This week’s Yorkshire appointments

York-based Langleys Solicitors has strengthened its medical law team with two new appointments.

Danielle Pope joins as an in-house nurse and Hannah Brown as a paralegal. The team is further boosted by the return of associate solicitor Helen Rundle from maternity leave.

Helen has more than six years’ experience in the field of clinical negligence and was recognised by the Law Society for her national work in raising awareness of patient safety issues in Wales.

Helen also sits on the board of trustees of Headway Lincolnshire as secretary.

Danielle qualified as a staff nurse in 2006 and has over 10 years of experience in a variety of specialisms including orthopaedics.

Hannah graduated from Northumbria University in 2015 having completed a law degree, Masters, and Legal Practice Course.

Andrew Cragg, partner and head of the medical law team at Langleys, said: “We are excited to welcome Danielle and Hannah as great additions to the team, along with the return of Helen.

“Their knowledge and skills will further enhance the team’s approach to investigating and pursuing cases surrounding medical treatment.”

Emma Denny, Katie Sherdley, Eve Eastwood, Mandip Kaur, Emma Streets, James Pilkington, and Oliver Osborne, CreativeRace

CreativeRace, the independent, integrated agency, has welcomed seven new additions to its Leeds office.

The new colleagues will be spread across various departments, which includes introducing a dedicated social media team for the first time in the agency’s 30-year history.

CreativeRace’s total staff count is now at 143 across both Leeds and London.

Emma Streets, former PR and social media director at TK, has been appointed as head of social media in a newly created role. Emma will be focusing on social media management, content creation and online influencer activity.

Emma has over 12 years’ experience in PR and social media, working across clients from a diverse range of sectors, from global shipping giant Maersk and Sir Richard Branson’s environmental organization Carbon War Room, to global hair styling brand Cloud Nine, and retail developer Hammerson.

Social media manager James Pilkington, who previously worked on ASDA’s social media community management, and journalism graduate Katie Sherdley, join her in the team.

Oliver Osborne previously held the role of lead creative at London digital agency, Hugo & Cat, where he worked on clients such as Sony, Nokia, Microsoft, Royal Mail and Ikea for 6 years. Prior to this, he spent 3 years creating architectural animations for Foster + Partners.

Eve Eastwood began her career at search and digital agency, Branded3, in 2013, before moving to brand marketing agency Clearsilver 18 months later. She then held the position of marketing manager at healthy fast food restaurant, Nourish, before joining the agency management team at ASDA’s home office. Eve will now manage CreativeRace’s own marketing within the new business team.

Mandip Kaur has worked for brands including Redcats, UK Mail, and most recently, ASDA, where she managed CRM campaigns for all business units. She brings a wealth of experience in email marketing, and will now manage the eCRM offering for CreativeRace clients.

Emma Denny spent a year as an intern at Hewlett Packard in Stuttgart, Germany, and worked as communications and engagement officer at Huddersfield University before joining CreativeRace.

Gordon Bethell, chairman of CreativeRace, said: “We are delighted to welcome our new colleagues to the team. We’ve hit the ground running in 2017 by expanding our digital offering to include social media, and we’re extremely pleased to be able to offer this service to clients, as well as the fresh talent our new employees bring to all departments.”

Simon Hellewell, Ward Hadaway

Law firm Ward Hadaway has announced the appointment of property partner, Simon Hellewell.

Simon joins the Leeds office of the law firm with more than 20 years’ specialist expertise in a range of different real estate fields with particular strength in the house building sector.

He has advised a range of residential developers, including substantial regional house building companies, on matters including land acquisition, site assembly, joint venture agreements and overage on sites ranging from a handful of houses to major 300-home estates.

Outside of the house building sector, Simon has worked with developers, retailers, investors, lenders and insolvency practitioners on a broad spectrum of matters.

He has acted on acquisitions and disposals of investment properties ranging from high street shops to business parks and multi-million pound office premises in locations across the country.

Kevin Weston, partner and head of Ward Hadaway’s Leeds property team, said: “It is terrific to be able to welcome Simon to the team here in Leeds.

“I am sure his broad experience in the property sector and particularly his expertise in the house building sector will be of great benefit to our clients and help with our plans to continue expanding the practice here.”

