Strategic business development manager Gemma Lazenby will head up the operation, with responsibility for all core agency accounts.

Account manager north east Ali Bull, meanwhile, take on the role of strategic account manager for homeworkers, reporting into Lazenby.

Elsewhere, Phil Shipman joins as strategic account manager for consortia and new business.

Additionally, as previously reported by TTG, Classic has also restructured its trade support team, now headed up by Jo Moran.

Moran will report into trade partnership sales manager Natalie Adams, with a team of regional sales manager on hand to support agents in the field.

Si Morris-Green, Classic director of agency sales and marketing, who joined the business last November, said: "We believe the new structure offers full support to our agent partners, including marketing, training and full business development.

"We recognise each trade partner with whom we work is different and may need support in different ways. Our new structure gives us the flexibility to support all types of agents from homeworkers, retail, and larger scale businesses.

"There’s never been a time when our agents have needed us more and this new structure allows us to meet all their needs."

You can read a full interview with Morris-Green in this month’s edition of TTG, out now.