MARK DOHERTY has joined Tees Valley Housing Group on a year's secondment as business development executive for TVHG's subsidiary company Partnering Plus.

Mr Doherty is an associate director at Neilson Binnie McKenzie.

Partnering Plus is a company that specialises in regeneration and partnership working, social housing, tenant consultation, refurbishment and asset management, project management and third-party services.

Martin Hawthorne, director of development at TVHG and one of the founding consultants of Partnering Plus, said: "Having Mark working alongside me as business development executive means there will be a greater ability to press forward with the work of Partnering Plus and enhance our service to clients."