Danielle Bateman, Martin Corrigan, Marcus Hall, John Marshall, Simon Price, MediaCom North
MediaCom North is pleased to announce a significant senior management restructure, as the business seeks to consolidate and build on its current period of transformative growth.
Manchester based John Marshall, previously Group Marketing Director, and Simon Price, previously Board Director in Leeds, have both been promoted to the newly created positions of Managing Partner, to reflect the significance of their ongoing contribution to the development and growth of the business.
Three senior team members across Manchester and Leeds have also been appointed to the Board. In Leeds, Danielle Bateman and Martin Corrigan join as Planning Director and Broadcast Director respectively, while in Manchester, Marcus Hall is elevated to the Board as Head of Direct.
Paul Wheeler, COO at MediaCom North, said: “Our mantra is ‘People First Better Results’, with a key part of that being developing talent throughout the business. We tend to think of this process as being at the junior and mid-range end of the agency, but developing the senior team and future leaders is crucial to our ongoing success, with these appointments representing both a reflection of excellent work and a real statement of intent from the business. I’d like to thank and congratulate everyone concerned and I look forward to working closely alongside each of them, as we continue to consolidate and accelerate our business growth ambitions for MediaCom North.”
Gareth Walkner, Stephensons’ medical negligence team
Stephensons, national full service law firm, is today announcing the appointment of solicitor Gareth Walkner to its medical negligence team as the firm continues to expand its work in the sector.
Gareth has experience of dealing with a wide array of work from late diagnosis, surgery, orthopaedic, dental and cosmetic claims to negligent nursing cases.
He joins the firm from Irwin Mitchell where he focused on personal injury, clinical negligence and public law cases. Gareth read law at Nottingham University and received the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at BPP University.
Head of Medical Negligence, Judith Thomas-Whittingham, said: “We’re delighted that Gareth has joined our team and we can announce yet another hire.
"There are alarming levels of medical negligence cases in the UK.
"We cannot undo the harm caused but we can make sure people get justice and go on to live their lives to as close to normal as possible”.
Anthony Butterworth, Dalmeny Hotel
The Dalmeny Hotel in St Annes has expanded its fitness team with the appointment of personal trainer Anthony Butterworth.
Anthony has 25 years’ experience working in the fitness industry, having beaten off competition to take the 2011 bodybuilding title of Mr England and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise relating to exercise, diet and nutrition.
Participants will be put through their paces in sessions led by ex-British Army physical training instructor Anthony and the hotel’s gym manager Tom Bird, designed to overhaul fitness levels and guarantee results.
Personal training clients will also get to take advantage of the hotel’s full range of leisure facilities, including use of the recently refurbished gym, the 20m heated indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, as well as holistic treatments in the Decleor spa.
The Dalmeny will also be launching its boot camp programme in September which contains workouts throughout the day, calorie controlled meal plans and expert health and wellbeing advice.
Tom said: “Boot camps have become really popular in recent years, as they are a great way to increase your fitness level over a shorter period of time, and exercising as part of a group is always more effective as you’re less likely to give up.
“By enlisting Anthony, we’re providing members with expert guidance from someone who has trained the British Army, which means getting results will be easy.”
Nuala O’Neill, Sarah Parmenter, Havas PR 
Havas PR’s Manchester office has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Nuala O’Neill as Associate Director and Sarah Parmenter as Account Director.
O’Neill joins from Weber Shandwick Manchester, having worked previously at Hill and Knowlton in London and will head up the Greggs, Pets at Home, DFS and Co-operative Pharmacy accounts. She will also be part of the management team of Brian Beech, MD, Nigel Hughes, Deputy MD and Jon Welsh, Associate Director.
Parmenter has worked for Weber Shandwick and Modus Publicity in London and, most recently, has headed up PR and Communications for the commercial sales arm of Great Places Housing Group in Manchester.
Last year she won ‘Best Marketer and Communicator - National Women in Housing Awards.’ She will work on the Berg Solicitors, Ideal Standard, Barratt Homes, Maplin Electronics and WYG accounts.
Beech said: “These are two great additions to an already great team. The fact that Nuala and Sarah chose to join Havas PR is proof that we are one of the most successful and best respected consultancies in the UK.
"We’ve had a number of very significant new business wins already this year, so it’s great that we are welcoming two very experienced and proven PR professionals on board.”
Jennifer Ross, Napthens
North West law firm Napthens has expanded its Residential Property team with the appointment of legal executive Jennifer Ross.
Jennifer, who has 15 years’ experience in property law, specialises in a range of legal matters including freehold and leasehold, auction properties and repossession conveyancing.
After qualifying as a chartered legal executive in 2003, Jennifer worked for Manchester law firms including Irwin Mitchell where she ran the repossession conveyancing team.
Sarah Barnes, head of Residential Property at Napthens said: “The past 2 months has seen a steady increase in demand for services from our clients, which has led to growth of the team.
“Jennifer’s experience means she brings with her valuable knowledge, allowing us to continue offering clients the highest level of legal advice and support.”
Vicky Daly, Ben Jones, Rumpus PR
Following a number of major client wins, Rumpus PR has recruited two new members of staff to join its expanding team.
Vicky Daly joins the company as PR Director, having built valuable experience at other agencies including MC2, Weber Shandwick, Tonic Life Communications and Edelman. Vicky will be overseeing both the B2B and B2C sides of the business, bringing with her over a decade of experience across the healthcare, educations and consumer sectors.
Joining Vicky is Swansea University graduate, Ben Jones, who will be joining the B2B team as a PR and Digital Executive. Ben brings with him a year of marketing experience along with creative copywriting skills and enthusiasm for all things digital.
