Congleton-based Adlington Retirement Living has appointed Sarah Chadwick as head of marketing and Karen McDonald as senior sales progressor, as part of its ambitious growth plans.

Sarah joins the business with more than 26 years of experience. Half of that time was spent at McCann, a global leader in marketing and advertising, where she was head of channel for Aldi.

Alexandra Johnson, sales and marketing director for Adlington Retirement Living said: "Sarah has a very broad range of skills from TV production through to print, advertising, media buying, strategic planning and digital. Her depth of experience makes her the perfect addition to our team to support the growth trajectory of our business."

Sarah said: "One of the main attractions for me to join the team was its solid foundation of family values. Everybody here really cares about our homeowners and our colleagues. I'm enjoying mentoring the marketing team and I look forward to continuing to support them as they grow with the business."

Karen McDonald has moved from her previous position as a senior sales consultant to the newly created role of senior sales progressor. Karen has worked for Adlington Retirement since 2018.

Karen said: "In my new role, I support our homeowners from the point at which they reserve an apartment in one of our retirement communities, right through to their completion date."

Dr Ed Gladman, CEO of Adlington Retirement Living, said: "It's an exciting time for anybody to join the business. In the past six years, we have grown from 30 employees to a team of more than 150, with experts from land acquisition, planning, architectural and technical design, to procurement, construction, sales and marketing, legal and community operations. We're now recruiting for a number of roles ranging from general managers to quantity surveyors."

CBI North West on the move to be nearer technology cluster

The North West Confederation of Business and Industry (CBI) team is relocating from its current base in Eccles, Greater Manchester to the Daresbury SciTech campus.

The move to the science and technology cluster which is near Warrington and forms part of the Cheshire Science Corridor along with Birchwood and Alderley Park, is designed to bring the CBI closer to the innovative companies at the campus which includes companies in sectors such as advanced engineering, biomedical and life sciences as well as digital and ICT companies.

CBI North West covers all the North West regions and has 4,000 direct or indirect members.

Damian Waters, director of CBI North West, said: "Sci-Tech Daresbury is an ever-expanding community of innovation-based businesses, and it makes sense for us to be here alongside them and connecting with the community. Not only does the campus provide brilliant transport links to all of the areas we support, but the facilities offering is strong, and the campus has an exciting buzz about it."

Winsford Town Centre regeneration scaled back

Winsford's town centre regeneration is to be redesigned after soaring costs have meant the original designs are to be revisited.

Artists impression of Winsford town centre regeneration (Cheshire West Council)

Cheshire West Council approved the £21.7 million scheme last year which was planned to include multiple amenities and retail space. However, inflation and market conditions has meant three fixed units will be replaced by an events space.

The council will also face having to provide an extra £500,000 in capital funding for the scheme to avoid missing a project deadline set by the government's Future High Street Fund, which is investing £10 million in the scheme.

A council report said the increase would be met from additional income being generated by rent already secured from tenants. The report said: "Inflation has had a significant impact on the costs of materials and labour and therefore the recommended revisions will reduce the costs and risks of delivering the scheme to the council in order to ensure the core of the project can proceed and be delivered."

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