Jenny and Iain Black will take over The Sun Inn , an inn and restaurant in Kirkby Lonsdale, on May 8.

The pub’s current owners Mark and Lucy Fuller have been at The Sun Inn since 2006.

Mr and Mrs Black have worked in large hotels all over the UK including The Belsfield in Bowness-on-Windermere and a number of establishments with Forte Hotels and Novotel in various locations across the UK including Cambridge, Kings Lyne Newcastle Under Lyme and Manchester.

Mr Black said: “We’ve worked in Forte Hotels Inns Division in our early career and more recently I opened the Novotel in Manchester City Centre.

“We have always loved Cumbria, we’ve visited hundreds of times so we’re really looking forward to getting started at The Sun Inn.

“Kirkby Lonsdale is a real hidden gem and we can’t wait to settle in the area and get involved in the community too.”

William Stobart has stood down as a director of Eddie Stobart Logistics , along with three other directors.

Ian Duncan, Saki Riffner and Ben Whawell have also departed.

This move comes ahead of the firm's float on the stock exchange, which takes place on April 25, when it joins the Alternative Investment Market.

Mr Stobart became the company's chief executive in 2014 and is a son of the firm's founder.

Four new directors have been proposed. They are Alex Laffey as chief executive, Damien Harte as chief financial officer, Philip Swatman as an independent non-executive chairman and Stephen Harley, also as a non-executive.

The new woman at the helm of Whitehaven Market is relishing the chance to bring “an injection of life” into the historic attraction.

April Garner started her new role this month, and says that the twice-weekly market can play a key role in attracting shoppers into Whitehaven.

“The market was relaunched at the end of last year – but I don’t want people to think that this is the end-point; we’re only just getting started,” she said.

Her role as market development officer also includes looking after Egremont and Cleator Moor markets , both held on Fridays.

“I’m trying to put my stamp on the market; getting out and about to talk to traders, businesses and the public, while hammering the phone constantly, trying to ‘sell’ the market and hoping to bring new traders to town.”

Manchester-based specialist tax relief company, Catax , has announced that it has hired Carlisle-based Chartered Accountant and tax adviser, Nigel Holmes , as a senior research and development consultant.

He joins Catax from Armstrong Watson and will continue to operate out of Carlisle.

Mr Holmes qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994 and as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 1998, with a particular focus on research and development tax relief in which he has over 16 years’ experience.

He said: “Research & Development tax relief is an area that I have a strong passion for.

“Over the years I’ve saved companies around the UK millions in tax on their R&D activities but sadly the vast majority of SMEs simply do not realise that they can make a claim.

He added “In fact, HMRC figures show that fewer than 1 per cent of eligible UK firms are taking advantage of this extremely generous relief.

“This is something I’m keen to rectify under the highly respected Catax brand.”

Shaun Monaghan will be stepping down from Jericho Primary School , in Whitehaven, in July to take up a new role as director of Western Lakes Teaching School Alliance.

A teacher for 36 years, his first school was in Northumbria, before he moved to Orgill School in Egremont in 1984.

He then became deputy head of Jericho School, before becoming head of Moresby Primary School in Whitehaven and then head of Silloth School and became head of Jericho in 2003.

The acting headteacher at Montreal School since September has now been handed the role permanently.

The 36-year-old, Lindsay Burnett had already been head of a federation of primary schools in west Berkshire before coming to Cleator Moor.

The school’s “good” Ofsted rating was a jump up from the previous one, which said “requires improvement”, so Lindsay’s aim is to continue that upward progress.

“We have 134 pupils at the moment, and that will rise to 146 next year. So we are growing and improving all the time.”

BT has appointed a new senior executive, Simon Yellowley , to head up its public sector business in the North of England and implement a new strategic direction to increase local presence across the North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber regions.

Mr Yellowley will lead a team of 20, with a strategic focus on building local relationships with customers in the North of England such as local authorities, local NHS organisations, universities and housing associations.

He said: “BT’s technology and expertise can help the public sector reduce costs and drive efficiencies, as well as supporting them to take a more digital approach to their customers.

“Throughout the North of England BT is making massive investments in technologies and innovations, customer service and, not least, fixed and mobile networks, which gives us a great opportunity to combine services for our public sector customers.