HEIDI CHURNSIDE has landed a job with Airtours International.

Heidi, 23, of Waterfoot, was chosen from thousands of applicants to become a stewardess with the airline.

IAN ASHWORTH has been installed as the new president of the East Lancashire branch of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He is the retail manager for the Bank of Scotland in East Lancashire.

FRANK MAXWELL has been appointed production manager at Coating Applications Group of Accrington.

Frank, 34, who lives in the town, has been with the company for nine years as technical manager.

NICOLA HARDING has been appointed a partner at Roebucks in Blackburn. She qualified as a barrister in 1975 and as a solicitor in 1991.

Her interests outside work include being a governor of Westholme School, deputy registrar of the Blackburn Diocese and a member of Blackburn Soroptimists.

PAUL BURY has been promoted to the board of directors at CW Advertising in Accrington.

Paul, 27, who has recently become a father for the first time, joined the agency less than a year ago.

Businesswoman YVONNE TYRER, who with husband Graeme runs Business & Home Telecoms in Brierfield, has been appointed a director of the Telecommunications Industry Association.

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