HANNAH DUNCAN has joined leisure management company Vimac Leisure as its marketing manager.

Her role involves designing promotional material to co-ordinate Vimac's launches and events.

As a marketing graduate from the University of Northumbria, Ms Duncan went on to become UK Marketing Manager at PGL Travel, in Herefordshire, where she looked after a range of activity holidays.

Vimac Leisure owns and manages a growing portfolio of venues across the North of England and Scotland. Founded in 2002 and based in Boldon, near South Shields, South Tyneside, the company has achieved an annual turnover of more than £12m in three years.