The Lawn Tennis Association has announced it will offer 10,000 free tennis lessons to young children as part of a new initiative to increase participation numbers in the sport.
The Marketing Agencies Association has appointed Tim Bourne as its new chairman. He replaces Simon Hathaway who has completed his statutory two-year term in the role.
Former England skipper Andrew Flintoff has been named the new president of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. The 38-year-old, elected at the PCA’s annual general meeting held in Birmingham on Tuesday, will succeed fellow Lancastrian and ex-England player and coach David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd.
The British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (BAPW) has rebranded itself the Healthcare Distribution Association UK to reflect the evolving nature of the healthcare supply chain and the services provided by its members.
The Labour Market stats are out today and they show unemployment has fallen by 60,000 people to 1.69 million in the period October to December 2015, while average weekly earnings rose by 2%.
Clare Salmon has been appointed as the new chief executive of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) Salmon’s new role starts in June when she replaces Andrew Finding, who is retiring after 17 years with the BEF. The BEF is the national governing body for equestrian sports in Great Britain representing nineteen member organisations and more…
DetailsThe UK contract cleaning organisation CSSA (the Cleaning & Support Services Association) is officially relaunching on February 1 after a two-year hiatus – offering ‘founding member’ status for companies joining before that date.
Boss Federation chief executive Michael Gardner will retire in July after nearly nine years at the helm of the trade association and a quarter century in the industry. Under Gardner’s leadership the Boss Federation then established now-popular CEO conferences on the same day as the summer AGM. “We used to just have AGMs. Now we…
DetailsSian Fisher has been appointed CEO of the London-based Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). She succeeds Dr. Sandy Scott, who announced his retirement in March last year. Fisher will take up her new post on Feb. 1.