People on the move: Roberts Jackson; Love Energy Savings; Catapult Ventures; Linthwaite House

LAW firm Roberts Jackson, based in Wilmslow, Cheshire, has promoted two of its leading lawyers.

Adam Farrell becomes associate director and Annabel Chadwick is a new associate.

Farrell joined the firm in 2010 where he began his training contract as a litigation executive. He is now head of medical negligence and catastrophic injuries, managing a team of four.

He said: “I really enjoy running cases and getting results for my clients, so being promoted for what I enjoy doing is an added bonus!  There are not many firms out there giving the opportunity to progress at such a rapid rate.”

Chadwick joined the firm in 2011, qualifying in January 2015 and heading up the COSHH (The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) team by October of the same year.

She said: “It’s great having the opportunity to be involved in many aspects of the business, allowing me to grow professionally, not just as a solicitor but in many different areas, which I think is so important in legal services nowadays.”

Roberts Jackson chief executive Karen Jackson said: “We have always had a core focus on training and development of staff within the firm. It is extremely important to develop talent within Roberts Jackson family and these promotions are thoroughly deserved.”

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BUSINESS energy price comparison firm Love Energy Savings has hired a new head of people and compliance to join its growing team.

Claire Penson moved from Santander to the Bolton-based firm in order to assist its ambitious growth plans.

As energy market regulation continues to make headlines, Love Energy Savings is leading the way in ensuring compliance and regulation is imposed on the sector.

Love Energy Savings has seen its workforce increase three-fold since the beginning of the year and were recently awarded “The Best SME to Work In” at the inaugural SME Awards. It will be a key part of Penson’s job to ensure this continues.

Penson said: “I was very much attracted to the variety this role provides; from top level strategy creation to being on the ground, with employees, seeing those changes in action.
“It is a great opportunity and I am thrilled to have been welcomed so readily into the Love Energy Savings family.”
 
Phil Foster, managing director of Love Energy Savings, said: “It is set to be a very exciting time for Love Energy Savings over the next few years.
 
“We are growing at a rapid rate and we’re leading the way in the industry, in terms of regulation and offering truly transparent service to business energy customers. I am extremely confident that, with Claire’s years of expertise, we will see really positive changes before the year is out, setting us up for a great 2017.”

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CATAPULT Ventures has unveiled Dr tony Flinn as venture partner with its new Greater Manchester and Cheshire Life Sciences Fund.

Flinn, who becomes the fund’s second venture partner, is an authority in contract research organisation companies, having founded Onyx Scientific in 2000 to offer contract chemistry services for many of the world’s leading drug developers.

Catapult chief executive Nick Wright said: “Tony has in-depth knowledge of the CRO landscape – and the kind of battle-hardened experience which only comes from establishing, growing and then exiting a services company.

“Tony joins existing venture partner Dr David Whitcombe and together they will work to complement Catapult’s investment executives and help our growing portfolio of exciting life sciences businesses. Tony has already spent time assessing several CRO opportunities in our pipeline and we look forward to closing our first CRO investment in due course.”

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LINTHWAITE House in the Lake District, part of the Leeu Collection, has appointed David Aspin to the role of head chef, effective immediately.

Aspin joins the luxurious Windermere hotel from Rocca Bar & Grill (three AA Rosettes) in St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, where he was executive chef.

He has had an illustrious, award-winning career spanning more than two decades, the highlight being the award of a Michelin star to Paul Heathcote’s Longridge Restaurant in Preston, Lancashire while Aspin was head chef.

Aspin has also worked for some of the UK’s most famous chefs, including Marco Pierre White when he had his three-star Michelin restaurant, The Oak Room in Piccadilly Circus, London, and Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road.

He has further honed his craft at top restaurants Abstract in Inverness, Scotland; Establishment in Manchester; Northcote in Blackburn, Lancashire; L’Escargot in Soho, London; and the two Michelin starred L’Ortolan in Reading, Berkshire, among others.
 
Linthwaite House’s general manager Andrew Nicholson, said: “David will be joined by his former sous chef Iain Thomas, with whom David has worked at the Rocca Bar for three years and prior to that the five-star Rocpool Reserve Hotel with Albert Roux.”

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