A GREEN charity's new business development officer is calling on companies to play a bigger part in caring for the environment.

Kristian Bentham (pictured) has been appointed to the post at the North West-based anti-litter agency Tidy Britain Group, one of the sponsors of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Grimewatch campaign.

Environmental science graduate Kristian has spent the last 18 months at Tidy Britain's sister charity, Going for Green, as financial development officer.

His new job will be to gain new funding from the private sector as well as looking after existing sponsors.