SUNDERLAND-based housebuilder Broseley Homes has appointed a sales manager.

RICHARD JONES, who has 13 years experience in housing, joins serving sales manager Gary Anderson to lead a regional sales team of 20.

Mr Jones has responsibility for the southern half of the region, from Durham to Teesside, while Mr Anderson looks after the area north of Durham.

Mr Jones has worked at an estate agency in Poole, Dorset, for the past 13 years, but wanted to move to the North-East so his wife Lesley could be closer to her family in Sunderland.

Broseley Homes, based in Colima Avenue, Sunderland, is part of the NorthCountry Homes group.