NEWS HR
June 8, 2018
An MP who chairs a housing association has been handed a junior role in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Eddie Hughes, who was first elected Conservative MP for Walsall North in June last year, has joined the department as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS). Mr Hughes is also the only MP to chair a housing association. He heads up the board at 20,000-home landlord WHG.
June 7, 2018
Deb Sparks has been appointed to the newly created position of deputy manager, having led the Mulberry Wing for people living with dementia since 2004. Deb holds the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care, the highest level of qualification in the sector.
June 6, 2018
Colum Conway has been named as the chief executive of the new regulator for social workers in England.
June 4, 2018
The man who had been leading a housing provider in Ludlow and south Shropshire is stepping down. He has been chief executive officer of Connexus Housing that was formed in July 2017 following a merger of the Shropshire Housing Group and Herefordshire Housing Group. Peter Brown began his career in 1974 as an architectural assistant then as a night shelter worker in Aberdeen, before getting his first job in a housing association.
June 4, 2018
Care home designer DWA Architects has appointed Alex Tam as an architectural technician at its York head office.
May 31, 2018
Southern Housing Group has appointed a new chief executive to succeed Tom Dacey when he retires. Alan Townshend will take over as chief executive when Mr Dacey steps down in the summer having joined Southern Housing Group in 2015.
May 31, 2018
John Cridland is the new chair of Home Group.
May 29, 2018
Law firm Rix and Kay has announced the hire of healthcare property specialist Stewart Gregory. He has moved from national and City firm Browne Jacobson. Stewart joins Rix and Kay’s commercial property team based in Brighton and Hove.
