Appointments: Architect steps up as the new chairman of Bradford Professionals Network

Linda Hollings has taken over the role of chairman of Bradford Professionals Network.

Ms Hollings, of Saltaire-based Rance Booth & Smith Architects, recently completed a year as president of the Bradford Society of Architects & Surveyors.

Property firm Strategic Team Group has appointed Phil Lee as customer care manager.

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Mr Lee, who will be based at the company’s Castleford office, will be responsible for the implementation of the firm’s customer care charter, Service Plus.

He has spent the last 11 years working for Consort Homes, where he was responsible for the customer care department.

Two sales staff have been recruited to packaging firm Loadhog.

Damien Montagne and Giles Moore have been appointed sales managers at the Sheffield-based firm after transferring from its sister company, Gripple.

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Investment management firm Rensburg Sheppards has promoted several members of staff to senior positions.

Andrew Hackett has been promoted to senior investment director after serving more than 11 years with the company.

David Black, David Kirkby, Andrew McNab and John O’Connell have all been promoted to the position of investment director, having served a collective 53-year career at Leeds-based Rensburg Sheppards.

Richard Wilde has been promoted to associate investment director. He was previously an investment manager.

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Property agent BNP Paribas Real Estate has expanded its Sheffield rating team with the appointment of senior surveyor John Higgins.

Mr Higgins has joined from the Valuation Office Agency in Nottingham.

Raisthorpe Manor Fine Foods has appointed Christine Towell as a sales executive.

Raisthorpe, which is based on the Medforth family estate at Wharram, near Malton, produces a range of premium fruit-based liqueurs, preserves and confectionery which are made using Wolds-grown fruit.

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Commercial property consultants Dunlop Heywood have appointed Sophie Attwood as a rating surveyor.

Ms Attwood has moved from Liverpool to join the Leeds team.

Law firm Squire Sanders Hammonds has hired a new partner at its Leeds office, with the appointment of real estate partner Matthew Dalzell.