A&R Vehicle Services appoints Lay as MD

Former support services director for DX Group, Gary Lay has been appointed MD of A&R Vehicle Services.

Lay joins the commercial vehicle accident repair and refurbishment specialists after six years on the board of DX and more than 40 years after first entering the industry as an apprentice technician.

A&R Vehicle Services repairs trucks, trailers, buses and vans in its 40,000sq ft workshops in Darlaston near Walsall, which includes a recycled shot blast bay, specialist chassis straightening equipment, paint preparation booths and three low-bake ovens.

Bevan Group MD Anthony Bevan said: “A&R was crying out for the right leadership and we were keen to attract a strategically focused industry and enthusiastic professional who could see the tremendous potential of this business.”