{"id":2027019,"date":"2019-03-05T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/?p=2027019"},"modified":"2019-03-04T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T13:20:10","slug":"appointments-retail-chief-joins-portmeirion-board-partner-hire-at-rsm-colmore-bid-adds-a-special-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2027019-appointments-retail-chief-joins-portmeirion-board-partner-hire-at-rsm-colmore-bid-adds-a-special-branch","title":{"rendered":"Appointments: Retail chief joins Portmeirion board; partner hire at RSM; Colmore BID adds a Special Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portmeirion Group, the Stoke-on-Trent manufacturer of homewares under the Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester, Pimpernel and Wax Lyrical brands, has appointed Angela Luger as a non-executive director.<\/p>\n<p>As Angela Spindler, she was previously chief executive of retail businesses N Brown and The Original Factory Shop and has held senior executive positions at Debenhams, Asda and Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Dick Steele, Portmeirion&#8217;s non-executive chairman, said: &#8220;I am delighted that Angela has agreed to join the Group as a Non-Executive Director. Angela&#8217;s mix of retail, digital and customer focused experience is exactly the background that we have been seeking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2027020\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2027020\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2027020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Peter-Williams-e1551704841538.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2027020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Williams with RSM&#8217;s Central managing partner Mark Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RSM has recruited Peter Williams from Deloitte as a new VAT partner in its Birmingham office.<\/p>\n<p>Williams started his career at HMRC more than 25 years ago and has spent the last 12 years as a director in Deloitte&#8217;s indirect tax practice.<\/p>\n<p>The RSM indirect tax team in Birmingham now has three partners and two directors.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Taylor, RSM&#8217;s regional managing partner for the central region, said: &#8220;His arrival is a further boost to our already powerful and growing indirect taxes team in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2027023\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2027023\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2027023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mar_19\/Paul-Street-of-Colmore-BID-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2027023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Street, Colmore BID<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colmore BID has appointed a former Special Branch police officer to help support safety projects in Birmingham\u2019s commercial district.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Street was one of the lead officers tasked with setting up the West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit, the first regional unit in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>He recently completed a 12-month contract delivering award-winning work for Soho Road BID after a career at West Midlands Police spanning 30 years, which culminated in a Commissioner\u2019s Commendation.<\/p>\n<p>Colmore BID recently secured by renewal ballot its third five-year term representing more than 500 businesses in the Colmore Row area of the city. The new term starts on April 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Bain, chair of the BID\u2019s Safe and Sound Working Group, said: &#8220;Paul\u2019s appointment shows our commitment to providing even greater support to businesses in our third term. Paul brings with him a wealth of experience in counter-terrorism and community policing and I am looking forward to working with him and local businesses over the next five years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portmeirion Group, the Stoke-on-Trent manufacturer of homewares under the Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester, Pimpernel and Wax Lyrical brands, has appointed Angela Luger as a non-executive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2027021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"coauthors":[81],"class_list":["post-2027019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Appointments: Retail chief joins Portmeirion board; 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