The first recruit has joined Industrial Solutions Hub – a West Cumbrian initiative which aims to create 700 jobs over the next decade.
Lynn Huddart has been appointed as office manager for the hub’s new base in Cleator Moor’s Phoenix Centre.
Lynn, who was previously finance administrator at the town’s Montreal Primary School, said she was excited about joining iSH.
She said: “When I first heard about iSH I could see the benefits it would bring to this area and wanted to play my part in helping make that happen.”
Mum-of-two Lynn, born and brought up in Moor Row, attended Moor Row Primary School, Wyndham School in Egremont, and West Cumbria College in Workington, where she studied hospitality and catering and gained an HND in business.
John Maddison, iSH managing director, said: “We are delighted that Lynn has chosen to join iSH and her skills, experience and enthusiasm has already started to make a positive difference to the organisation.
“With iSH having its heart in the West Cumbria community we are pleased that someone born and brought up in the area and educated here is our first member of the team.
“As well as Lynn’s professional qualifications and career history, Lynn’s connections in the community are also hugely important to iSH as the whole programme is about creating jobs and regenerating communities.”
An iSH Enterprise Campus (iEC) on Leconfield Industrial Estate, Cleator Moor, is part of the organisation’s future development with refurbishment work already set to start on the site which is owned by Copeland Borough Council.
