Appointments: Muse; Colliers; First4Skills
MUSE Developments has appointed Catherine Beaumont as its new communications manager.
Beaumont joins the team from Stockport Council where she worked on Muse’s Stockport Exchange scheme next to the railway station.
She started out her career at TBWA Manchester, before moving to non-for-profit organisation North West Fine Food. She replaces Claire Hextall who has joined Manchester-based Four Recruitment.
Matt Crompton, Muse’s joint managing director, said: “It’s a really exciting time for Muse with more than 30 development projects underway across the UK, so it’s an ideal time to welcome Catherine to the company.”
Beaumont said: “Muse has a lot of good news to shout about and positive stories to tell. They’re driving forward some innovative, interesting and newsworthy projects, which I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work on. I’m looking forward to working with the teams in Manchester, London, Leeds and Glasgow to boost the company’s regional and national profile.”
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MIRANDA Steadman and Jonathan Edwards have been taken on by the planning and development team at the Manchester office of Colliers International.
Steadman, a senior planner, has joined from Atkins having previously worked for CBRE and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Her past clients include the Homes and Communities Agency, David Wilson Homes and regeneration specialist St Modwen.
Edwards, a graduate planning and development surveyor, worked for three years at Rory Mack & Associates in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, after taking a master’s degree in planning and development at the University of Sheffield. They join directors Andy Delaney and Mike Brassington and senior consultant Dr Becky Abushena.
Dr Abushena, who has been with Colliers for four years, has expanded her role to include development and destination consulting and is developing a role in strategic economic development.
Andy Delaney said: “The appointment of Miranda and Jonathan considerably strengthens our position in planning and development. Their combination of economic development, planning and surveying skills allows us to greatly enhance our consultancy and agency advice at both a strategic and detailed level for a wide range of clients, including investors, public sector bodies, developers and corporate organisations.”
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TRAINING organisation First4Skills, based in Liverpool, has appointed Sue Price as the new chief executive.
She is currently the North West director for employer and provider services at the Skills Funding Agency.
Price will take up the job on May 19 and will be based at First4Skills head office at Princes Dock in Liverpool.
She said: “I am thrilled to be joining such a dynamic, high quality training provider. I am aware of many of the challenges and opportunities we face in a changing sector and very much look forward to meeting everyone and hearing your views on how we can make First4Skills the number one choice for employers and meet the demands placed on us by Government.”
The City of Liverpool College became the majority owner of First4Skills in September 2012 after acquiring it out of administration.
