B.111.C. To Form New Scots Subsidiary A NEW subsidiary of the British Motor
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Corporation, Ltd., is to be formed to operate the proposed factory at Bathgate, Scotland, where heavy commercial vehicles and tractors will be produced. Mr. K. H. J. Sinnott will be'
managing director. Mr. C. Spiers, at present branch manager of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., will be director and general manager of the Scottish company. Mr. J. Taplow becomes branch manager of Morris Commercial Cars. and continues as a local director of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd.
Mr. W. H. Davis, general works manager of the Austin company, has been appointed to the B.M.C. board, and will become director of production for the Austin and Nuffield Groups. He has also joined the board of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., of whom he has been a local director.
Another appointment to the B.M.C. board is that of Mr. R. A. StormonthDarling, a director of Austin.
Mr. T. G. Bradley has become director and general works manager of the Austin Motor Co. after service as a local director. Local Austin directorships have been conferred on Mr. R. D. Niven, who will become a deputy director of production for B.M.C., and Mr. J. W. R. Penrose, general home sales manager.
Mr. R. E. T. Couch has joined the board of Morris Motors, Ltd., after having been a local director, and is appointed a deputy director of production of B.M.C. Another local director, Mr. W. E. A. Cullum, assumes responsibility for all factories in the Oxford area.