MARK NICHOLSON has been appointed business consultant at North-East health and safety company, Frontier.

The 29-year-old from South Shields, South Tyneside, has joined Frontier after a career in business development, which has seen him travel around the UK promoting products and brands for the likes of JML Homeware and Collection 2000.

Frontier provides health and safety services for industries such as offices, pubs, nightclubs and retail.

In his new role as business consultant, Mr Nicholson will act in an advisory capacity with responsibilities for business development and account management.

David Frame, of Frontier, said: "Mark has joined Frontier at an exciting time as the company is celebrating a number of significant contract wins. He is the ideal choice to drive this business forward and we welcome him to the team."

Frontier was developed by Datawright and has been running since February.