West Midlands Mercedes-Benz dealer Midlands Truck & Van has boosted its management team by making two key appointments. David Stewart is the company’s first After Sales Director, while Truck Sales Manager Simon Russell returns to a ‘patch’ on which he previously spent 19 years selling Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. With dealerships in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, [...]
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Terrie Clifton Following several key staff appointments in 2011 within the sales and marketing organisation at commercial vehicle company Euroway Group, the company has started 2012 with a further new sales team appointment. Terrie Clifton has joined the expanding sales team at Euroway in the position of Strategic Business Development Manager, reporting directly to Group [...]
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The DAF European Technician of the Year 2012 Award has been won by Rinze Louwsma of the Netherlands. The single runner-up, beaten into second place only narrowly, was Tom Yelland from UK dealer Wessex DAF, headquartered in Newton Abbott, Devon. The European final, which consisted of ten parts, took place at DAF Trucks in Eindhoven. [...]
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Con Rooney and Nicky Gillsmall Nicky Gill and Con Rooney have joined wholly-owned dealer group Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia. Nicky Gill has been appointed to the position of New Truck Sales Director and Con Rooney has joined as Aftermarket Director. Reporting to the Regional Managing Director David Sullivan, both are working closely [...]
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The Volvo Group’s new truck organisation has broken down the marketing and sales responsibility for the Group’s truck brands into three geographic areas, whilst brands and product strategies will still be managed at a global level. At the beginning of 2012, Claes Nilsson, formerly President Europe Division, took over responsibility for the Group’s largest truck [...]
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The number of youngsters aspiring to become Scania commercial vehicle service personnel continues to increase with more than 50 students embarking on Scania Apprenticeship programmes between September 2011 and January 2012. This latest intake comprises 39 Apprentice Technicians, five Apprentice Parts Professionals and eight Apprentice Bus and Coach Technicians. “These figures are part of a [...]
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Scania (Great Britain) Limited has appointed Arif Jafferji to the position of Business Development and Marketing Director, a newly-created role designed to both support the company’s existing range of products and services and spearhead the development of new business initiatives for Scania in the UK. Arif, 38, took up his appointment on 5 January 2012 [...]
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Citroen Sales team Citroën’s national fleet sales team of area fleet managers and leasing & rental managers is now at full strength with the appointment of Simon Griffith and Mark Richardson. Simon Griffith (45) joins Citroën as Area Fleet Manager for Greater London and Essex. Prior to joining Citroën, Simon gained considerable fleet sales experience [...]
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Renault UK has announced the appointment of Darren Payne as its new Sales Director with immediate effect. Formerly Director for Fleet and Renault Vans, Darren will now head up a Sales department combining the previously separate Commercial Operations (sales network and franchising operations) and Fleet and Commercial Vehicle Operations departments. The company claims that this [...]
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A South Wales business has appointed two of the region’s most experienced automotive managers. Volkswagen retailer, Sinclair has appointed Clive Hopkins and Tim Gowling to lead their Commercial Vehicle businesses in Swansea and Cardiff. Clive will bring 35 years of automotive knowledge to the van centre on Gorseinon Road, Swansea, while Tim who has spent [...]
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