Berwick News
NEW CHIEF OFFICER STARTING IN FEBRUARY
26 November 2024
After a very thorough recruitment process, Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council is delighted to be able to announce we have filled our Chief Officer Role, coming into post in February.
Iain McCready will be joining us from Farnham Town Council where he has been instrumental in their successes of NALC Council of the Year in 2021 and has achieved fantastic results in Farnham in Bloom regionally at South and South East in Bloom and nationally at RHS Britain in Bloom winning Golds in 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024 including three best in categories. He has also been the instigator for many biodiversity and sustainable measures in the town including mass tree planting, creating wildflower meadows and setting up a Climate Change Task group. Other projects that Iain has worked on are improvements to the Christmas lights in the town, obtaining additional Green Spaces from the Borough Council, leading on Remembrance Day Parade and managing the tender processes for new toilets, Council website, cemetery gardens and a playground refurbishment.
Iain brings a wealth of experience and knowledge and we are very lucky to be able to have secured such an experienced individual into this role. We look forward to working with Iain to deliver the councils vision over the coming months and years.