Cushman & Wakefield has recruited Capital & Regional’s national property manager Anne Rush as Partner in its expanding retail asset management team.

Milton Keynes saw three days of events at thecentre:mk to celebrate the launch of the new £10m Destination Dining restaurant quarter.

Milton Keynes saw three days of events at thecentre:mk to celebrate the launch of the new £10m Destination Dining restaurant quarter

Managers at Bournemouth’s Castlepoint shopping park created a day to remember for maintenance staff member James Cotton, who has worked on the retail site for 25 years

Land Securities has appointed Gemma Pratt as leasing director of its retail portfolio

Colliers has appointed Bernard Ferris as head of shopping centre management

MCARTHURGLEN has appointed JAMES LINDSAY as centre manager for its York Designer Outlet. He has worked for some of the biggest names in the industry including Warner Estate, Westfield, the Trafford Centre and Meadowhall. At the same time KENNY MURRAY is promoted from retail manager at the Ashford outlet to centre manager at the East Midlands outlet. RICHARD GARRATT transfers from his role as centre manager at East Midlands to centre manager for the Bridgend outlet, taking over from DAVID NORRIS, who is to expand his role as McArthurGlen’s group operations director.

Castlepoint shopping centre in Bournemouth celebrated its Come Shopping at Castlepoint Race Day at Salisbury racecourse by flying two shoppers to the course. Sylvia Mosheim, who was judged to be the most stylish and best dressed woman at Castlepoint’s Ladies Day in March, flew by helicopter from Bournemouth International Airport to the course as part of the competition package.   Sylvia, and her daughter Jasmine, were first driven from their home in Southbourne in a limo to the airport before the 20 minute flight, accompanied by Katie Wilson from the Dorset Junior chamber and Castlepoint’s general manager Peter Matthews. They were then able to enjoy lunch and an afternoon of racing. The prize also included £250 clothes voucher to be spent at Castlepoint, a pamper day and also an evening meal at the Village Hotel after the return flight.  “We have never had the chance to visit the race course and have never flown over Dorset before by helicopter so it was a very enjoyable day out,” said Sylvia Mosheim

Wimbledon came to the North West this year, thanks to a recreation of the All England Club at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet. Shoppers were able to watch matches from the tournament on a specially created turfed seating area, with a giant TV screen, a mini tennis court and the centre’s very own ‘Murray Mound’.

Customers at Birmingham’s One Stop Shopping Centre were able to take the weight off their feet at the end of June when the landlord laid on a fleet of  three–wheeled tuk tuks to celebrate the start of improvement works .

James Brown is to join Jones Lang LaSalle in the autumn as its new head of EMEA retail research and consultancy.

CB Richard Ellis has announced the appointment of Neville Moss as head of retail research for the EMEA region, as it continues to invest in its cross-border retail capability

Invista Real Estate Investment Management, the largest listed real estate fund manager in the UK, has appointed Richard O’Boyle as head of the retail sector team

Standard Life Investments has appointed David Paine as head of property investments follows the decision by Alex Watt, managing director of property investments, to take early retirement in November 2010.

Former Dixons chief executive to join Capital & Regional as chairman

Over 1,000 women are celebrating a successful 9km walk around the city centre of Liverpool in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Happy shopper Rachel Ozers got more than she bargained for when she visited Morpeth’s Sanderson Arcade with her Mum during a weekend trip home from London.

Moves for June 2010

Fashion retailer Next has appointed Land Securities chief executive Francis Salway as a non-executive director.

One of the biggest jobs in centre management, the post of general manager of Eldon Square in Newcastle, has gone to Phil Steele, who moves from The Bridges in Sunderland.

Hammerson has strengthened its retail team with the creation of a new senior management role. Janette Bell has joined the company as UK sales and marketing director.

Land Securities has appointed a new retail performance analyst as part of its commitment to understand changing trends in retail. Rosalind David, ex-head of retail research at DTZ, has been appointed to the position.

To mark the 250^th anniversary of the origin of King Sturge, the company launched a year-long fundraising appeal in support of several charities across Europe.

A group of 50 riders will cycle from Grosvenor’s London offices to Liverpool One in two and a half days to raise money for The Liverpool One Foundation.

Ten shopping centres managed by NB Real Estate – part of Capita Symonds - are joining forces to host a series of fun and creative World Cup themed events on behalf of the testicular cancer charity Everyman.

Claire Young, entrepreneur and finalist on the BBC Apprentice series in 2008, and Meadowhall, Yorkshire’s premier Shopping Centre, have joined forces to support a ground breaking social enterprise project for school pupils in South Yorkshire.

Long-standing chairman Tom Chandos to step down from Capital & Regional, manager of the Mall, Junction and X-Leisure funds.

Highcross Leicester has recently donated £60,000 to charities across the East Midlands after raising money from the VAT reduction last year.

Savills has recruited seven shopping centre management specialists from DTZ following a string of new instructions.

Growing retail security solutions company The Cardinal Group has appointed Andrew Gillies to head up its sales and marketing drive as it enters a new phase of its expanding development programme.

Grosvenor has recruited Craig McWilliam as its new executive director in charge of development activity outside its core London estates.

An Edinburgh man, who plans to run 50 marathons in just 56 days, planned a training programme that involved running a full marathon inside a shopping centre.

CB Richard Ellis has appointed Experian’s Jonathan De Mello to head up its UK retail consultancy team.

British Land has shaken up its retail management team, promoting Charles Maudsley and Ben Grose.

Savills has appointed retail director Larry Brennan as chairman of its Irish business.

Workman Retail in Bristol has appointed John Grinnell to manage The Shires shopping centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Grinnell managed The Podium Shopping Centre, Bath for the last five years and was chairman of Bath Retail.

Gallions Reach Shopping Park in Beckton has appointed Catherine Goddard as its new centre manager. She joins the shopping park from London City Airport, where she worked as commercial development manager.

AFC Group has welcomed Julie Hulme to the senior management team as commercial director. Hulme has over 18 years’ experience in the security and soft services industry. She has worked at Reliance Security in a number of senior sales roles including regional sales manager. Hulme will be responsible for managing all aspects of the sales process within the group.