Worcestershire County Council’s HR department has appointed Bridget Clarke
(pictured right) as policy and employee relations manager, and Vicky Lee
(pictured left) as corporate HR manager. Both will report to the
newly-appointed head of HR, Kenny Brown, who joined Worcestershire from
Scottish Borders Council in 2002.
Manchester-based insurance broker, the Manson Group, has appointed Amanda
Bennett as HR manager. She joins from architects Byrom Clark Roberts where she
was HR manager. Prior to that she worked for the Moat House Hotel group.
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Morton Middleditch, the chairman of grocery chain Spar, is the new deputy
chairman of the British Retail Consortium (BRC). He has worked at Spar for more
than 30 years and has served as a BRC director since 1997. He will work under
chairman David Fenwick at the retail employers’ body.
Midland Expressway, the firm responsible for designing and constructing the
UK’s first toll motorway, has appointed two new HR staff. Peter Robinson is the
new personnel manager, while Julie Spence joins as his assistant. The company
will run the M6 toll road project, which is designed to cut congestion.