{"id":1445,"date":"2026-10-02T05:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2026-10-02T05:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:20:16","slug":"two-apprentices-rise-to-senior-roles-at-major-housebuilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"Two apprentices rise to senior roles at major housebuilder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/resources\/images\/21526780\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  Ben Hale and Lee Bell have taken on new positions at Persimmon Homes Wessex.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hale has been named operations director, overseeing construction and customer functions for the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He began his career as an apprentice bricklayer 25 years ago and has progressed through roles including site manager, contracts manager, and construction director.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hale said: &#8220;I am really pleased to have been trusted with this new position in Persimmon Wessex and will be working hard to build on the business\u2019 success.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I\u2019m very proud of the effort that the whole team here in Wessex continues to put in everything we do and I look forward to carrying that on in this new role.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Bell, formerly a senior contracts manager, has been promoted to head of construction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He started his career at 16 and later became a site manager for Persimmon in 2014.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Bell said: &#8220;I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to serve as head of construction and look forward to meeting our high standards in the role.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Persimmon Homes Wessex has active and upcoming sites in Chippenham, Didcot, Grove, Hilperton, Midsomer Norton, Trowbridge, and Warminster.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Seb Spiller, managing director of Persimmon Homes Wessex, said: &#8220;These appointments reflect the strength of the talent within the Wessex region and our commitment to developing and promoting our people.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>#apprentices #rise #senior #roles #major #housebuilder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Hale and Lee Bell have taken on new positions at Persimmon Homes Wessex. Mr Hale has been named operations director, overseeing construction and customer functions for the region. He&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}