News in Brief – Friday, February 22
THE Leeds Chamber of Commerce has welcomed a number of new members to its Chamber Council.
The new members of the council include Michael Burrow of RBS Group, Malcolm Cowing of Brahm, Jonathan Procter of DLA Piper, Deborah Walsh of the Round Foundry Media Centre, Mark Webster of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Steven Newdall of Levi Solicitors and Julia Lea of KPMG.
Leeds Chamber President Alan Gill said: “The new members will play an active role in representing fellow businesses, The Chamber Council as a whole acts as a voluntary representative body for Chamber members and as sounding board for Chamber policy. Our new members are now a part of an active body that champions business in Leeds, and provides a voice for the private sector business community.”
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PLANNING consultants DPP has strengthened its Leeds team with the appointment of Nathan Franklin, a town planner from Adelaide, South Australia.
He joins from Masterplan, a town planning consultancy in South Australia, where he gained a wide range of experience in residential, industrial, retail/commercial and environmental projects for both public sector and private clients.
He said: “Leeds is not too dissimilar to Adelaide – it is broadly the same size, has the same issues and its people are both friendly and welcoming. The weather however is a bit of a shocker – Adelaide is currently in the high 20s and here it is just above 6°C.”
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MANUFACTURERS are enjoying the longest run of sustained demand for 12 years, bucking the slowdown in other parts of the economy, according to a CBI survey of the sector.
However firms expect to continue the recent trend of marked price rises over the coming months.
In the monthly Industrial Trends Survey, 3% of firms said their total orders books were “above normal”.
It was the tenth time in 12 months that firms said order books were so healthy, the strongest showing since 1995.
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LEEDS-based digital communications agency, AWA, has launched AWA Media, a new online media buying and consultancy company.
AWA Media has been set up to offer clients a full range of online media services aimed at improving their profile whilst delivering effective and measurable traffic.
Heading up AWA Media is Adam Croft who joins as managing director.
The AWA Media offering – which will cover digital media consultancy, search marketing, product feeds, affiliate marketing, online planning and buying and campaign tracking – will be linked to AWA's work.