Harmajinder Hayre, executive partner for Ward Hadaway’s Leeds office, added: “Simon’s recruitment is further evidence of our long-term commitment to invest and grow further in Leeds following our move to Wellington Place in the autumn.

“Being able to recruit lawyers of his calibre and standing speaks volumes for our reputation in the marketplace and we look forward to welcoming more new recruits in 2017.”

Neil Creeney, S Harrison

S Harrison, the York-based development firm, has appointed Neil Creeney as development executive and Andrew Wharton as project delivery manager.

Neil joins from property and investment firm Opus Land North Ltd, and has over 20 years’ experience in property development and acquisition.

During his career so far he has acquired and managed the development of a range of mixed-use development projects across the country. He was also responsible for acquiring more than 30 restaurants for McDonalds in a previous role as a senior retail estate surveyor.

Andrew joins S Harrison from construction consultant Rex Procter & Partners. He is a chartered quantity surveyor and brings with him a wealth of procurement, contract and cost consultancy knowledge across most sectors, gained from over 23 years’ post qualification experience for London and Leeds based consultants.

Andrew has been client lead on many notable hotel, residential, retail and office developments, including West Offices, headquarters of the City of York Council.

Ann Scott, S Harrison’s managing director, said: “In recent years our business has grown phenomenally, and we have been awarded the title of the fastest growing business in Yorkshire.

“As a successful privately-owned development businesses, we pride ourselves on building long-standing relationships, delivering on our promises, and maintaining our well-earned reputation for delivering award winning bespoke residential, retail, leisure, commercial, industrial, educational and mixed used developments.

“That’s why it’s essential we recruit highly capable, like-minded team members who can support our ongoing growth and the numerous development projects we are working on here in Yorkshire and across the UK.

“We are delighted to welcome Neil and Andrew to S Harrison and plan to recruit at least two more members of staff in the coming months to support our continued expansion.”

Azher Quyoom (left), Andrew Jackson

Yorkshire law firm Andrew Jackson has announced the appointment of Azher Quyoom, who joins the firm as a partner.

Azher’s particular expertise in restructuring, turnaround and insolvency is a key addition to the firm, which announced the opening of its latest regional office in Scarborough last month.

Mark Pearson-Kendall, managing partner of Andrew Jackson, said: “Azher’s client focussed, committed and timely approach to delivering legal solutions for his clients is a perfect fit for the firm, so we are delighted to have him on board as a partner.

“Andrew Jackson’s commitment to the provision of trusted legal advice in a commercial and practical manner is consistently recognised in our client feedback, so it’s important to us to keep building on the specialist services we can offer them.

“We’ve had an exciting start to the year, with some big developments over the last two months that add real strength and depth to our restructuring and insolvency offering.

“The valuable expertise of both Azher and Chris will further enable us to provide tailored legal solutions to businesses and individuals throughout UK.”

Andrew Jackson was recently highlighted in the 2017 edition of industry ‘bible’, Chambers & Partners, with 12 of its lawyers singled out as being leaders in their field of expertise, which includes national recognition for certain sectors.

Philip Bruce (left), Sweco

Sweco, the engineering, environment and design consultancy, has appointed a new finance director.

Philip Bruce, who will be based in the company’s Leeds office, brings with him significant experience within financial management, strategy and sales.

He joins from York-based Nestle UK, where he held a number of senior finance positions, including leading financial strategy and the implementation of commercial best practice in process, controls and compliance within the UK and Ireland sales force.

Prior to his time in the consumer goods industry, he held positions at PwC, working across audit, risk assurance and transaction services.

Max Joy, Sweco’s UK managing director, said: “Our growth and expansion continues to progress at an excellent rate and we are in a great position to become even more successful in the future.

“Philip’s appointment will add even further expertise to our business and ensure we are able to maximise the opportunities available to us for development, in both the short and long-term.

“We believe Philip will enable us to achieve our goals to grow the business through the development of a controlled strategic growth plan.”

Sweco employs 800 people in the UK and advises on major projects, throughout the water and asset management, energy, environment, transportation and buildings sectors.

The consultancy has its head office in Leeds and consults nationwide via its network of offices in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Maidenhead, Manchester, Newcastle, Peterborough and Solihull.

Matthew Willett, Commercial Property Partners

Commercial Property Partners, the Sheffield-based property consultancy, has announced the expansion of its facilities management division following the appointment of Matthew Willett.

