Clugston Distribution has appointed Anthony Heath joined commercial manager, while Kevin Fairhurst has become global solutions manager.
Heath joins Clugston from Saint-Gobain, where he was logistics manager. He has also held management and business development positions at UK Mail and Palletforce.
Fairhurst has more than 30 years’ experience of the transport and warehousing sectors having worked with some of the largest companies in the industry.
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