Two senior hires at Place North

Mark Gibson has worked in the construction industry for more than 30 years and has spent the last 11 years at Sir Robert McAlpine. He will take up his appointment at BAM UK & Ireland later on this year.

Journeys between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield should be speedier and more reliable, with two notorious bottlenecks removed and an additional platform installed at Dore & Totley station.

Over the last decade, the exponential growth of Loungers Group has been a rare high street success story, now closing in on 250 locations. How? Place North spoke to co-founder and executive chairman Alex Reilley.

Lorraine O’Donnell has been chosen as the preferred candidate to replace Kersten England as chief executive in the Yorkshire city.