People on the move: CM Solicitors; Faith in Nature; XYZ Works; Ralph Capper Interiors; Kaliber Group
Jeremy Moore, managing director and head of sports law at Manchester law firm CM Solicitors, has become the first lawyer to qualify as a sporting director.
Moore, who has graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University’s two-year Master of Sport Directorship course along with high profile sports stars including Ashley Giles, David Moss, Lee Darnbrough and Michael Appleton, is now entitled to use the letters ‘MSD’ after his name.
The course, which is the first of its kind in the world, is designed to prepare sports people and other professionals for the sporting director role that is increasingly being seen as a strategic necessity for sports organisations.
Moore said: “The MSD course gave me a real insight into the broad issues facing leaders in sport. I’m looking forward to putting this unique knowledge into use when working with our clients across the sporting world.”
CM Solicitors, whose specialist sports law division is known as CM Sports Lawyers, works with a number of professional sports organisations.
The firm has advised football clubs in disputes including player Cristiano Montano’s 2013 dismissal by Oldham Athletic in the wake of police investigations into his involvement in spot-fixing, and Trannmere Rovers manager Ronnie Moore’s sacking by the club after he broke the Football Association’s betting rules in 2015.
Dr Sara Ward, programme director for the Manchester Metropolitan University MSD course, said: “While the course has attracted lots of former professional sports people, it has drawn professionals from a wide range of backgrounds with sport as the common theme. In many different ways our new graduates are playing an essential role in promoting sound governance and commercial leadership in sport.
“It’s fantastic to see our first group of MSD students graduate and it’s testament to their hard work and ambition that they have all succeeded on a course that is academically rigorous as well as being extremely practical.”
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Faith in Nature, the natural beauty products manufacturer based at Radcliffe, near Bury, has unveiled grocery retail specialist Paul Monk as its chairman.
Faith in Nature is a specialist in natural haircare in the health food trade, and is experiencing a period of strong growth with turnover reaching £5m in the year to July, 2017.
Monk will work with the Faith in Nature management team in taking the business forward both nationally and internationally.
His senior management career spans Mars, M&S, Golden Wonder, Finsbury Foods, Quorn, and Burtons Biscuits. He is also a director of consultancy business, Inventabrand working with a number of high profile brands and retailers.
Monk said: “This is a brand with a reputable name and a rich heritage. Faith in Nature is perfectly poised to maximise the opportunities being created from the interest and desire of consumers to live more natural lives and therefore actively seeking out natural beauty products. I am very much looking forward to working with the team during this exciting period of innovation and development.”
Managing director Joy Parkinson said: “We are currently reviewing all aspects of the business and brand development.
“Paul’s knowledge and expertise will be a huge asset to Faith in Nature and I very much look forward to working closely with him on driving the future growth of the company.”
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XYZ Works, Manchester’s new state-of-the-art flexible workspace catering for fintech, digital and professional service businesses, has appointed Steven Bailey as its new community manager.
Bailey will manage the new co-working space in Spinningfields, having previously held a similar role at Barclays Think Rise which houses co-working club Central Working.
He will oversee the day-to-day running of XYZ Works, working closely with businesses on site to facilitate the collaborative spirit of the innovative co-working hub.
XYZ Works offers a hybrid of workspace options from co-working desks to office suites, permanent desks or private studios, all with inclusive access to meeting rooms, lounge areas, events space, break out areas and coffee bars.
The workspaces at XYZ Works will be based on the ground floor and level one of the 20,000sq ft XYZ building and is the first of a series of co-working clubs to be launched this year across the North West and London under Allied London’s All Work umbrella.
Bailey previously headed up Central Working on Deansgate, one of Manchester’s most successful and best known co-working clubs, and aims to use his significant customer service expertise and his experience working with tech start-ups at Think Rise to bring a truly personal touch to the running of XYZ Works.
Bailey, said: “It’s such an exciting time to join the team at XYZ Works. The position of community manager is really the perfect combination of my previous roles.
“My aim is to combine the hands-on experience from my time at Central Working, Think Rise and several years’ experience in hospitality to ensure we achieve the vision of XYZ Works.
“I was particularly impressed by the ambition to create a flexible work environment which encourages people to discover new ways to learn from one another and achieve real innovation through collaboration.”
Piers Read, who is heading up XYZ Works, said: “Steven is the ideal addition to our team. His experience and enthusiasm for our vision for XYZ Works made him the stand out candidate for the role. He already has a strong network of contacts in Manchester’s tech and business scenes and has joined us armed with great ideas to ensure we provide the best experience possible for our tenants.
“We are now gearing up for our official opening event which will feature an evening packed full of entertainment, presentations, roundtable discussions and cutting-edge technology utilising all of the fantastic flexible spaces within XYZ Works.”
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Manchester-based independent furniture consultancy Ralph Capper Interiors has made two key appointments designed to expand the firm’s architects and dsigners (A&D) offering.
It has appointed Paul Dean, 48, and Ryan Beggs, 25, as consultants. Both men enjoy reputations for high levels of design expertise and understanding.
Beggs, originally from Liverpool but now living in Manchester, is an interior architecture and Ddesign graduate of Leeds Beckett University. He comes to RCI from the highly-respected 5plus Architects, where he worked closely with the A&D community on a wide variety of projects for a diverse range of clients.
Deanl, who lives in Stockport, joins RCI from the Penketh Group, where he held the position of workplace consultant. He brings to the consultancy specialist knowledge of art and design gained from his past career as both an art lecturer and an art psychotherapist, working with ex-Forces personnel suffering from PTSD.
RCI director, Emma Bennett, added: “We work in harmony with architects and designers precisely because we understand the pressures and challenges they face, which makes Paul and Ryan a perfect fit for our team because of their combined experience and expertise. Both apply a bespoke approach to every project, bringing each and every A&D’s vision to life.
“2017 has already proved to be an important year for us, and these two key hires reflects both our ever-increasing client base, and our ambitions for the future.”
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Former Universal Arches managing director Leon Day has joined Macclesfield-based Kaliber Group as head of its PVC division for KAT.
He will also continue as a consultant to Kaliber’s recently-acquired Universal Arches.
Based at the KAT headquarters in Cheshire, Leon will draw on his niche market expertise and contacts, maximising the Group’s current and potential growth opportunities.
As part of his role, Day will drive product development as well as sales and marketing strategies for the group’s PVC offering, focusing immediately on KAT’s comprehensive range of residential door and window products to meet ongoing large volume requirements in the UK and Ireland.
He said: “In my new wider group role, we plan to hone our existing full range of products, to meet all spec and price requirements of our diverse customer audience.
“With Universal Arches’ niche service offering, the company marries perfectly with Kaliber to allow us to provide a one-stop-shop for all doors and windows PVC.”
David Richards, chairman, Kaliber Group, added: “Leon’s addition to the senior team gives us yet another advantage in meeting our product and service aspirations. We are confident in the vast range of products available through our companies, from entry level through to one-off bespoke glazed projects.
“We now aim to bring all our companies in line with the national service offering with our dedicated delivery fleet and pre and after-sales customer services to ensure our customers come back to us for every requirement, be that a single build project or a whole development. With Leon’s commitment, we are significantly strengthened and we are on target to exceed expectations.”
