COLIN GARBUTT has been appointed regeneration director at the Newcastle office of project management and construction consultants Hall and Partners.
He has more than 37 years' experience of the housing sector and will lead the regeneration team. He joins from the Home Group, where he was director of marketing and communications.
Ray Hall, director of Hall and Partners, said: "Colin's reputation in the housing sector comes before him and we see his appointment as strengthening the services we offer to the housing sector.
"Regeneration is currently high on the political agenda and investment within the sector will continue to grow in the future.
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