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Oct 2022
Business Breakfast: Former director of British Council appointed Ashville bursar
In today's business news, Richard Rooze has been appointed the new bursar of Ashville College and Redrow homes in Harrogate announces a new charity partnership
Business Breakfast is sponsored by Harrogate law firm Truth Legal.
A former director of the British Council has been appointed bursar at Harrogate’s Ashville College.
Richard Rooze has taken on the financial role after spending two decades with the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
Ashville College head Rhiannon Wilkinson said:
“This is an incredibly important role as a bursar is a school’s financial director.
"Having started his career as a teacher – and spending many years at a very high level within the British Council – he (Richard) brings with him a wealth of experience within the education sector."
Mr Rooze said:
“After more than 25 years working abroad, I was looking at both a career change and to move to the Harrogate area, so when I saw Ashville advertising for a bursar I knew this was the perfect position for me...
“My goal is to use my skills to deliver excellent outcome for students and partners, and to build the brand of UK education over the long term... I’m excited to be helping develop and deliver Ashville’s strategy for the next five years, which will see the college celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2027.”
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Housing developer supports poverty charity
Redrow homes has held an event at its Granby Meadows development in Harrogate to announce a partnership with a charity that supports people living in poverty.
Zarach, which is based in Leeds, aims to support children and their families who are struggling with the cost of living.
Redrow said Granby Meadows is a showcase development for the company in Yorkshire with its first re-branded, digital-led and paperless customer experience suite. Every new home purchased at the Harrogate site will also receive a copy of Zarach’s bedtime book entitled Zed Ted.
Steve Jackson, sales director for Redrow Yorkshire, said:
“We are always keen to help worthwhile charities and causes, and I have never been more delighted to offer our support than with Zarach which is, sadly, a much-needed organisation.
“Having a bed to sleep in and food to eat so they can get a good night’s sleep should be a basic right of every child; likewise that families, as Zarach points out, should be able to thrive and not just survive."
Redrow has made a first donation of £2,500 to help fund the work of the charity.
L-R: Steve Jackson, sales director at Redrow Yorkshire, Amy Green, co-ordinator of volunteers for Zarach, and Redrow Yorkshire’s managing director John Handley.
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