DICKIE Duncalfe is retiring from RHM Foods Ltd after 41
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years in: the transport industry. He is a past president of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and served on the IRTE council for several years.
London Transport has made Ken Blacker operations manager of its Leaside bus district. He will be responsible for the operation of bus services in a large part of North London, and takes over from Jack Taylor, who is retiring after 34 years with LT. Mr Blacker joined LT in 1951, and was a garage manager and a senior traffic official before becoming head of the busmen's training school at Chiswick.
Bob Franklin, National Bus Company's chief accountant since 1971, is to retire at the end of June, after 25 years' service with NBC and its predecessors. He joined the BET Federation, as a senior accountant in 1957. Following the formation of NBC in 1969, he was appointed chief accountant in 1971, and group chief accountant in 1978.
Trans Promotions Ltd has taken on Robert Carr as a recruitment consultant, after 17 years with Unigate in transport and distribution management.
Bill Johnson has become marketing director of Norde Suspensions. He was formerly executive director for United Kingdom sales of Fodens Ltd, and later, Sandbach Engineering, and spent a short period with Berry Wiggins Ltd.
The Departments of Transport and the Environment have promoted Michael Ware to solicitor and legal adviser. He will also be promoted to deputy secretary in June, when the present deputy, Keith Davey, retires. Mr Ware started with the solicitor's department of the Board of Trade in 1957. In 1973,
he became legal advisor to the Office of Fair Trading. In 1977, he retiirned to the solicitor's department to head the prosecutions and company investigations division.
Keith Hancox has been made managing director of the London based 600 Group member, George Cohen Machinery Ltd. He was formerly managing director of Sambron (UK) Ltd, a company he founded in 1971 as the UK subsidiary of Sambron SA of France. He succeeds Vic Hamilton, who has retired.
Tony Wood is the director of Budget Rent a Car's new Northern Ireland office at Agnew Hire Ltd, in Belfast. James Hunter has been made manager.
Desoutter Automotive has taken on Leigh Dobson as sales director in succession to Ken Tomline, who has retired. Mr Dobson has previously worked with Crosland Filters Ltd, part of the Lucas Industries Group, where he was responsible for all international sales.
Robert Claridge has become export sales executive for Trist Draper Ltd. He will be based at the company's Bristol factory , and joins the firm from the In dustrial Plastics Division Courtaulds.
Arlington Motor Finance I has made Barry White sa manager. He started his can as an apprentice coachbuilr for Duple Motor Bodies Ltd, a worked for two other compan before joining Arlington in 19i Malcolm Thomas has becoi Alpin Phillimore Associati training consultant to work dealer sales-training pr grammes. He Was formerly w Ford's sales and marketing di sion in Britain and abroad. Obituary We record with regret I deaths of Warwick Wroath a John Galloway.
Mr Wroath, who was an en neer by profession, was gene manager of Potteries Mot Traction, a National Bus Co pany subsidiary, from 1942 ur his retirement in 1958.
Mr Galloway, a coach opera at Harthill in West Lothian, h been in.ill-health for some tin and died at his home. He NA born and educated in the villa! and set up his own business 1949 with a 27-seater Bedfc coach. His business is now r by his two sons.