Chesterfield-based housebuilder Avant has appointed a new group head of customer services – the latest of a string of executives to be poached from listed builder Persimmon.

Amy Crisp, formerly regional head of customer care at Persimmon, has been appointed to the role as part of Avant’s nationwide expansion plans under way since the Elliott Advisers-backed reverse takeover of the firm by Yorkshire-based builder Berkeley de Vere.

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