Steve Harper has taken over as UK business operations manager at Bord na Mona, distributors of the products made by his former employer, it was revealed this week.

Harper resigned last December as managing director of Vital Earth, who had signed a deal 11 months earlier that handed Bord na Mona the rights to market and distribute the Vital Earth peat-free range alongside the Irish operator’s Growise range.

Harper takes over the role previously held by Tommy Gill, who resigned in January.