Tom Roehricht heads up Shropshire Council services firm

The boss of a new private company being set up to run some Shropshire Council services was today starting his £80,000-a-year job.

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Tom Roehricht, from Nottingham, is the new managing director of IP&E Group Ltd.

Up to 1,700 of Shropshire Council's 6,500 staff could be moved to the new firm initially.

IP&E, which has been loaned £500,000 by taxpayers to cover start-up costs, is being set up to run some council services under changes allowed in the government's Localism Bill.