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This week’s Yorkshire appointments

Gordons, Jay Radley and Rebecca Whitehouse

Yorkshire law firm Gordons has strengthened its team with the appointments of solicitors Jay Radley and Rebecca Whitehouse.

Miss Radley has joined the banking and finance team, while Ms Whitehouse joins the corporate department.

James Fawcett, partner and head of the corporate department, said their recruitment came at a time of growth for Gordons.

He said: “Jay and Rebecca are ambitious individuals who will be great assets to Gordons. Their experience will enhance our team and we look forward to working with both of them.”

Harrogate Water Brands, Rob Pickering

Harrogate Water Brands has appointed former regional director of Diageo Wines Europe as sales & marketing director to spearhead its sales and marketing strategy.

Rob Pickering, who has 24 years of experience within the drinks sector, was previously responsible for the development and management of the Diageo Wines portfolio in Europe and Canada.

Sophie Councell also joins the organisation as national account manager, having worked at soft drinks company Britvic for eight years.

James Cain, managing director at Harrogate Water Brands, said: “Rob knows the drinks industry inside out and his experience will help us expand into new markets both in the UK and abroad.

“It’s a fantastic time to be joining the bottled water market and Harrogate Water Brands is in a really healthy position with the opening of our state-of-the-art £8 million bottling facility, significantly increasing both our capacity and production capability.”

Britcon, Paul Clarkson

Building, Civil engineering and structural steelwork contractor Britcon has appointed Paul Clarkson as managing director of the business.

Clarkson, who was previously operations director, takes over from Shaun Hunt who will retain the vice chairman role but focus on a number of new development ventures under the Hunt Group parent company.

He said, “After a challenging period through the economic crisis we are emerging with very healthy forward order books and business trading is returning to pre-recession levels.

“I am delighted to step into the role of Managing Director at Britcon and look forward to leading the business into an exciting future.”

Britcon has offices in Scunthorpe and Wakefield and directly employs 80 people on its project sites across the UK.

In 2013 Britcon announced that it had significantly increased business turnover to £26 million and it is expecting to announce a further significant increase in 2014 trading next month.

Gent Visick, Kathryn Hodgson (pictured) and Gidon Amar

Gent Visick, have made two further senior promotions.

Gidon Amar has been promoted to director whilst Kathryn Hodgson has been promoted to Associate Director.

Gidon joined the firm in September 2010 having graduated from Nottingham Trent University and Kathryn, formally of Friends Provident, joined in January 2011.

Commenting on the promotions, Managing Director, Rupert Visick, said “I am delighted to be able to announce the promotions of these two key members of staff. Gidon and Kathryn are pivotal to the development of our business going forwards and they have consistently exceeded both our and our client’s expectations.”

Treske, Greg Murray

Yorkshire furniture and kitchen manufacturer Treske has strengthened its kitchen design team with the key appointment of Greg Murray.

Greg, who joins Thirsk-based Treske from the Secret Drawer furniture company in Skipton, will head up Treske’s kitchens team. Justin Bartlett, owner and managing director of Treske, said: “This is a very significant appointment for us. Greg is a very talented and experienced kitchen furniture designer, maker and fitter with an excellent track record.

“He is a superb addition to our staff and will be leading our dedicated kitchen design team”

Logic Fire & Security, Lesley Jakeman, Jonathan Mannion and Stephen Badley

Knaresborough-based Logic Fire & Security has taken on three sales consultants as part of an expansion strategy to further increase its portfolio of clients across the UK and Ireland.

Lesley Jakeman, Jonathan Mannion and Stephen Badley have more than 50-years’ sales experience between them.

Logic Fire & Security managing director Sean McPartland, said: “We are all very excited at Logic and welcome all the new additions to our team.

“The future for all our staff and customers look very bright.”

Xeros, Tony Kerr

Rotherham washing machine manufacturer Xeros has appointed Tony Kerr as European sales and marketing director as the company strives to build its customer base in the UK and Europe.

Welcoming Mr Kerr, Xeros chief executive officer, Bill Westwater said: “Tony has extensive experience in sales, including within our own sector.

“He has a clear passion for driving businesses forward and his skills will be beneficial to the whole team.

“Indeed, part of his remit is to create a more sales-focused attitude amongst everyone at Xeros to enable us to grow.”

Joseph Askham and Jen Bramley, of Brinsworth Training

Brinsworth Training

Brinsworth Training has supplied 12 engineering apprentices to Alcoa at its two former Firth Rixson sites in Sheffield. Alcoa, the US metals giant, took over Firth Rixson, the global leader in aerospace components, last month in a deal worth £1.7bn.

Nine of the apprentices are based at the forging division at Meadowhall, and the other three at the metals division site at Ecclesfield.

Jo Banks, of Alcoa, said: “What we look for in apprentice is someone with the aptitude and enthusiasm to do the job. Then we need to work closely with them to gain the skills and knowledge, which is why it is so good to have Brinsworth Training as a partner.”

NG Bailey, Nick Phillips

NG Bailey has appointed a new subject matter expert to develop its growing critical environment offering.

Nick Phillips joins NG Bailey with over 20 years’ experience in the engineering services industry, including previous roles at BAA, Capgemini, Ernst & Young and British Airways.

Sean Wickens, the group’s business development director, said: “We have ambitious plans for expansion in this growth market, but understand that we must invest in order to scale without sacrificing quality of service.

“Nick’s a big part of that plan and we heartily welcome him to the team.”

Vital Online Studio, Adam Martin

Knaresborough digital agency Vital Online Studio has taken on an apprentice web developer who has spent time in the Moray Firth as part of a dolphin conservation project.

Adam Martin is 19-years-old and from Pocklington, and joins Knaresborough-based Vital after studying software development at York College.

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