Regent, a Brighton-based English language training centre, has appointed Johnny Peters as sales and marketing director.

Mr Peters is experienced in marketing, teaching and operations and has worked for Regent since 1999 as sales manager and sales director.

He said: "Regent's strongest assets are the people within the organisation and the benchmark of quality it sets in the market place."

The company also announced the appointment of Hortensia Mendy as a sales consultant to represent it in Latin America.