SARAH LILLEYMAN, YVONNE HESELWOOD and ALYSON WAGSTAFF have new roles at The Partners Group, in York.

They will be working with clients including Macdonald Hotels, Business Link York and North Yorkshire, and York Cares, at the communications company.

Hull University graduate Ms Lilleynman has been appointed junior account executive, having previously worked in the Press and PR department at the BBC in Leeds, where she was involved in the promotion of BBC TV, radio and online projects.

She also worked as a broadcast assistant for BBC Look North and BBC Radio Humberside in Hull.

Ms Wagstaff and Ms Heselwood have joined the company as personal assistants. Ms Wagstaff was PA to the chief executive of a major plant hire company in Derby and more recently worked at the Mount School for Girls, in York.

Ms Heselwood, from Malton, joins from Balfour Beatty, where she was PA to the senior engineering manager.