KEN HAWLEY has been appointed managing director of the newly-created building surveying and architectural services company, the LHL Group.

The LHL Group was formed last month from a merger between Lightly & Lightly of York, and Hawley & Partners of Leeds and Doncaster which was founded by Mr Hawley.

As the first managing director of the five-director business, Mr Hawley will finalise the integration of the two businesses and oversee the group's 40 staff based in five offices in North, West and South Yorkshire.

He is a former chairman of the Yorkshire branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Updated: 11:01 Wednesday, January 04, 2006