Indigo promotes three in senior management team

Richard Frudd and Rob Crolla have both been promoted to regional director level. Mr Frudd is a founding member of the company’s Leeds office with over 13 years’ planning experience.

Mr Crolla has over 19 years of experience of planning matters including co-ordination and submission of planning applications and promotion of development through the development plan process.

Andrew Astin has been promoted to associate director. He has more than 13 years of planning experience working in both the private and public sector.

Leading the provision of Indigo Planning’s consultancy services across the region, Simon Grundy said: “All three promotions reflect the hard work which has been dedicated over what has been a challenging few years for the property and development sector.”

He added: “It is clear that investor confidence in Yorkshire and the Humber is on the up and we very much welcome the boost it will bring to the regional economy.”

News of the promotions comes after Tim Waring, a former board director, quit the company to establish Quod North in Leeds, the firm’s first office outside the capital. Peter Hall and Hannah Smith joined Quod North from Indigo Planning too.

Elsewhere, former director and head of trademarks and designs at Walker Morris Solicitors, Amanda Mallon, has joined Leeds specialist IP firm Kempner & Partners.

She will work at a senior level alongside partners Jason Dainty and Martin Delafaille in Kempner & Partners’ trademark portfolio management team, looking after the IP registration and protection requirements of blue chip clients including Jet2, Regus, The Restaurant Group, Gucci and Bank of America.

Meanwhile, Harrogate-based Derwent Facilities Management has announced five new appointments.

Paul Baker is Derwent FM’s new audit and compliance manager. He joins from Initial Facilities Services where he was senior health and safety manager.

James Dainty has been appointed as national hard fm services manager. Prior to joining Derwent FM, he was regional contract manager at Norland Managed Services.

Derwent Students’ new regional managers are Fiona Stewart, who will manage student accommodation sites in the North including Scotland; Michelle Williams, who will manage properties in the Midlands; and Lynn Bennett who will be responsible for the company’s portfolio in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.