FDH Bank Appoints Mseka As New Board Chairperson
Charity Joy Mseka: New Board Chairperson for FDH Bank plc
The Board of Directors of FDH Bank plc has appointed finance expert Charity Joy Mseka as its new Board Chairperson effective 27 November, 2020.
Mseka has extensive experience in Banking and Finance and previously served as Director of Banking, Director of Accounting and Finance and Chief Accountant at the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM).
She also served as a Non-Executive Director of National Integrated Technologies Limited (NITEL) and Export Development Fund Limited. She currently also sits on the Board of Tilitonse Foundation and was recently appointed Council Member for the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR).
ONE of Lancashire’s biggest construction firms has appointed a new managing director who takes over at a hugely challenging period for the industry. John Hartnett has now taking over the managing directorship of Eric Wright Construction, based in Preston and which operates at sites all around the county and beyond, from John Wilson who had been with the firm for 24 years. Current projects include the £30m Gateway Altelier scheme in Salford for Muse and a £12m Sports Science Project for Manchester Metropolitan University along with One Partnership, which is working to deliver two residential health projects in Lancashire. Eric Wright Group managing director Jeremy Hartley said: “John Wilson has done an excellent job leading the construction business through some extremely challenging times, not least the well-publicised challenges faced by the industry as a whole this year with Brexit and of course Covid.
Morgan Sindall Construction Brings Knowledge Quad to Salford Following Award for Liverpool Facility
The Knowledge Quad, Morgan Sindall Construction’s multi-purpose learning space that is driven by innovation, people development and social value, has been honoured with the Value award at the 2020 North West Regional Construction Awards (NWRCA).
Located within Liverpool City Council’s flagship £1 billion Paddington Village development in Knowledge Quarter Liverpool, for which Morgan Sindall Construction is delivering numerous projects such as The Spine - the new £35 million northern base for the Royal College of Physicians - the Knowledge Quad uses construction to inspire local people. It instils Liverpool City Council’s vision of inclusive growth into the wider development via its pillars of Skills, Education, Employment and Discovery.
By Dave Rogers2020-12-14T06:00:00+00:00
Former Lendlease staffer takes top role at Eric Wright
Regional contractor Eric Wright Construction has appointed a new managing director to take over from former boss John Wilson who leaves at Christmas after 24 years with the firm.
Operations director John Hartnett (pictured) has been with the Preston-based contractor since 2015, having joined from Lendlease where he was a senior construction manager. He will report into group managing director Jeremy Hartley.
The division, which is working on a £12m sports science scheme for Manchester Metropolitan University and whose past projects have included working on Manchester United’s Carrington training ground complex, is the largest part of the wider Eric Wright Group which also includes water and civils, FM and property.
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Characterising wildlife consumers to guide behaviour change efforts provides optimism amid Asian Songbird Extinction Crisis
A comprehensive new study into the key user groups in Indonesia’s bird trade offers hope for protecting species through behavioural change. Novel research led by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and Chester Zoo has identified three main groups within the Indonesian songbird owner community: ‘hobbyist’, ‘contestant’ and ‘breeder’.
The popular songbird Greater Green Leafbird, Chloropsis sonnerati. Credit: Harry Marshall
Indonesia hosts 16% of the worlds bird species and is widely acknowledged as the global epicentre of the wild bird trade. The majority of this trade is concentrated in Java, Indonesia’s fourth largest and most populous island. Songbirds, in particular, are highly sought after, with bird owners falling into three main consumer groups: hobbyists, who own birds primarily as pets; contestants, who own birds to e