Servicing Company Formed
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A NEW after-sales service organization.
to be known as Equipment Maintenance, Ltd.,will commence operation on April 4. The company has been jointly formed by Kismet, Ltd., and Tecalernit. Lid., to take over the entire after-sales service and installation operations at present handled individually. by the two companies,.
Apart from the integration of their servicing and installation units, the companies will have no other connection. remaining completely independent and competitive.
Headquarters of the organization will be at Ruislip, but the E.M.L. service will be operated initially through five zone offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow. Birmingham and Bristol, where automatic telephone systems will receive incoming calls at night and week-ends. Service engineers will also be based in most large towns to speed operations.
Head of E.M.L. will be Mr. F. H Baker.
Tours Application Rejected
WITHOUT calling on the objectors to produce evidence, the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners last week refused an application by Southern Vectis Omnibus Co., Ltd., to extend operations to include May and September in roundthe island excursions from Ryde. Shanklin, and Ventnor, in a reverse direction.
The chairman, Mr. H. J. Thom, sitting at Ryde, commented: "What is wanted on this island is a little more common sense, and the parties should get together with the Southern Vectis company and arrive at a system whereby all will benefit."
A similar application by the SVOC last year was also refused.