VAUXHALL'S major rental and leasing manager Bill Hetherington has left the company after 33 years. Hetherington has taken early retirement to move to Bedfordshire-based Network Services Group, which undertakes a large amount of work in conjunction with Vauxhall, where he is working on a major new project, details of which are due to be announced soon.

Hetherington, 54, joined Vauxhall as a mechanic at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, before moving into the company's marketing operation. Barry Cook has been appointed to manage the rental sales operation and a separate manager is to be appointed to handle leasing.