Housing and construction firm Bancon Group has hired a finance director from Stewart Milne Group.

Aberdeenshire based Bancon said Sarah Donn would help in its plans to rapidly grow its housing division over the next 12 months.

It has also appointed Jamie Tosh as construction director and promoted Mark Toland to be the technical director of its homes arm.

Mr Tosh has been running his own building design company in recent years and has also worked for FMS Construction and James Paul Associates.

John Irvine, chief executive of Bancon Group, said: “Strengthening the senior management team is part of our plan to transform and dramatically grow the Bancon business.

“These newly created positions, complete the board of the homes business as part of our aspiration to capture a larger share of the North-east housing market.”