Arts & Business, has appointed Lew Hodges (pictured) as its new Director of Finance and Planning. He has been Director of Finance and Management Resources at London Arts for the past year.
After four years as Deputy Director (Planning and Development) for the Scottish Arts Council, Barclay Price (pictured) has left to become Director of Arts & Business Scotland.
Stephanie Sirr, who has been General Manager of The Blackpool Grand Theatre since 1997, has been appointed by Nottingham Playhouse to replace Venu Dhupa as Chief Executive.
With the opening of a new office based in Manchester, arts and entertainment advertising agency McCabes has appointed Denise Hitchen as Regional Managing Director. She will leave Manchester-based Unit Communications Group to oversee the development of McCabes? business across the UK.
Howard Barnes has been appointed as Head of Arts at Medway Council. He has been General Manager, Arts and Entertainment, for King?s Lynn and West Norfolk Council for the past six years, where he was responsible for the King?s Lynn Corn Exchange and Arts Centre, as well as the Princess Theatre, Hunstanton.
Elizabeth Tarbet has been appointed Marketing Officer at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. She has been Marketing & Press Officer at the Laban Centre London since June 1999.
Helen Fraser is the new Administrator of National Association of Music Educators. She was previously Administrator of the English String Orchestra and Music Officer with Scottish Arts Council.
Sally Abbott, Touring and Dance Officer at Southern Arts Board, has been appointed to the new position of Principal Officer for Performing Arts.
Northern Arts has made two new appointments. Kate Griffin is the new Literature Officer, and Fiona Melvin has been appointed Education Co-ordinator. Angie Binns, formerly Development Assistant at the London Philharmonic Orchestra, has been appointed as Audience Development Officer at ViVA, The Orchestra of the East Midlands. She replaces Laura Zobel who has been in the post for three years.
Tickets.com has announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Soulas to the post of European Sales Manager. He joins the company following 6 years as Sales Manager for Space-Time Systems Ltd, where he had responsibility for sales of the BOCS ticketing system.
Barry Jenkins has joined Valleys Arts Marketing as Marketing Officer, with responsibility for marketing campaigns at over 20 arts venues in South Wales.
The Theatre Royal Winchester, which is due to re-open in November following a £4.5m refurbishment, has appointed Nicolas Young as Chief Executive, Madelaine Smith as Marketing and Development Manager, Nicola Peacock as Education Manager, Christopher Flatman as Operations Manager, John Stream as Finance Manager, Jeff Witcher as Box Office Supervisor, Ingrid Ryder as Administrator and Davina Burgess as Marketing and Press Officer.
Northern Stage theatre company has appointed Caroline Routh as its new Executive Director, following the departure of Mandy Stewart. Caroline will join the company from Battersea Arts Centre, where she has worked as Administrative Director