Sarah Hill, a management accountant with Lingarden of Spalding, is switching roles under the company's management development programme to handle customer relationships as an account manager.

Lingarden supplies pre-packed onions to major supermarkets and its Veridian subsidiary supplies processed onions to manufacturers of prepared meals.

Hill said: 'This is a great opportunity for me to develop my business management skills. I am looking forward to getting directly involved with our customers and contributing to mutual developments.' Alan Christie, md of Lingarden's onion division, added: 'Sarah has worked closely with our customer-facing management team. This appointment supports our strategy for continually enhancing our customer relationships to provide the best service in the market. Sarah's new role is also an ideal move in her career development.'