Chief Executive

Appointments Property 

LICHFIELDS APPOINTS CAROLINE MCDADE TO BOLSTER UK PLANNING FIREPOWER

January 15, 2026 NewsDesk BNP Paribas Real Estate, Caroline McDade, Chief Executive, commercial planning advice, employee-owned consultancy, housing delivery UK, infrastructure planning, James Fennell, Lichfields, London, London planning consultancy, major projects UK, mixed-use development, planning and development, planning strategy, Senior Director, UK development sector, UK planning consultancy, urban regeneration

UK planning consultancy Lichfields has moved to strengthen its senior leadership as developers and investors grapple with mounting complexity in

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Appointments Investment Mergers and Acquisitions 

AAB APPOINTS ELONA MORTIMER-ZHIKA AS GOLDMAN SACHS COMPLETES TAKEOVER

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 NewsDesk AAB, AAB Group, AAB Jose Barreto, AI in professional services, business growth UK, Chief Executive, corporate governance, digital transformation, Elona Mortimer-Zhika, Emma Lancaster, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, IRIS Software, mid-market advisory, Partner, Private Equity, private equity investment, professional services firm, Senior Non-Executive Director Emma Lancaster, UK accounting firms

AAB has strengthened its leadership bench and entered a new chapter of expansion after regulators approved the firm’s acquisition by

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Charity News Retail 

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HITS SHOP WORKERS AS ABUSE AND SHOPLIFTING SURGE

November 7, 2025 NewsDesk bp Anthony Houghton, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium Karen O’Rourke, Chief Executive, Chris Brook-Carter, christmas shopping behaviour, Conwy, customer service respect, Dundee) Stephanie (retail worker, Group CEO, H&M UKIE Jo Hayward, Holland & Barrett Bruce Findlay, kindness campaign, Landsec Michael (former store manager, London, Managing Director, Mobility & Convenience Retail, Oxford Street), respect retail campaign, Retail, retail abuse, retail crime uk, retail industry news, retail staff mental health, retail staff wellbeing, retail trust, Retail Trust Helen Dickinson, retail violence, shop worker safety, shoplifting crisis uk, UK, uk retail workers, Vice President, Wales) Nicola (former retail worker

SHOP STAFF FACE DAILY ABUSE AS CHARITY CALLS FOR RESPECT ON THE HIGH STREET Retail workers across Britain are facing

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Health News Technology 

DIGITAL HEALTH BREAKTHROUGH AS PSYOMICS JOINS FORCES WITH NORTH LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 NewsDesk AI in healthcare, Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, clinical decision support, digital health partnership, digital mental health, digital therapy platform, EHR integration, healthcare transformation, Jess Lievesley, London, mental health technology, NHS digital strategy, NHS innovation, North London NHS Foundation Trust, North London NHS Foundation Trust Dr Melinda Rees, patient-centred care, Psyomics, UK mental health services, University of Cambridge research

In a major step towards modernising mental health care, the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) has entered into a

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Charity News 

‘AT YOUR DOORSTEP’: BUSINESS LEADERS UNITE TO FIGHT HOMELESSNESS IN LONDON WITH CEO SLEEPOUT CHALLENGE

October 24, 2025 NewsDesk At Your Doorstep campaign, Ben Morton, Bianca Robinson, business philanthropy, CEO Sleepout, Change Please, Chief Executive, Corporate Social Responsibility, Depaul UK, homelessness charity, London, London business leaders, London homelessness, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Michael Blakesley, Only A Pavement Away, poverty in London, Providence Row, Scots Care, social impact, UK, UK homelessness statistics, Walking with the Wounded

Business Leaders Urged to Swap Boardrooms for Sleeping Bags to Tackle London’s Homelessness Crisis As the number of homeless people

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Construction Property 

£12.4M OFFICE-TO-RESIDENTIAL SCHEME BACKED IN SOUTH LONDON

September 10, 2025 NewsDesk Atelier, Chief Executive, Day One LTV, development funding, Director, GLPG, Lambeth, Lending Director, local housing, London, Lotus Living, New Homes Programme, Nick Swerner, Rajiv Nehru, Rav Kudhail, South London, Streatham, transaction

Development finance lender Atelier has provided a £12.4m loan to fund the conversion of a former office building in Streatham,

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Government Manufacturing News 

GLASS SECTOR SMASHED BY GOVERNMENT

November 28, 2024 NewsDesk British Glass, Busan, Chief Executive, Dave Dalton, Dr Nick Kirk, Government, manufacturing, Mary Creagh, materials, packaging, packaging extended producer (pEPR), pEPR, RECYCLE, Recycling Minister, SMEs, South Korea, Technical Director

British Glass Response to Passing of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations (pEPR) scheme British Glass has today accused the Government

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