MANX Telecom has announced the appointment of Sarah Creighton as a new manager within its business development team.

Sarah has worked for the company since 1996 and most recently held the role of manager of retail operations for the Manx Telecom stores in Douglas.

She also played a key role in ensuring the successful opening of Manx Telecom's new "flagship" store on Strand Street in October.

Speaking about her new role Sarah said: "I am very excited to now be a part of our small but highly focused business development team.

"My role will be to assist the team in exploring new off-Island revenue opportunities as well as account managing some of our existing key partners.

"Our international business is focused on using Manx Telecom's assets and infrastructure to develop bespoke solutions in areas such as machine to machine communications via the GSM network and with our extensive network of roaming agreements."

Speaking about the opening of the new shop on Strand Street Sarah said: "I was very proud to see our vision of delivering the very best customer service under one roof in our flagship store - which launched to great success last year."