This week’s Yorkshire appointments

This week’s round up of Yorkshire appointments includes Harris CM, Dacres Commercial and Fantastic Media. Read on to find out more.

Neil Silcock and Rhys Davies, Harris CM

Yorkshire based multi-disciplinary construction company Harris CM has completed a board-level restructure and appointed a new managing director as it targets strong operational growth and £70m turnover this year.

Neil Silcock has been appointed as managing director and will assume overall operational responsibility from Jason Adlam, who will continue as Harris CM’s CEO, focussing on building new and existing stakeholder relationships. In addition, Jason will continue to deliver property development projects, which has become a key growth area for the company.

Neil brings a wealth of experience to the role after spending the last 14 years at construction company Simpson (York) Limited, where he was managing director for the past five years.

In addition, Rhys Davies has been appointed as finance director at Harris CM. The position will form part of his wider role as group CFO for Tate Group, which is headed up by Harris CM’s chairman Shane Tate, who provides strategic direction, whilst delivering opportunities in the industrial, commercial and residential development sectors.

Neil commented: “I am thrilled to be joining Harris CM and to be working alongside such a respected and successful group of people. The business has an excellent reputation and an authenticity which I have found to be particularly appealing and relatable. I’m looking forward to supporting the team in their current roles and in doing so, strengthening the business as a whole as we continue to expand.”

Jason Adlam, CEO, added: “We are very pleased to welcome Neil and Rhys to Harris CM and look forward to their experience and industry knowledge helping to shape our strategic direction going forward.”

Hedley Steel, Dacres Commercial

A graduate surveyor has been appointed at Dacres Commercial, following a sustained period of growth at the Yorkshire based property firm. Hedley Steel joins Dacres Commercial after graduating from Birmingham University with a Real Estate degree.

Hedley, who is from Ripponden, said: “I’ve always been passionate about property and knew that I wanted to pursue a career in commercial property. After graduating, I worked at a residential agency whilst looking for the ideal commercial role.

“I was attracted to Dacres because it’s such a professional firm with a great cross section of clients working within the different sectors of commercial property.”

Director of land and development at Dacres Commercial, Matthew Brear, added: “It’s been a busy time for our land and development team and the time was right to appoint Hedley, who is a bright and enthusiastic graduate surveyor, who can support our highly experienced team in that division initially.”

“Hedley will also rotate across our other divisions within the commercial business to gain a broad spectrum of experience whilst studying for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) over the next two years.”

Fiona Broomfield, Fantastic Media

Leeds based agency Fantastic Media continues to win high profile marketing consultancy contracts and, as part of its strategic growth plans, has hired award-winning business communicator Fiona Broomfield to strengthen its content marketing and PR offering.

Fiona is a versatile and experienced marketing consultant. She is a CIPR (Chartered Institute of PR) Accredited Practitioner, who brings 20 years’ experience in content marketing and PR strategy to the agency.

She has previously worked at agencies Kindred, scarlettabbott, Words&Pictures, Igniyte, and Allott and Associates, leading projects for a range of national and global B2B and B2C clients. She joins Fantastic Media as account director with a remit to lead the strategic direction of client accounts and develop the agency’s content marketing and PR services.

Fiona started her career as a newspaper journalist, before moving into corporate communications in 2002. Since then, she’s become a full-service marketeer, honing her skills in content marketing, digital marketing, internal communications, reputation management and PR.

Fiona said: “Fantastic Media has an enviable client list, and an incredibly talented creative team. It’s an integrated agency I admire, and their ethos of People, Results and Value really resonates, so for me it’s a perfect fit. I’m looking forward to working with the team, and really driving our content and PR offer so we deliver even more value and results for clients.”

Managing Director Andy Hobson added: “We’ve successfully navigated the last two years with a continued focus on growth. And Fiona is a key new hire for us in 2022 as we look to future growth. She’s a business consultant as well as a marketer and brings a wealth of PR and content expertise to the agency.”

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