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THE SPECIALIST parcels delivery group TNT has moved five managers in four of its UK subsidiaries.
Following the promotion of Jim Morris to national sales manager of TNT Overnite (CM, September 29), Ken McCall has TO MEET what it describes as increasing local authority interest in contract hire of municipal vehicles, Transfleet Services has set up a public sector consultancy service. Heading it as local authority development manager is Rob Kerridge.
He has been recruited from Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire where he was an organisation and methods analyst specialising in transport. The council became the first to transfer from owned to contract hire for its entire fleet earlier this year.
Before joining Three Rivers Mr Kerridge had a background in commercial transport operations. He spent three years with the central business systems department of the P15 group, setting up and administering distributions systems for companies including Birds Eye, Walls and Bejam.
Joining Mr Kerridge as municipal vehicle engineer is Jim Shirley, a former traffic police officer specialising in accident prevention. He is the current chairman of the Institute of Transport Administrators and has worked for Bassetlaw District Council where as transport and plant manager he was responsible for controlling a wide variety of municipal vehicles. Before joining Transleet he worked for TI Raleigh as transport engineering manager.
The aim of the service is to help local authorities to assess the feasibility of contract hire for them and to propose contract hire packages. taken his place as general manager of the TNT Roadfreight (UK) terminal at Abingdon. He was previously general manager of the company's Carlisle for two years.
Two personnel movements within TNT Overnite are lain Parsons to marketing manager and Laurence Shuter to commercial manager. Mr Parsons had been the express parcels firm's brand manager for 18 months after six months as marketing assistant with TNT Despatch Post. He now replaces Adam Shuter, who recently became group marketing manager, TNT (UK).
Laurence Shuter was previously area sales manager at TNT Overnite's Maidstone terminal for two years and replaces Neil Hodgson, who has left the group.
TNT Sameday has a new divisional sales manager, Stan Dalton. He was formerly site manager of the service's Liverp000l office for 18 months.
Finally, David Fildes, area sales manager of the TNT Overnite Terminal at Ramsbottorn, has been appointed national sales manager of the TNT Contract Services division.
Obituary
WE RECORD with regret the death of A. J. R. Bruce (57), group fleet engineer of a Scottish Newcastle Breweries based in Edinburgh. Alan Bruce, who was a member of IRTE, had been with Scottish Newcastle since 1970. Before that he was service manager of ERF.
Correction
HUGH MELLOR was incorrectly described in CM (October 13) as group finance director of the National Freight Consortium. He is, in fact, group finance director, National Services Group.
ERF reshuffle
ERF HOLDINGS, has made new appointments designed to strengthen the board of the holding company and help develop the group's expansion plans for the future.
Cyril Acton becomes managing director of ERF, the group's heavy truck manufacturing company based in Sandbach, Cheshire. A member of the holdings company board, he was previously deputy managing director.
John (Dai) Davies, managing director of ERF South Africa, is appointed to the Board of ERF Holdings.
Bryan Hunt, sales and marketing director of ERF, is also appointed to the board of ERF Holdings.
The appointments took effect last week. Peter Foden will continue as Chairman of the holdings company. He will also take up a new role as chief executive of the group, as well as being chairman of the subsidiary companies — ERF, ERF South Africa and ERF Plastics.
NBC's new men
NEW MANAGERS have been appointed by the National Bus Company. Neil Hoskins has been appointed traffic manager of the West Riding group, succeeding George Peach who was recently appointed traffic manager of Yorkshire Traction.
The appointment starts on November 1. Mr Hoskins is currently West Riding Western Area's traffic superintendent, a position he has held since 1978.
Chris Jones joins Carlyle Works at Edgbaston, Birmingham as sales and service manager. He replaces Roger Harman, whose job as customer liaison officer included the sales and service functions, is now administration officer.
Quarmby's successor
THE new managing director for London Buses is Telford Beasley, who is taking up the fiveyear appointment on the board of London Regional Transport from November 12.
Mr Beasley, 55, is currently regional president (Mediterranean) for the pharmaceutical group Warner Lambert International. Before he joined the company in 1977, he spent some time with Cadbury Schweppes. Before 1970, he spent 15 years with the advertising agency, Leo Burnett.
Mr Beasley is replacing Dr David Quarmby, who has joined Sainsbury's as its distribution director designate.
Four for CIE
FOUR directors have been appointed to the board of Coras lompair Eireann, the semi-stateowned transport company, by the Irish communications minister. This anticipates Government plans to split CIE into three subsidiaries and the possible loss of its road freight and parcels operation (CM, October 20).
The new board members are: Neil Collins, who is chairman of the First Southern Bank; Richard Burrows, managing director of Irish Distillers; Adrian Barry, a chartered accountant who specialises in company advisory work; and Tony Mealy, a cost and management accountant who is also a financial director of the Matrix group.