Ballantyne on the move at John Lewis

LESLEY Ballantyne, managing director of John Lewis's department store in Glasgow, was yesterday named operational development director for the entire chain.

Ballantyne, who has been in charge of the Glasgow store since 2006, will be reunited at head office with retail operations director Andrew Murphy, who was managing director of the Aberdeen and Edinburgh stores.

John Lewis said it hoped to appoint a new managing director to its Glasgow store within the next four to six weeks.