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Jul 2023
Business Breakfast: Harrogate care company appoints new chief executive
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A Harrogate district care company has appointed a new chief executive.
Homes Together, which is based on Victoria Avenue, provides accommodation for disabled people across Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough.
The company has appointed David Ashton-Jones as its new chief executive, as well as restructuring its senior management team.
Mr Ashton-Jones said:
Meanwhile, the firm has also unveiled plans to invest in its training, infrastructure and technology in an effort to improve its services.
Harrogate company reaches sustainability targets
A Harrogate company has celebrated achieving three of its sustainability targets.
Techbuyer, which is based on Hornbeam Park, set nine targets including responsible consumption and production, quality education and good health and wellbeing.
The targets were set in line with the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals, which were drawn up in 2015.
Steve Sexton, group managing director of Techbuyer.
Techbuyer has now reached three of the goals ahead of its 2025 deadline.
Of those it has achieved include logging 15,000 hours of staff physical activity, £3 million in savings for educational institutions and promoting sustainable technology to 5,000 organisations.
Steve Sexton, group managing director at Techbuyer, said:
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