Carpenter Seb Griffin beat more than 50 contestants to win the local heat of the Irwin Challenge at Covers of Chichester and Bognor Regis last month. 

Matthew Kettleborough has joined plumbing equipment manufacturer Altecnic as a new member of its expanding sales team. 

Vanessa Durham brings wealth of experience to the company, which owns the famous Duck Tape brands. 

Lucy Wood joins growing Bolton-based team to focus on growing mid-market K brand and entry-level Prima kitchen brand. 

David Algar has been appointed group chief executive of Hozelock. 

Greenfingers volunteer John Tugman, who is currently being treated for cancer, is taking part in the 2010 Bupa Great South Run on October 24 to raise funds for the charity. 

Brita Water Filter Systems UK md David Banfield takes on an international role as of November 5, and is replaced with a new appointment. 

Following a reorganisation at its Stoke-on-Trent distribution centre, SCA Timber Supply has added two new members to its sales teams. 

Entrepreneur, Jeton Murati, who has been named one of Britain's most inspirational businessmen just two years after setting up on his own, is now hoping to win a share of the £50,000 prize package in the Barclays Trading Places Awards - which recognise people who have beaten the odds to succeed in business. 

Scott Brothers Ltd has appointed Jayne Richards as its new business development manager.