SAFETY and rope firm Cosalt has appointed Adrian Macklin as safety centre manager in Grimsby. Mr Macklin will also take over overall responsibility for the company's central rope distribution operation, also based in Grimsby.

Other Cosalt management changes include the promotion of Jeremy Green, Cosalt's safety centre manager in Birkenhead, to area manager for the west of the UK. He now looks after Bristol and Milford Haven as well as the Birkenhead safety centre.

Bill Roose, MD of recently acquired Mar/Lift, will take responsibility for Cosalt's operations in the south west.