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+ At Eurotruck for 14 years, and latterly at Manchester Truck & Bus, Glyn Parker has become managing director of Volvo distributor Darlington Commercials. It has sites at Darlington, Washington in Tyne & Wear, and Bedlington in Northumbria, with more than 120 employees.
Parker is a Wearsider but has worked outside the North-East since the early seventies. He's come back to discover there have been a number of major changes to the local truck market in recent years.
"At one time there was a lot of open-cast and deep mining in the area," he recalls. "Tipper haulage used to be very important and there was plenty of demand for multi
Glyn Parker: Top job at wheel rigids. That business has all but disDarlington Commercials. appeared. However, there has been lots of inward investment, and distribution companies are much more active." The result of this should be increased demand for tractive units. Parker agrees that when it comes to new trucks it's still a buyer's market, but he believes prices may be hardening.