A new head of services and membership development has been appointed by Sussex Enterprise.

Bill Shearer, who will be based at the business support organisation's head office in Burgess Hill, said he was looking forward to improving services for businesses in the county.

Mr Shearer will be responsible for developing services in the areas of finance, workforce development, exporting, marketing and information technology.

Before joining Sussex Enterprise, he worked in the financial sector in Edinburgh and the City. He has been a stockbroker and analyst working for some of the country's top banks.

More recently, he was a management consultant specialising in fraud and payment systems.