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III Following the acquisition of Bucks, the shop fittings distribution

5th December 1991
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company, and Abets, the furniture distribution company, by Hays Specialist Distribution, new appointments have been made in both companies. At Bucks John O'Hagan has been given the post of business director. He was previously a director at Hays Specialist

Distribution. Robert Crosthwaite is business director at Abels, He was previously general manager at Abels.

HAYS SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION GUDGE/MOYES

• Ray Gudge is the new managing director of Hays Specialist Distribution. He is in charge of restructuring the company following its acquisition of furniture distribution company Abels. He was previously group finance director with BRS. The previous managing director was Bill Collins, who is now deputy chairman.

Hays Specialist Distribution has also appointed John Moyes to the new post of business development director. He was previously business development manager for Exel Logistics.

SCHMITZ THERMOS TAR HOWARD

Keitb Howard has been recruited as sales director of the new company Schmitz Thermostar. The firm, which manufactures refrigerated trailers, was previously a York Group subsidiary. It was sold to the German trailer manufacturer Schmitz when York went into receivership last month.

Howard was previously sales director for York Group Sales, the sales arm for the entire York Group. He is joined at Thermostar by three other salesmen who previously worked at York Group Sales: Fran Pickering, Mark Higgs, and Stuart Robinett. Pickering operates in the North, Higgs in the South-West and Robinett in the South-East.

They report to Jim O'Connor, who remains managing director of Schmitz Thermostar. Schmitz, before the acquisition of Thermostar, only had a marketing arm in the UK, which is still run by Preston Allan.

I/ Commercial Motor wants to hear more news of appointments at small to medium sized transport companies. If you have taken on a transport manager/engineer, sales person or depot manager, please write (enclosing a photograph if possible) to our newsdesk, or phone 081-661 3670.


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