Bevan promotes Shelton and Spencer

Bevan Group has promoted two employees into key roles as it looks to achieve ambitious growth targets.

The Halesowen-based body building specialist has appointed Roy Shelton as sales director and Claudia Spencer as the company’s first customer care manager. A former fleet engineer with BRS, Exel Logistics and DPD, Shelton joined Bevan in 2010 and initially ran its aftercare division before switching to sales.

Spencer joined Bevan in 2007, worked as sales co-ordinator before moving into production four years ago. Both are now responsible for selling and supporting the products and services of the entire Bevan Group.

Last year the business last year acquired the former Stag Bodies operation, based in Stone, Staffordshire, and formed a new division, Bevan Specialist Products, specialising in tippers and traffic management vehicles.

This followed the acquisitions in 2010 of PG Reeves, a manufacturer of vehicle bodies for the drinks industry, and in 2014 of Supertrucks, a builder of glass carrying transport systems.

Bevan has also entered strategic partnerships with crane manufacturer HMF and temperature-controlled vehicle manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull, acquired a shareholding in A&R Vehicle Services, and introduced graphics and Whole Vehicle Type Approval divisions.

Anthony Bevan, MD, said: “This company has grown out of all recognition over the last few years and we need a new management structure that reflects this, one that will allow us to take the business to the next level.

“We have embarked on a major growth strategy that will see Bevan Specialist Products move to a new production facility and double in size over the next 18 months to two years, with significant expansion also envisaged for the Supertrucks team in St Helens.”