People on the move: Sweco; UK Export Finance; Moore and Smalley; Tim Groom Architects

Engineering, environment and design consultancy Sweco, which has offices in Manchester city centre and at Manchester Airport, has appointed two new members to its UK leadership team to head up its environment and energy business units as the company prepares for further growth.
 
Jen Hamilton now leads Sweco’s environment unit, while Andy King heads up the energy unit. Both are directors and have been with the consultancy for 10 and five years respectively.
 
Sweco now has five distinct business units comprising buildings, environment, energy, transportation and water and asset management, and these latest appointments ensure each unit is represented at board level.
 
The promotions also mark a period of successful integration since Sweco launched in the UK in April 2016, following its acquisition of Grontmij in October 2015.
 
An example of Sweco’s energy work includes this year’s delivery of a district heating network connecting 53 buildings within the University of Glasgow estate to a new energy centre.

The environment team has had its strongest financial performance in a decade, facilitated by successful work on key regeneration schemes such as the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project.
 
 Sweco’s UK managing director, Max Joy, said: “Our integration continues to progress at an excellent rate and we are very well placed to become even more successful.
 
“We’re very pleased to introduce Jen and Andy onto the leadership team. They are both highly capable individuals and great leaders, who have proven themselves to be assets to our business. We look forward to them helping deliver our controlled strategic growth plan.”

The consultancy employs 800 people in the UK and advises on major projects. Sweco has its headquarters in Leeds and consults nationwide via its network of offices in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Maidenhead, Manchester, Newcastle, Peterborough and Solihull.

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UK Export Finance, the UK’s export credit agency, has announced the appointment of Patrick Kendell as senior export finance manager to lead its business development and advisory activities in the north of England.
 
Kendell brings 20 years’ experience in senior business development positions in the UK and abroad to his role at UKEF.

Most recently he was business development manager for the University of Strathclyde Business School, prior to which he worked for PA Consulting as a senior investment adviser, Asia Pacific, and One North East (the regional development agency for the North East) as head of international inward investment.
 
Kendell will lead UKEF’s team of Export Finance Managers in the north of England, consisting of  Paul Wright – the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber;  Steve Cowles – the North West (north) and  Kevin Ledwith – the North West (south).

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NORTH West accountancy firm Moore and Smalley has strengthened its corporate finance team following a period of increased M&A activity for the firm.

Nicola Farrer and Robbie Taberner have joined the now six-strong team at the company’s Preston office as corporate finance assistants following a year in which the firm advised on corporate deals worth around £15.6m and raised £7.65m in additional funding for clients.

Standout deals the firm has advised on in the last 12-months include the acquisition of Formby Connections and Levine Retail by Mid Communications, the acquisition of Trentclyde Water Solutions by Stuart Turner Ltd, and the purchase of Stonegate Group by Gott Agri Synergy.

Stephen Gregson, corporate finance director at Moore and Smalley said: “There has been uncertainty in the economy, but 2016 turned out to be a busy year for us in terms of corporate transactions and for growth fundraising and company restructuring projects.

“Mainstream lenders and alternative funders are showing an appetite to get deals done and this is encouraging. Robbie and Nicola will provide valuable support to our team, giving us increased capacity to help our clients get growing and get deals done.

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MANCHESTER based Tim Groom Architects has announced two new appointments to its team – Suliman Alla has joined as an architect and Tomislav Vuletic as an architectural assistant.

Suliman joins Tim Groom having spent the last four years at SimpsonHaugh and Partners, where he worked on projects including the refurbishment of Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension; Verde, student housing project and First Street, Manchester.

Australian Tomislav brings seven years’ postgraduate experience having worked for Melbourne practice Basset Lobaza Architects before moving to the UK in summer last year to be nearer to family.

Tim Groom said: “I am very pleased to welcome Suliman and Tomsilav to the team here.  They both have invaluable experience and talent, and I look forward to working with them on our growing portfolio of projects.”

Tim Groom Architects has received recent planning approval for a 200-apartment development in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle for Iliad Group and is on site with its Port Street PRS project for Mulbury City.

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