SPECIALIST North-East plant machine supplier MST has appointed two directors to its board to support the rapid expansion of the business.

RORY WHITEHALL has become undercarriage sales director and ALEX ROBERTS commercial director. They join brothers Paul and John Whitehall.

Paul Whitehall, managing director of MST, said: "Both Alex and Rory have contributed vast amounts to the company since they started and we are keen to give them the opportunity to grow fully with the business and to take the company into a new era."