John Lewis appoints new property director

Gafsen will join the John Lewis Partnership on 13 November as the new director of property, responsible for the strategy and management of the Partnership’s property portfolio and reporting into executive director of finance Bérangère Michel. He will succeed Chris Harris who announced in June that he would step down …

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John Lewis Partnership appoints new director of property

Martin Gafsen will join the John Lewis Partnership (JLP) on 13 November as the new director of property, reporting into executive director of finance, Bérangère Michel. Martin Gafsen was property and facilities director for the Royal Mail Group for 16 years, leading the strategy for its nationwide freehold and leasehold estate, …

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Beginning of the end for Bootle’s former Girobank building

Recent images show that the razing of the old Santander headquarters off Bridle Road has begun, two years after plans to redevelop the site were scrapped. Known locally as the Giro, the Bootle landmark has almost completely lost its operations block with the dismantling well underway. Sefton Council received a …

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