King Sturge has appointed Stuart Knight at head of local government in its consultancy team. Knight joins from Drivers Jonas where he had been a partner and head of local government in the strategic consulting team since 2006.

Knight said: “King Sturge has a great track record of delivering solutions to public sector bodies, and I will be combining this with my skills in the local government arena to provide cost saving and value generating solutions for councils.”

King Sturge has appointed Knight so it can get more work from local authorities, as they look to rationalise their property portfolios to cope with public sector spending cuts.

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