Kozer becomes Tyson gen. manager

Jeff Kozer has taken over as general manager of Tyson Construction, following the promotion of his boss, Brian Corfe, to become group md of the company's loss-making parent.

Two weeks ago Donelon Tyson revealed losses of œ2.6 million in delayed accounts held back for contract settlements. The company also announced 70 job losses and confirmed that it was without a finance director because of the departure of Michael Alexander to pursue his private accountancy practice.

Forty year-old Kozer, a qs, joined Tyson Construction in 1991 as director after working for a number of national contractors.

Kozer said in a statement: 'Tyson Construction has grown steadily over the last four years, consistently reporting profit, and with a 20% increase in turnover in 1993.

'We have a secured order book for 1994/95 in line with our budget in which the expectation is the steady growth of activities.'