CRS names chief

CO-OPERATIVE Retail Services, the Rochdale-based branch of the Co-op movement, has named Andy Meehan as its new chief executive.

Mr Meehan, 43, is now managing director of Storehouse International, the overseas franchising business of the Bhs and Mothercare retailer. He will join in November, succeeding Harry Moore who is retiring. Mr Meehan is a chartered accountant who spent six years with Sears, including spells as finance director of Selfridges and Sears Sports.