UKB International makes two new appointments

KARL PRING joins the company as sales consultant. Karl, from Chester-le- Street, County Durham, brings over 10 years’ experience as a sales manager in the communications sector to his new position.

Karl will initially focus on the education and public sectors. Karl is a keen golfer and rugby fan, having captained the Welsh District Team at international level.

At UKB, ANDY FULLER has been appointed to the post of telesales supervisor to lead a team of seven operators. Andy, from North Shields, brings over 10 years’ sales and marketing experience. In his spare time, Andy plays guitar with local rock band Random Play as well as being a keen footballer and mountain bike competitor.

Newcastle-based Golley Slater, Newcastle, has boosted its PR team with the appointment of GEORGINA DUNKLEY as its new junior account director.

Georgina, 27, who lives in Newcastle, has been working in the PR industry for six years after graduating with a BA degree in film and media studies from the University of Sunderland.

The new audit managers at Hartlepool accountants Horwath Clark Whitehill are hoping to prove right the old adage of two heads being better than one. CARY SURTEES and SARA BUCKWORTH are job sharing the position following the promotion of the firm’s previous audit manager, Paul Harrison, to partner. Mrs Surtees joined Horwath Clark Whitehill as an audit manager in 1994, having qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992 after training with a firm in Middlesbrough.

Sara Buckworth trained with Horwath Clark Whitehill after graduating from Nottingham University in 1999. She completed her training in 2002 and became an audit senior, specialising in the not-for-profit and charity sector. She has gleaned a wide range of experience in the charity and commercial sector and became an audit supervisor in 2004. Business Tourism in the region is set to get a boost after NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI) appointed a new media and PR manager to promote business tourism in the ‘twin cities’ and wider region.

Former Journal sub-editor, DAVID BOOTLE, will be promoting NewcastleGateshead’s world-class conference and venue facilities to businesses and event organisers throughout the country and overseas.

The role will involve highlighting the diversity and unique qualities the region possesses for hosting major conferences and meetings and the potential this provides business delegates to meet key business influencers, academics or scientists who are experts in their field.