SAVILLS has strengthened its corporate finance team with the appointment of ANDREW ANTONIADES as an associate director. He joins from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked within the real estate advisory team.

CAROLINE COOK, formerly director of development and business support at Business in the Community, has been appointed as HBG UK's new head of corporate social responsibility.

LISA CAMPBELL has joined EFM ASSET MANAGEMENT as a property manager. She brings with her 20 years of retail property management experience in Australia.

Three of the best-known names in Midlands' retail property have joined forces to establish their own consultancy practice. GUY WEBBER and NICK DE-PONS, the former award-winning retail team at the Birmingham office of Jones Lang LaSalle, have teamed up with RICHARD BIDWELL, the former head of Colliers CRE's retail team in the Midlands, to form BIDWELL WEBBER DE-PONS.

DOMINIC BROWN has joined CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD as a senior surveyor based in the Midlands office. He joins from Lambert Smith Hampton and will handle shopping centres and high streets in the Midlands and South West.

LAND SECURITIES has appointed LES MCGLASSON as project manager on its new £130m retail development, The Elements in Livingston, which will adjoin the Almondvale shopping centre. Based in Land Securities' Glasgow office, he will also be involved in the planned £300m extension to the Bon Accord-St Nicholas shopping centre in Aberdeen.

HARTNELL TAYLOR COOK has announced a number of promotions. IAN LAMBERT, MARTIN DAVENPORT and ALASDAIR MCLEOD have been invited to join the partnership. LLOYD CLARK has been promoted to director of IT, DAVID NORTH, ADAM COOPER and JASON HERBERT have all been promoted to associate directors. And STEFAN DAVIES has been promoted to senior surveyor.

LUNSON MITCHENALL has recruited GUY HARRISON from CB Richard Ellis to work alongside director John Griffin in the investment team.

Retail property adviser HARPER DENNIS HOBBS has promoted TIM NEWMAN to director. At the same time CLARE DUTTON joins from CWM as associate director; ARIAN AHMADIAN and JAKE PATER have joined as graduate surveyors and KATE HAVENHAND has joined HDH's professional team.

SJ BERWIN has recruited STEPHEN HUGHES as a new partner in its real estate division. He has joined from Olswang to help develop SJ Berwin's property company and entrepreneurial investor client base.

LAND SECURITIES has appointed PAUL MARTLAND, formerly regional manager for Marks & Spencer for five years, as retail operations director for the North of England and Scotland, following the promotion of Nick Peel to UK head of retail operations.

JOHN GRAY, chairman of the Property Managers Association's shopping centre sub-committee, is to join SGP PROPERTY CONSULTANCY, part of Johnson Facilities Management, in January 2008.

GROSVENOR has appointed MANDY LOOSE as centre manager at the Freshney Place shopping centre in Grimsby, which is held in the Grosvenor Shopping Centre Fund. She has been working at the centre for six years, first as assistant operations manager, and latterly as facilities manager, and replaces Patrick Keilthy, who retired in September.

Retail property specialist TUSHINGHAM MOORE has appointed RICHARD LYONS as partner. He joins Tushingham Moore from London-based retail surveyor Leslie Furness, where he was a director.

LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL has appointed ALEXANDER NICOLL as director of corporate social responsibility. He is currently head of internal communications for the Church of England where he has worked since 1987. He has also been a member of Westminster City Council for St James's Ward since 1994, and held the position of Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster for 2006-7.

SAVILLS has recruited HUGH BLACK as centre manager at Multi Development's landmark Victoria Square regeneration project in Belfast, which will open on 6 March 2008, creating up to 3,000 jobs. Hugh joins Victoria Square from the Junction One designer outlet mall in Antrim.

SAVILLS has appointed ROSS ALLARDICE as head of in-town retail in Glasgow. He joins the company as a director from Colliers CRE, where he worked with the in-town retail team.

Manager of the month

The Mall Falkirk has announced the appointment of Suzanne Arkinson to the key role of centre manager.

With an extensive background in catering and retail management, Suzanne has a strong track record working with major brands such as McDonalds, Safeway and BAA.

The former retail development manager at Glasgow Airport succeeds David Pierotti, who spent four years at The Mall. She says: "The Mall Falkirk is recognised as a high quality and successful shopping centre that truly embodies The Mall's brand values of being caring, easy and dynamic. I'm extremely fortunate to have a great team around me who will help me achieve my ultimate goal - understanding and delivering exactly what our shoppers want, including attracting additional big name retailers."

Arkinson started her career in catering, working with McDonald's before joining Di Maggio's restaurant as manager in the St Enoch Centre. She then joined Safeway, working for the leading supermarket for seven years and becoming deputy manager of the multiple's flagship store in Anniesland, Glasgow.

Following the birth of her child, she decided to alter her career path and moved into retail management at Glasgow Airport. She worked there for three years, overseeing the refurbishment and expansion of the retail offering in Scotland's busiest airport.

Situated in the heart of Falkirk, The Mall hosts a wide selection of top independent and national retailers including Marks & Spencer and a Desire by Debenhams department store.

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