Public Sector: Leeds City Council houses Sinclair Mason

Leeds City Council's housing department has hired Sinclair Mason as consultant on a review of the future management of its 70,000 homes. The two-person Sinclair Mason team, headed by senior consultant Stephen Meredith, is expected to provide a communications strategy to support the department's consultation programme. Meredith's team won the brief after handling media relations around the announcement of Leeds Ofsted's report, and a review of the housing department's overall communications strategy. The team will report to Lynne Pennington, director of strategy and information at the housing department.