• WINCANTON DISTRIBUTION SERVICES ZEIDA Ernest Z,eida, 36, is named
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financial director of Wincanton Distribution Services. He will be responsible for the finance and systems departments. Zeida joined the company in 1983 and is currently financial controller.
• INORIMEX CASSIDY/CROWSDALE/ PRICE Telford-based bodybuilder lngrimex has named three new members of staff. Patrick Cassidy is quality controller responsible for implementing British standard 5750 in the company. Cassidy joins after 21 years at Perkins engines at Shrewsbury. Brian Crowdale becomes sales manager for the company's Kurtrans developments and is joined by David Price as technical assistant • ERF ADAMS Graham Adams has been promoted to accounts director of ERF — not, as we reported last week, to sales director. Mel Staddon is the new sales director.
• VOLVO DAWSON Tony Dawson has acquired the Volvo Trucks distributorship in Maidstone. Dawon, 49, has been running his family firm Dawsonfreight since 1978. He becomes managing director of Maidstone Commercials.
• BRS MIDIANDS STOCK which specialises in commercial vehicle contract hire, truck rental and servicing.
• SOUTNWORTH POTTER/EARLAM Former Leyland Vehicles man John Potter has joined Southworth Chassis Engineering as applications engineers. Potter spent the last ten years as Bodybuild and vehicle liason division. He is joined at Southworth by Arthur Earlam, who is the company's new materials controller. Earlam was previously with Leyland Bus as techical services manager.
• MAN VOLKSWAGON MARTIN/BISHOP MAN Volkswagen's new south east and East Anglia commercial sales manager is Richard Martin, formerly the company's technical training controller. That role goes to Les Bishop who has been a technical trainer with the company for five years.
• BRS
IRONS Ron Irons has taken over as group managing director for the National Freight Consortium's BRS Group — one of the largest road transport services in the company. He succeeds Geoff Pygall who is retiring.
Irons has over 38 years experience in the industry and previously held a number of senior positions in BRS before being appointed md of SPD Group on its acquisition by the NFC in 1985. He has since been group md of NFC Distribution Group, helping to integrate SPD and BRS Distribution and playing a key part in the NFC's acquisition of Birds Eye Walls Distribution, Alpine and GDL.