PROMOTION SPACE GROUP has appointed NEIL JONES to the group board in the newly created role of group sales director, to support its rapid growth and expansion plans. With a strong agency and media background, Jones joins PSG from specialist experiential communications agency Avantgarde Marketing, where he was CEO.

CAPITAL SHOPPING CENTRES has promoted PAUL LANCASTER to general manager of Llakeside, Thurrock. He was previously general manager of The Potteries in Hanley.

ERCO LIGHTING has appointed JONATHAN MORRISH as sector manager of its retail lighting division. He has more than twenty years’ experience in the lighting industry in both manufacturing and consultancy and has worked as a lighting designer and in sales and marketing roles.

WORKMAN RETAIL has appointed PAUL SMITH as centre manager at the Harpur Centre, Bedford and at St Benedict’s Court, Huntingdon. Previously, he was manager at Craven Court in Skipton and Marble Place, Southport. His predecessor, MARK NEEDHAM, is to take up the role of health and safety advisor at the Workman London office.

MCR, the corporate restructuring and insolvency specialist, has decided to appoint two new partners in a move that aims to strengthen the practice’s mid-market and large corporate offerings. Both of the new partners, MATT BOND and SALLYANNE PITT, have been appointed from within MCR.