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This week’s Yorkshire appointments

Schofield Sweeney, Annie Hui and Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard, legal executive, and Annie Hui, solicitor, have joined Schofield Sweeney’s growing legal team.

Andrew Howard previously worked at Clarion and is a highly respected debt recovery professional within Leeds and across the North of England.

“I am delighted to be joining such an established firm with a solid commercial client base. I am looking forward to developing a new service within the practice to assist existing clients and hopefully deliver some new clients to the business” says Andrew.

Solicitor Annie Hui joins the expanding Litigation Team from Lupton Fawcett Denison Till.

Annie said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Schofield Sweeney - a highly respected Yorkshire based firm with a national and international presence. I am looking forward to working with its team of high calibre and commercial lawyers, and contributing to its long term success.”

Gordons, Ben Lamb

Yorkshire law firm Gordons has strengthened its leadership team by promoting former City commercial property solicitor Ben Lamb to the rank of partner.

Mr Lamb has experience in all aspects of commercial property law and a broad client base, including private and corporate investors, retailers and commercial occupiers.

Originally from Northumberland, Mr Lamb is a University of Leeds graduate. He joined Gordons in 2010.

Paul Ayre, Gordons’ managing partner, said: “Throughout his time with us, Ben has shown himself to be an ambitious and commercially astute lawyer.

“He has developed excellent relationships with some of the firm’s most important clients. He thoroughly deserves this recognition and we look forward to his even greater contribution to our success in his new role.

Nabarro, John Hanratty and Jayne Firth

Nabarro has recruited a team of two to its Sheffield office to focus on pensions. John Hanratty, formerly Head of Pensions in the Northeast for DWF, joins as a consultant and Head of Pensions North, together with senior associate Jayne Firth also from DWF.

John has a particular reputation for his public sector pensions work, but he and Jayne will also be supporting the London Pensions team with major private sector clients as well as developing work of their own in this area.

The legal directory, Chambers, describes John as: “a ‘leading light’ for public sector work who receives praise from commentators for his collaborative approach. He focuses on getting results while being practical and commercial.”

Harrowells Solicitors, Paul Burkinshaw and Matthew Hayward

Two new solicitors, one a partner, have joined the commercial division of North and East Yorkshire law firm Harrowells Solicitors.

They are partner Paul Burkinshaw and assistant solicitor, Matthew Hayward, who follow two senior appointments to Harrowells commercial division last autumn.

Head of Harrowells’ commercial division, Simon Black,said: “These two appointments represent a further expansion to our commercial division and demonstrate our commitment to the businesses community throughout East and North Yorkshire.

“Both appointments recognise the growth of highly-regarded construction and property companies across North and East Yorkshire. Paul Burkinshaw’s considerable dispute resolution experience in agriculture adds to the land and property transaction expertise of Stephen Proctor who joined us last year.

“This this means we now have a top-class senior legal team supporting this important sector.”

Pryor Marking Technology, Alastair Morris

Alastair Morris has been promoted to sales director at Pryor Marking Technology, a Sheffield-based company which provides traceability solutions for global supply chains, particularly in the automotive and aerospace sectors.

Alastair has worked as business development Manager at the company for the past 16 months, successfully achieving growth for the business in new and existing markets.

Pryor Marking Technology’s managing director Neil Andrew said: “Alastair has demonstrated that he has the vision and the ability to lead the sales and marketing function in what is a very exciting time for our business.

“He will be working to grow sales of our engraving and machinery business in our home and export markets and also to create and exploit new market opportunities.”

Bizspace, Rebecca Rainford and Tom Harrowell

Bizspace, one of the UK’s leading providers of flexible business accommodation, has appointed two new business centre managers within Yorkshire.

Rebecca Rainford, 23 from Wakefield will be responsible for Bizspace’s Bradmarsh Business Centre in Rotherham, while 34-year-old Tom Harrowell from Mirfield will manage the firm’s Calderdale Business Park in Halifax and Dudley Hill in Bradford.

Bizspace’s sales manager for the Yorkshire region, Steve Moody, said: “Rebecca and Tom are both hugely enthusiastic and brimming with ideas for their respective sites.

“It will be fantastic for these business centres to have consistent and focused managers, working to promote the interests of customers,” he said.

Sales and marketing director for Bizspace, Emma Long, added: “We are delighted to welcome Rebecca and Tom to the Bizspace team.

“They are two people who very much share the Bizspace values and will be working to create productive business communities for our customers to enjoy.”

Lateral Property Group, Tobias Burckhardt

Lateral Property Group announces the appointment of Tobias Burckhardt as Development Associate.

Harrogate-based Lateral is pleased to welcome Tobias to the team to help deliver the Group’s substantial development pipeline.

Steven Redshaw, joint managing director of Lateral commented: “Tobias is a superb addition to Lateral. At a time of substantial growth for the company, his involvement will ensure that Lateral continues to drive a winning strategy and will play a key role in the future direction of the business.”

PwC Yorkshire, James Hamilton and John Dunn

PwC has hired two new directors to work across its three Yorkshire offices, as the firm continues to invest and grow in the region.

James Hamilton joins PwC’s forensics practice from BDO in Yorkshire. He has 16 years’ experience conducting investigations into fraud and accounting irregularities, as well as appearing as an expert witness in court appeals and tribunals.

The firm has also hired pensions and employee benefits specialist John Dunn as a director, who will focus on growing the pension practice in Yorkshire and the North East.

Commenting on the new hires, Richard Giles, Yorkshire partner and PwC’s head of pensions in the North, said: “The recent pension changes announced in the Budget last year, along with increased demand from clients for our services, have resulted in us needing to invest in and grow our local practice. John has extensive experience in advising companies in Yorkshire and will help us to continue to support our clients’ needs.”

Newtons Solicitors, Katie Baxter

Conveyancing lawyer, Katie Baxter, has joined the Ilkley office of fast-growing law firm, Newtons Solicitors.

Katie Baxter, who joins Newtons from a local firm of solicitors, handles both residential and commercial property conveyancing and takes the team at Newtons Ilkley office to four.

Newtons Solicitors, founded by Chris Newton and his wife, Sarah, who is also a director, also has offices in Harrogate, Ripon, York, Stokesley, Knaresborough, Leyburn, Richmond and Darlington.

The group, which has developed a £2.6 million turnover from a standing start in 2009, has 13 directors and LLP partners and 44 lawyers.

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