CUMBRIA TIMES - Key Persons


Cherelle Jones

Job Titles:
  • Senior Account Manager at Partners
Cherelle Jones, a Senior Account Manager at Partners, is the latest regional professional in the hot seat as the p.ublished group of newspapers gives her just 10 minutes to answer our 10 burning questions.

Dr Roger Barker

Job Titles:
  • Director of Policy at the Institute of Directors

Dr William Beer

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Tunley Environmental
Dr William Beer CEO of Tunley Environmental writes on how Optima has undergone a remarkable sustainability transformation over the past five years. Optima has developed and implemented a comprehensive Net Zero plan, encompassing emission measurement, solar integration, and sustainable supplier development.

Helen Firth

Job Titles:
  • Royal Navy Petty Officer
From tracking enemy submarines to tracking LNER trains, former Royal Navy Petty Officer Helen Firth is finding there are some surprising similarities between working on an anti-submarine frigate and working in the Rail Operations Centre in York.

Lucy Brown

Job Titles:
  • Features Writer
Plastic packaging tax (PPT) has just marked its two-year anniversary of the legislation coming into force and HMRC is now including PPT within the business risk review plus (BRR+) process. With many businesses still getting to grips with their reporting obligations, Louise Brown Corporate Tax Manager at audit, tax and consulting firm RSMUK says this could prove a challenge for those who are asked to complete the new PPT BRR+ questionnaire.

Patrick Macdonald

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Outsourced Communications Provider Moneypenny
Patrick Macdonald, Chairman of outsourced communications provider Moneypenny, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). The RSE is Scotland's national academy with a Fellowship of 1,800 drawn from the sciences, arts, business, professions and the third and public sectors.