STORY Homes announce another chapter in their company's history by appointing a new PR, social media and internal communications whizz.

Karen Graham joins the business, which has more than 150 staff across Cumbria, Lancashire, the North East and Scotland.

The award winning company has set itself the target of becoming one of the UK’s top ten house builders and is poised to achieve this after doubling the number of homes built and sold in the past two successive years.

Karen, who joins Story Homes from the University of Cumbria’s Marketing Department, has passed the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Professional Certificate having already completed the Introductory Certificate.

Her new boss, Tracy Calvert, PR and Communications manager, said: “Karen has joined a small but dedicated team who juggle lots of promotional and reputational balls for a fast growing company. It’s an exciting opportunity for Karen to learn lots of new skills as she jumps from marketing to PR and the theory of her professional qualification with nesma has been a great grounding for this. Karen can confidently tackle internal marketing and social media with knowledge and experience, which comes across in her work.”