Family owned regional contractor G and J Seddon has appointed Jonathan Seddon as managing director.

Housebuilder Persimmon has announced  that Adam Applegarth, a non-executive director of the company has resigned with immediate effect.

Hyder Consulting, the environmental, engineering and infrastructure specialist, has appointed Said El-Belbol as UK Function Group Director for Bridges & Civil Structures. Said is a chartered engineer with more than 22 years industrial experience.

Air conditioning installer Worthington Nicholls has said that it expects to call an Extraordinary General Meeting after a number of key shareholders asked for such a meeting to vote on the removal of chairman Alastair Stoddart.