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Gallaghers’ chief exec to ‘hand over baton’


THE chief executive of the Gal- lagher Group, Nick Yandle, will leave his job at the end of the year. Mr Yandle, who has been in the


post for 13 years, said itwas time to hand on the baton to a newgenera- tion. But he will stay within the or- ganisation in an advisory capacity. MrYandle receivedwarmtributes


from the building firm’s chairman Pat Gallagher, who said: “Nick has made an invaluable contribution, alongside the members of the group’smanagement team, inbuild- ing the business into a very success- ful enterprise. “Whilsthe is steppingdownat the


end of this year, we are delighted thatwewill be able to access his ex- perience beyond that time. “On behalf of the Gallagher fam-


ily and ourwider business, Iwould like to extendourwarmest thanks to Nick for his contribution and wish himwell in his successful career. “It is an exciting time for our busi-


ness aswe celebrate 45 years of suc- cessful operation and head towards


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coming through in Gallagher and the time is right to hand on the baton. I’m looking forward to an- other chapter in my working life, continuing to help Pat and the Gal- lagher business along theway.” The Gallagher group board, in-


cluding the recently-appointednon- executivedirectors,PaulCollins and Steve Hollingshead, is leading the search for a new chief executive to support the next phase of develop- ment at the family-owned firm. Steve Hollingshead said: “We are


the end of our latest financial year (September 30)making further pos- itive progress with strong trading across all our operations.” Mr Yandle said: “My time with


Gallagher has passed quickly, with many highlights. This is testament to our varied activities and the fast- moving and entrepreneurial ap- proachwe take to the opportunities we create. “There is nowanother generation of ownership and management


progressing well with our plans to appoint a new CEO. The successful candidatewill join a strong,well-es- tablished business with the oppor- tunity to work with the family owners and management team to set an exciting future strategy and plan for further growth.” The Gallagher Group has ex-


panded to create a strong presence across the South East of England around its principle areas of opera- tion: building, civil engineering, ag- gregates andpropertydevelopment.


News Driver arrests


AWORLD Cup campaign to target drink drivers sawmore than 200 ar- rested across Kent. The action, fromJune 14 to July15


to coincide with the football, re- sulted in the arrest of 224motorists. Of those arrested, 182 were for


driving under the influence of alco- hol and 42 on suspicion of drug driving offences. Officers were pro-actively pa-


trolling high risk locationswhich re- sulted in 102 motorists being charged, 86 released pending fur- ther enquiries and 36 people being releasedwithout charge.


Tumour help


THE family of Maidstone woman Gill Kennedy, who died from a brain tumour, have created a legacy in her name. Gill, who lived in East Farleigh,


died just 19months after diagnosis. Her family established the Gill


Kennedy Foundation and have al- ready raisedmore than £13,000. The fundswill be used by leading


brain tumour support charity brain- strust to create anddeliver 275 brain boxes – a unique set of resources, which are sent out fromthe charity to supportpeople livingwitha brain tumour.


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