Paul Evans, Director at Rumpus PR, said: “2015 is already shaping up to be a great year for Rumpus PR thanks to a number of new client wins and we are delighted to welcome Vicky and Ben to the team. We look forward to their valuable input going forward.”
Neil Mort, CBRE
CBRE’s Manchester office has appointed Neil Mort to head up its North West office agency division following a highly successful year in which the team was involved in 42% of the overall combined North West deals.
John Ogden, Managing Director of CBRE’s North West business, commented; "We are delighted that Neil is joining us at such a great time for our business. He will build on the success of the last few years and is one of the very best office agents working in the North West, with a strong track record and established relationships with many of our clients. Neil will be leading the North West agency team and working on both landlord and occupier instructions starting in the next few weeks. These are exciting times for CBRE as we continue to strengthen our offer to clients across the board and to safeguard our leading position within the regional marketplace."
John Glover, HURST
Accountancy firm HURST has strengthened its business services team with the appointment of John Glover as a senior manager.
HURST plans to further expand its business services team – which provides audit, accounting and compliance services to clients – with at least five more appointments before the end of the year.
The firm, which has offices in Manchester and Stockport, also plans to grow its tax and outsourcing departments in line with increasing demand for its services.
HURST partner Andrew Milnes, who heads the firm’s business services team, said: “John has strong technical and leadership skills as well as exceptional presentational and communication abilities, and I am sure he will prove a tremendous asset to our clients.
“His appointment is another example of our ability to attract people from larger firms who want to continue to work with a quality outfit. They tell us they want to be able to work alongside owner-managers and be in a position to progress their careers more effectively.”
Simon Baxter, Primas Law
Primas Law has attracted a significant new addition in the form of former Director of Bootes Simon Baxter and his team.
Simon has joined Primas as a Partner to expand their strong commercial offering to include development and real estate.
Simon’s expertise include the provision of legal and commercial solutions for developers delivering large scale residential housing schemes, mixed use developments and green energy plant.
He also specialises in general commercial property and lease management.
Hannah Lawrie, Jameela Yaqoob, Bartletts Solicitors
Chester law firm, Bartletts Solicitors has strengthened its Personal Injury and Private Client teams with the appointment of two new recruits Hannah Lawrie and Jameela Yaqoob.
Bartletts Solicitors has continued to grow over the last few years and Bartletts Director Trevor Morris comments: "This is an exciting time for Bartletts, Jameela and Hannah’s appointments will enable the firm to continue to exceed the expectations of our rapidly expanding client base."
Trevor Morris said: “Bartletts Solicitors is continuing to grow we opened a new office in Wrexham in 2012 we now have four offices across Chester and Wrexham offering clients a wide range of legal services.
"In 2015 we will continue to recruit more staff as well as promote people within the firm.”
Michael Lavizani, QHotels
QHotels, has appointed Michael Lavizani as the new General Manager of Mottram Hall in Cheshire; one of QHotels’ 27 unique and luxury four and five-star hotels.
The appointment follows his recent success as General Manager at Mottram’s sister hotels, the Telford Hotel and Golf Resort and Bridgewood Manor in Kent.
Michael Purtill, Managing Director at QHotels, said: “Michael is an exciting addition to Mottram Hall team. He has just the right skills and an outstanding track-record of successfully running hotel and golf resorts. With his excellent knowledge of the local area, I’m confident that Michael will bring something unique to Mottram Hall and to the QHotels group.”
Nick Mullins, Paul Jolley, Lambert Smith Hampton
A pair of senior North West appointments with unrivalled expertise in their sectors have started work at national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton as part of a significant period of growth for the company.
Nick Mullins and Paul Jolley have both joined LSH as directors from CBRE and are the latest in a raft of senior hires at the company that have also coincided with two major strategic acquisitions that have brought additional expertise to the business.
Nick has joined LSH’s Manchester office as Head of Funding and Development while Paul is the new Head of Property Management for the North West. Their appointments follow the recent acquisitions of ES Group and Manchester-based retail specialist Tushingham Moore.
Paul will head up LSH’s ten-strong team of Property & Asset Managers and Facilities Managers in the North West and he said the focus is developing the business organically and driving ambitious growth plans in the region
Abid Jaffry, Head of Office for Manchester at Lambert Smith Hampton, said: “These two appointments are a strong indicator of the current direction of travel for Lambert Smith Hampton.
"This will allow us to not only penetrate new sectors but also to attract more of the region’s best talent as we strive to offer our clients the best in class delivery across a range of expert-driven service offerings.”
Mathew Deering, Endless LLP
Endless LLP, the UK-based private equity firm, has promoted Mathew Deering to Partner in its Manchester office as part of a series of partner promotions for the firm.
Garry Wilson, Founding Partner at Endless, said: “Mat has been with us for the whole Endless journey and for many years before that. The success of the business is in no small part due to him, and the raising of Endless Fund IV has enabled us to bring our friends and colleagues on board as co-owners of the Endless business.
“This gives us an even stronger platform for growth, and will help ensure that we continue to deliver the top decile returns for our investors by taking private equity investing back to basics – putting our money to work alongside our investors.”
Amanda Fairclough, Linder Myers Solicitors
Linder Myers Solicitors has appointed Amanda Fairclough as its new financial director based in the firm’s Manchester office.
A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Fairclough brings more than 20 years’ experience including previous financial management responsibility for firms Glaisyers and Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Tony Stockdale, chief executive at Linder Myers Solicitors, said: “Amanda has impressive professional services credentials and adds further skills and experience to the firm’s management team as we continue to take the business from strength to strength.”