Pittards Names Blackford as Group Financial Director

Pittards Group Financial Director John Howard Buckley will retired on May 1 after twenty years in the role. The company appointed Robert Martin Lindsey Blackford as Buckley's replacement.

Pittards Names Blackford as Group Financial Director

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