50 PEOPLE / MOVES


This month’s moves . . .


MONTAGU EVANS has appointed partner ROB ASBURY to head of london retail, covering in and out of town. SIMON WAUGH, formerly head of high street agency in London will be responsible for expanding the firm’s growing retail development business. MARTIN GUDAITIS remains head of retail in Scotland.


Three new recruits have joined HARTNELL TAYLOR COOK’S property management department. ROSCOE CHUBB returns to the firm from Jones Lang LaSalle’s Melbourne office where he specialised in property and asset management. WILLIAM MOSS has been appointed as a graduate trainee within the team and MICHELLE KLEIN joins the accounts section.


HAMMERSON has appointed MARK COLTON as its deputy general


manager at Highcross Leicester. He has been promoted from his previous post as operations manager to fill the position vacated by JO TALLACK, who became general manager last year.


PAUL BACON is stepping down from the post of EMEA chief executive officer at CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD after almost five years. He will be replaced by current chairman, CARLO BAREL DI SANT’ALBANO.


MARK BURBRIDGE has been appointed centre manager at ONE STOP, PERRY BARR. He started his career in shopping centre management at the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch in 1993 as maintenance manager and joined One Stop in 2006 as operations manager.


Easter Egg extravaganza at The Exchange


Ilford shoppers injected a bit of glitz and glamour into their Easter chocolate at The Exchange’s Pimp My Egg event. Transforming plain, dull chocolate eggs into edible works of art, Farhana Ali, a professional henna artist who has used a variety of materials from the human body, brick walls and now confectionary to display her work - added a bit of


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bling to boring Easter eggs. During the event, which ran


from March 31 to April 1, shoppers that spent over £30 received a chocolate egg personalised by Farhana, who also ran workshops on both days, with proceeds donated to the Frenford Club, a charity that run weekly educational and sports activities for young people.


Age UK steps into spring fashions at Merry Hill


Eight members of the Dudley branch of Age UK were treated to a fashion makeover and photo shoot as part of Westfield Merry Hill’s spring fashion campaign. Personal stylists helped


the glamorous grandmothers choose outfits from Debenhams and Evans, and Clarins beauty specialists were on hand to provide makeovers. Kelly Reed, marketing manager at Westfield Merry Hill, said: “Our retailers offer a wide range of spring style options and we wanted our local Age UK


group to be part of demonstrating how those trends can be worn by any woman of any age. The ladies looked amazing in the outfits chosen by our Debenhams personal stylist, Laurie Smith, and they were a joy to work with.” Age UK Dudley is a registered charity that aims to inform, educate, support and enrich the lives of over 200 older people in the borough of Dudley through daily and weekly group meetings, events and various services offered at Merry Hill activity centre.


The Queen visits Highcross


People gathered outside Highcross in their thousands to catch a glimpse of Royalty as Leicester hosted the first day of the Diamond Jubilee Tour. Prince Philip and the Duchess of Cambridge joined the Queen on her visit.


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