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Business Post (Ireland)
Cheshire Live
Financial Times
Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms
Manchester Confidential
POLITICO Europe
Radio Times
Reach plc
Shard Media Group
Soho House
The Telegraph
Yorkshire Live
Freelance Update - Angellica Bell

Business Post (Ireland) 
Daniel Murray is now a Political Correspondent at the Business Post, where he was previously a Reporter covering energy, the environment and health. Reach Daniel via email or find him on Twitter @DanielTMurray

Cheshire Live
Ramazani Mwamba will be joining Cheshire Live next month. Rami is currently a Community Reporter at MEN Online and can be found on Twitter @RAMIMWAMBA

Financial Times
The FT has launched Unhedged, a weekday newsletter covering the world of markets and finance. To-the-point and sophisticated, Unhedged is a smart, timely, informal update that marries strong opinion to hard facts. Written for industry insiders, this weekday digest is compiled by the FT’s seasoned US finance editor, Robert Armstrong (@rbrtrmstrng)

Kitchen Bedrooms & Bathrooms 
Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine has launched How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast, in association with thesethreerooms.com. Hosted by Lindsay Blair, the podcast will cover all things design and advice on creating the perfect kitchen or bathroom.

Manchester Confidential
Davey Brett is now a Staff Writer at Manchester Confidential. Davey covers food, drink and events and is interested in related news for the North West. He was previously a Freelance Journalist after leaving his role as Editor-and-Chief at The Essential Journal. Reach Davey via email or find him on Twitter @dbretteats

POLITICO Europe 
POLITICO Europe, a joint venture between POLITICO and Axel Springer, has announced that Claire Boussagol will assume the role as POLITICO Europe’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of 16 June 2021. She will succeed Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson, who is stepping down as CEO at her own request to take on new pursuits, including a new role as a member of POLITICO Europe’s Advisory Board. In this role Semsar-de Boisséson will continue to contribute to the company’s further development and growth across Europe. As incoming CEO, Claire Boussagol will lead POLITICO Europe’s next chapter of growth. She joins them from APCO Worldwide, where she most recently held the position of President Europe. Prior to that she was Managing Director of APCO Worldwide’s offices in Paris and Brussels.

Radio Times
Sherna Noah has moved to Radio Times magazine as Factual TV Commissioning Editor. Sherna, previously Senior Entertainment Correspondent at PA Media, can be reached via email or found on Twitter @showbizsherna

Reach plc
Fiona Leishman has taken on the role of Newsletter Lead for the South East at Reach plc. Previously a Senior Reporter for Cambridgeshire Live and Peterborough Live, Fiona can be reached via email or found on Twitter @leishman_fiona

Reach plc
A few changes have been announced on the Reach and Mirror Online sports teams:
Jake Murtagh has started a new role as Head of National Sports (Digital) for the Mirror, Daily Star and Daily Express.
Mark Jones has been appointed as Mirror Sport's new Features Editor and Jake Polden the new Assistant Sports Editor (Agenda).
Ben Husband has arrived as a Sports Reporter and Ricky Charlesworth has joined the team as their new EFL Reporter.

Rhotic Media 
Melanie Boulton is joining Rhotic Media as an editorial assistant on 1 June 2021. Most recently, Melanie worked as a writer for the Co-operative Heritage Project, researching the history of co-operatives in Leicestershire and writing articles for the project’s exhibition. She holds a first-class History degree from the University of Sheffield. She will work on editorial briefs across Rhotic’s three divisions: Retail Finance, Institutional Finance and Companies & Markets. 

Shard Media Group
Thomas Parker has joined Shard Media Group as a Senior Journalist. Tom, previously a Journalist for the NS Packaging website at Progressive Media International, can be found on Twitter @thompaulparker

Soho House 
Megan Murray has moved from Senior Digital Writer at Stylist.co.uk to Editor for Soho Home and Cowshed at Soho House. Megan is looking for interiors and wellness news and can be reached via email or found on Instagram @meganrosemurray

The Telegraph 
Former Overnight Editor Chris Graham has been appointed Deputy Editor of Telegraph.co.uk. Chris, who has moved from Sydney to London, can still be reached at the same email address or found on Twitter @cjgraham82

YorkshireLive
Alex Evans is now Content Editor at YorkshireLive, joining them from his role at JPIMedia, where he was Head of Live News across the Yorkshire Evening Post and Yorkshire Post. Alex can be found on Twitter @AlexanderCEvans

Freelance Update - Angellica Bell 
Angellica Bell presents the new Legal & General series Rewirement, a podcast aimed at challenging retirement stereotypes and encouraging people at all ages to start planning. She’ll be talking to inspiring people who are on their way to achieving a healthy, happy, fulfilling and financially comfortable retirement, and speaking to experts for advice and tips on a matter of issues from relocating, finding love in retirement, staying physically and mentally fit and an LGBTQ+ retirement. 

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