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CF Service md resigns CRANE FRUEHAUF subsidiary managing director Basil Day has resigned after "differing views" on the future of the company had been expressed.
Mr Day — one of the main architects of the recent Pengco takeover — has been with Crane Fruehauf for 22 years and was managing director of Crane Fruehauf Service and Equipment Ltd and Imperial Coachbuilders Ltd.
He had been a member of the Crane Fruehauf board since 1965 following a series of top management posts which he had held since the late 1950s.
North Western BRS driver Peter Cook is off to the Middle East to teach dock workers to drive container handling equipment. Mr Cook flies out to Lattakia, Syria, but this will not be his first trip on a training assignment. Last month hg went to the Turkish port of Iskenderun to teach local men to drive a side loader.
On the passenger front John Bodger becomes general manager of City of Oxford motor services from September 1.
At present he is assisting Guy Newberry, 41, at the National Bus hq in his job as director of operational development.
Mr Bodger joined Midland Red as a trainee in 1957 and has moved to East Kent Road Car and Maidstone and District. He was seconded to the Department of Environment to advise on bus operations in 1974.
Powell Duffryn has appointed Brian Rollings as export sales manager. He is at present Midlands area sales manager. Mr Rollings will be based at the company head office at Llantrisant, Glamorgan.
Ryder Truck Rental has appointed Russell Lawrence as branch manager of its new Enfield depot. At the same time Geoff Wild of Burnley becomes rental manager in the Manchester district and Terry Hannington and David Dawson become transport consultants.
Roy Lancaster is to be the new Burnley manager running the depot with Jim Walker. Rory Sheehan takes over at Bristol and Oliver Silver mov to Birmingham as manager.
Stanley Gillen has be appointed as a non-executi director of Brown BrothE Corporation. Former Ford Europe chairman and mana ing director, he was respon: ble for integrating Ford Britain and Ford of Germatil Cravens Homalloy h. appointed Gordon McDoug as financial director. He join, the company in 1972 as chi accountant.
New company secretary Cravens Homalloy is P. Blackshaw, who joined Cr yens and Eurofleet Rental 1975 as chief accountant fro Pirelli.
Jim Edwards is the n€ chairman of GKN Forgings succession to J. A. Daniel who retires after 11 years wi the GKN group.
H. L. H. Commercial Vel cles have appointed Mrs M. Ito as their new assista general manager. And durii the last few weeks she h passed her hgv driving te: She will be concerned wi sales and service.