Avant Homes West Yorkshire has appointed Gareth Uttley as a technical director and Mark Beevers as head of land.

The housebuilder has said that these two senior appointments aim to bolster its leadership team to drive forward its multi-tenure strategy.

Uttley has 16 years of experience in housebuilding, having worked as a senior architectural technician earlier on in his career and progressed to technical manager and head of technical roles at Persimmon Homes and Keepmoat Homes.