New blood for enforcers • A new era in enforcement
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is about to start as three key industry figures within the traffic area network and the Vehicle Inspectorate give way to new blood.
Traffic Commissioners John Mervyn Pugh and Brigadier Compton Boyd are retiring within a month of each other.
David Dixon, whose background is in railways, ports and shipping, is taking over from Pugh as TC for the West Midland and South Wales traffic areas from 17 May. Compton Boyd is handing over the Eastern area to Geoffrey Simms from 15 June. Simms founded and ran Capel Express (Ipswich) until 1996—he is currently a member of the Transport Tribunal.
Maurice Newey has replaced Ron Oliver as chief executive of the Vehicle Inspectorate.