Business Matters: Job club.

GLENN TUBBY ( above) has been confirmed as general manager at Yarmouth racecourse, after taking over in an acting capacity when K atherine Self left in the spring.

Tubby, 38, who worked in the local council finance department until three years ago, was previously the course's financial controller. He was involved in the negotiations that led to Northern Racing taking over the track.

He says: "As a racing man, it was a fulfilment of an ambition to become the manager of my 'home' racecourse. I'm thrilled to take on the role permanently."

l l l l l l FORMER Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club chief executive Guy Watkins is the first chairman of the international advisory board for the newly founded Hong Kong Breeders' Club.

Watkins says: "Breeding top-quality thoroughbreds is a logical next step in further widening the interests of Hong Kong owners, while also enhancing the standards of Hong Kong's racing."

l l l l l l LADBROKES' parent company, the Hilton Group, has a new head of investor relations in Julian Arlett, 31. He has stepped up after four years with the group to replace James Mason, who is moving into the world of adult literacy.

l l l l l l SPORTS pundit and racehorse syndicate organiser Alan Brazil is joining At The Races to present the Monday edition of

Get On Tonight.

EX-Gaming Board member Marie Stevens has been appointed non-executive chairman of online gaming operator 888.com. Before starting a four-year stint on the Gaming Board in 1999, she acted as general counsel for Ladbrokes and the Hilton Group for ten years.

l l l l l l THE SIS board is retaining Maggie Carver as an independent director, following the sale of shares to Catalyst by United Business Media, whom she has represented for several years.

SIS chairman Howard Perlin says: "Maggie has made a valuable contribution to the board, and I'm delighted she has agreed to stay on in an independent role."