Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Louise Scott as media relations manager.

She has previously worked in the Northern Ireland Assembly as senior press officer for the Ulster Unionist Party and as a journalist for a number of local newspapers.

Scott will be responsible for creating and developing media opportunities across the Yorkshire Building Society, Chelsea Building Society and Barnsley Building Society brands.

She said: “The transition from politics to the financial sector is one which I am hugely excited about and one that is much related. As with politics