Kenning Fuel plies and trade union liaison officer, who ad in December, 1971, after 20 years with company, has been presented with a jue by George Kenning, chairman and managing director of the Kenning Motor ip. Also present were D. B. Kenning, managing director, and J. E. Coker, rtor.
Sidney Vickers has been appointed European export manager by Cravens Industries Sales Ltd, the marketing organization for Taskers Trailers and Cravens Homalloy. Mr Vickers, who joins Cl Sales from an AngloDutch consortium, lives in Bremen, West Germany, and believes that not only Common Market but also the Eastern block countries hold a great potential for the Group's products.
Jeremy G. Barrett has been appointed British School of Motoring public relations manager following the retirement of Morley Richards, public relations consultant, owing to ill health, James Robson, 40, National Carriers Ltd, office manager at Carlisle since 1969, has been appointed manager of the company's Carlisle depot.
David Simmons, 29, company secretary of Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co Ltd (London & Northern Securities Ltd group) has been appointed financial director and joins the board.
Philip Whiles, 23, has been appointed South and West Wales area representative for United Carriers, and will be based at Caerphilly.
Vincent Wray has retired after 49 years in transport, latterly as Aberdeen depot manager of National Carriers Ltd.
Robert Thompson, chief inspector with Edinburgh Corporation Transport, who joined as aconductor in 1929, has retired.
Robert S. Leighton, 30, of Kilmarnock, has been appointed assistant managing director of the Manchester-based William Nuttall Transport Ltd. He previously served with Tate & Lyle as financial controller of the.transport section.