The Bannatyne Group has appointed a new manager for its Ingleby Barwick health club spa launch.

Ashleigh Baker, who has been with the Bannatyne Group for several years and previously worked at the spa at its Darlington club, takes up the new role, progressing from therapist to manager.

Designed to offer guests an enhanced wellness offering, the Bannatyne Spa features five treatment rooms, as well as manicure and pedicure stations, and offers treatments using products from Elemis, LVL, HD brows and Jessica Nailcare.

"I'm proud to be opening the new spa at Ingleby Barwick", said Baker. "I loved my time at Darlington and will use my experience to make the Ingleby Barwick spa a real success".

Baker will head up the spa team, which includes spa therapists Emily Lockwood, Louise Briggs and Elisha Hughes-Bunn, and serious therapist Hannah McDougal.

"Ashleigh is the perfect manager for our newest spa," said Karen Wilkinson, group spa director at the Bannatyne Group. "I am confident that she and the team will deliver the fantastic treatments and customer experience that Bannatyne spas are proud of".