Matthew brings with him more than a decade of experience of property refurbishments, fit-outs and ongoing maintenance of commercial properties.

A former director at facilities management and construction firm Horsforth Contract Maintenance (HCM), Matthew also brings with him a team of engineers - allowing CPP to now offer a fit-out, refurbishment and ongoing maintenance service to the firm’s clients.

In his role as operations manager, Matthew will now oversee the team of property construction and maintenance specialists – offering services including warehouse and office refurbishments, full fit-outs, general repair work and building planned preventative maintenance to CPP clients, as well as a wider portfolio of property owners and tenants.

Matthew Fitzgerald, CPP partner and head of property and asset management, said: “We are delighted to be able to announce the appointment of Matthew Willett who brings with him a wealth of experience in the construction of commercial and industrial properties, as well as their cosmetic and structural maintenance.

“The strategic decision to bring this service in-house is largely fuelled by the demands of the market, but it also marks our ongoing commitment to delivering a carefully considered 360 service to our clients which we believe sets us apart from our competitors.

“In essence, we are now in a position to offer a full lifecycle service when it comes to sourcing properties that match a company’s individual logistical and geographic needs, through to managing their ongoing maintenance and facilities requirements.”

Commercial Property Partners is a private firm of advisors who specialise in the disposal, acquisition and management of all types of commercial property.

Amar Hussain, Orchard Energy

Elland-based Orchard Energy has announced the appointment of Amar Hussain as managing director.

The appointment follows on from Orchard Energy founder Gareth Henderson announcing his decision to leave to allow him to focus full time on his facilities management business Orchard FM.

Hussain joined Orchard Energy in 2006 and has since progressed from his initial role as business development manager to becoming an associate director.

He became commercial director in 2013, playing a key role during the recent rebrand process, and helping to establish Orchard Energy as the leading energy management specialist in the UK.

Hussain steps into the position vacated by Henderson from his current role as commercial director and will commence duties on 1st June 2017.

Henderson steps down following 13 years in the role, having founded the company in 2004.

Henderson said: “I am delighted that Amar has been appointed as managing director and am confident that he is the right man to take the business forward and develop new strategic plans to ensure its continued growth.

“Amar and I will work closely together in the weeks and months ahead to ensure that the business, as well as our customers, continue to benefit from the stability and strength developed over previous years.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank those that have been a part of the business over the years, and who have worked closely with me to build Orchard into the success it has become.

“Having established Orchard Energy from the back bedroom of my home and watched it grow since then, I look forward to the company continuing to go from strength to strength.”

Michael McMahon, PLC board director of Orchard Energy, added: “I would like to congratulate Gareth on his achievements during the last 13 years and thank him for his service. Further I would like to wish him well as he steps into new opportunities.

“Since Gareth founded Orchard Energy in 2004, the business has flourished and expanded across the UK, with offices in Newcastle, Glasgow, and Bristol.

“Following our acquisition by the Lakehouse Group in 2015, and the transitional period that has followed, Gareth has continued to work within the business to ensure that the future of Orchard Energy remains strong.

“Gareth believes that now is the time to move on to pursue new ventures and so I am delighted to confirm the promotion of Amar Hussain as his successor.”

Matt Davies, Henderson’s Relish

Henderson’s Relish, the makers of the Sheffield sauce, has appointed Matt Davies as its new general manager.

Matt is moving from Taylors of Harrogate, where he was head of international sales. He worked previously for Mars UK.

Pamela Freeman, owner of Henderson’s Relish, said: “We are delighted to welcome Matt to Hendersons. The combination of his excellent track record in retail and his love for Sheffield, in particular Hendersons, made him an ideal candidate in a very strong field.

“These are exciting times for Henderson’s, as we invest for the future and look to expand across Yorkshire and the north of England. We believe Matt’s business acumen and his belief in Henderson’s are a winning combination,” she said.

Matt replaces Patrick Byrne, who is retiring, along with his wife Liz, the office manager of Henderson’s.

Sales of Relish have increased by 30% since Patrick joined the operation three years ago.

Patrick commented: “One of the best things about working at Henderson’s is the number of people who compliment the product.

“The people of Sheffield are fiercely loyal and it’s always great to hear the stories people tell us”.

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