LGA appointment

John Ransford has been appointed head of social affairs, health and housing at the Local Government Association (LGA).Currently chief executive at North Yorkshire county...

Anchor Trust appoints chairman

Anchor Trust has appointed David Peryer to the position of chairman. Mr Peryer has been a board member since 1992. He replaces the outgoing...

Changes at the top for Ashbourne

Ashbourne plc are understood this month to have let go Tom Hamilton on his anniversary date of eleven years in the care home sector....

New appointments to CCESTSW

Three new appointments and three reappointments to the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW) were announced this month by Health...

John Grooms appointments

John Grooms Association for Disabled People has expanded its fundraising department with four new appointments this month. Melinda Bridges-Briggs joins the charity as trust...

New MD for Castleoak Interiors

Vaughan Matthews has been appointed managing director of Leicestershire-based Castleoak Interiors, part of the Castleoak group of companies.He has been sales director of the...

Guide to choosing care home published

Community Care Market News (News) October 1998A new guide for people choosing a care home on behalf of an elderly relative has this month...

Barking & Dagenham initiative to improve elderly services

A new initiative has been launched by Barking and Dagenham social services which aims to tackle some of the concerns raised in the recent...

HACT director resigns

The Housing Association Charitable Trust (HACT), has announced the resignation of its director, Pat Wallace, who will be taking up the position of chief...

Valuer moves to provision

James Hall, senior valuer with GVA Grimley, which has previously carried out numerous valuations on properties owned by NHP plc, is to set up...