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He is joint managing and marketing director of Phillips Truck Services, main distributors for Seddon Atkinsons in South Yorkshire. Mr Tillery is also chairman of the Sheffield Motor Industry Group Training Association.
London Transport has named two new divisional engineering managers to be responsible for bus garage maintenance work.
Albert King, who takes charge of engineering in London Transport's East division, has been in bus engineering with LT since 1949. The new divisional manager in the West division is Edward Milburn, who joined LT in 1957.
Fodens has announced that Paul Daly, its London sales manager in charge of fleet sales, has been seconded to the company's South African subsidiary, Fodens SA, for six months.
Mr Daly, who has been with Fodens for seven years, starts his new duties in Johannesburg on June 1 and will try to boost sales in the South African market. Replacing Mr Daly in London will be Neal Brookes.
Two new sales managers have been appointed by trailer manufacturer Craven Tasker of Sheffield.
Barry Hester will cover the South West region, while the North West is the territory of Brian Preston. Both men will be responsible for sales in their area of the complete range of Craven Tasker dry freight and refrigerated trailers.
Vehicle refrigeration unit manufacturer Hubbard Engineering has appointed three area service engineers for its new on-the-spot maintenance and emergency repair service.
Ken Jarvie, previously with Hubbard's agent in South Africa, takes on the Scottish region. George Hebden, formerly a refrigeration engineer in the Army, is looking after Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland and Cumbria. Tom Rooney is responsible for Hubbard service in Gloucestershire, Avon, Gwent, Glamorgan, part of South Wales, East Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.
Ernest Hodson has become the director of Goodyear's international technical centre in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
Mr Hodson joined Goodyear in 1962 as a development engineer and became chief design engineer at Craigavon in 1967. The centre is responsible for all research and development of Goodyear industrial, automotive and film products outside the USA.
Barry Steel has recently become transport manager for Ideal Transport of Brigg. In this position he succeeds Richard Burton and has overall responsibility for the company's fleet of distribution vehicles.
Kenneth Roe, previously truck sales manager at Ford dealers Charlesworth of Doncaster, has moved to Fiat Commercial dealers Knowles Continental of Somercotes in Derbyshire, where he will also be the truck sales manager.
The chairman and managing director of Wilsdon, the Solihull-based commercial vehicle bodybuilders, has been elected to membership of the Society of Motor Manu turers and Traders counci 1979/80.
He is George Quay' long-time advocate of g reinforced plastics fr plywood for use in boxcargo bodies.
Dr Ivor Savvtell has fill newly-created post at Lot Transport in its medical partment.
Dr Sawtell, who has vious experience with Lot Transport in the field of c pational medicine, will be ponsible for reviewing adapting screening techni for the evaluation of clinical and environme practices and for mec research.
Obituary
We record with regret death of Alan Wykes, age( He had been with Epco 1973 and represented the pany in the Home Countie