New board member appointed to Local Enterprise Partnership

The Heart of the South West (HotSW) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced the appointment of Barbara Shaw to the board. Barbara will take the role of Non Executive Director and will help shape the next phase of development for the Partnership. Barbara has worked in housing for more than 15 years. In January 2012 she became Chief Executive of Westward Housing Group which manages 7,000 properties across the south west. Prior to this she worked for The Guinness Partnership and before that, Sovereign Housing.  She began her career as a communications specialist and has held