NEWLY appointed as receptionist and administration assistant at No 14 is Kerry Stewart (pictured).

Kerry, who is 18, is a Merkincher and lives in Kilmuir Road. Educated at Merkinch Primary and Inverness High, Kerry studied Business Management at Inverness College. Previously she worked with a local construction firm.

In her spare time Kerry loves to dance. She has been dancing since she was four or five and is now training to teach disco and rock and roll.

ANOTHER change of staff sees Eddie McDonald (above) leave his position as Training and Development Officer for a post with Inverness Medical.

Mr McDonald’s has been associated with Merkinch Enterprise for the last four years. A resident of Thornbush Road for the last 16 years, he first came to hear of Merkinch Technology Centre in 1997 through News & Views. He was unemployed at the time, having been made redundant from his job with an office equipment company two years earlier.

After completing his Information Technology Applications 1 (ITA1) course at MTC he took a year out to tackle an Intranet/Internet course with JET. In February 1999 he returned to Grant Street and took the ITA2.

A spell of volunteer work with Merkinch Enterprise followed, then he found that he had a flair for commercial training. His appointment to the staff in such a vital role as Training & Development Officer indicated the respect his work had gained within the organisation.