Contractors

Graham Pryor has been promoted to business development manager of Kier International.

Bowmer & Kirkland has appointed Paul Lomas main board director.

Ipswich-based Barnes Construction has appointed Nick Fayers divisional managing director.

Peter Baggott has joined Barnes & Elliott, a division of Morgan Sindall, as regional director. Robert Ellams has joined Lichfield-based Linford Building as senior contracts manager. Stuart Carter has been promoted to senior contracts manager for the firm’s repair and restoration division, Linford-Bridgeman.

Swallow Construction has appointed Sudhir Amin projects manager. John Ford and Robert Master have been made senior quantity surveyors.

Housebuilders

Ian Mitchell has been appointed director of Kier Land, a new subsidiary of Kier Residential.

Alister Crook has joined Laing Homes South East Thames as marketing manager.

Consultants

David Mann has been made partner in Tuffin Ferraby & Taylor.

Daniel Atkinson has been made managing director of the international legal and arbitration division of James R Knowles.

Maurice Tidy has been promoted to marketing and communications director of WSP Group. John Stevens has joined the Glasgow office as technical director.

John Marshall has been made a partner in Dickinson Dees’ commercial disputes group. Nick Henderson has been made partner in the construction and engineering group.

Institution

Ibstock Brick sales and marketing director John Richard has been made chairman of the Brick Development Association’s commercial executive.

Suppliers

Technical tapes supplier Scapa Group has appointed Bill Tame group financial director.

Kawneer Europe has promoted Eddie Rigby to UK major projects operations director. Wesley Waring has been made project manager.

Bob Butterfield has been made housebuilder account manager for Marshalls Clay Products.