The shared services partnership between West Dorset DC and Weymouth and Portland PC reached another milestone this week, with internal appointments to 16 service manager positions now confirmed.

Supporting chief executive, David Clarke, and the four directors, Jason Vaughan, Adrian Stuart, Kate Hindson and David Evans, will be Julie Strange, financial services manager; Stuart Dawson, revenues and benefits manager; Glen Harding, legal and democratic manager; Rosie Darkin, property and facilities manager; Melanie Earnshaw, human resources manager; Bob Hanton, customer services and communications manager;