People on the move: Freeths; Liverpool City Region Digital & Creative Board; Realm Recruit; Zilico
Law firm Freeths has announced the expansion of its employment team in Manchester, with the appointment of partner Charlotte Rees-John.
She joins Freeths from an international law firm, specialising in all aspects of employment work with particular experience in dealing with large scale collective consultations, executive terminations, multi-party tribunal claims and providing strategic advice at board level.
Although Rees-John has experience of advising clients from a broad range of sectors, she brings with her a wealth of knowledge of the leisure and retail sector, having advised a number of well- known high street names.
John May, managing partner for Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield, said: “I am thrilled to welcome Charlotte into our growing Manchester office. It has been a busy 12 months for the employment team and 2017 is already following in that pattern, so her expertise and drive shall assist in continuing to provide our clients with a full commercial service.”
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Three of the Merseyside’s top creative and digital talent have joined the Liverpool City Region Digital & Creative Board.
Chelsea Slater from Liverpool Girl Geeks, Amanda Follit from Amaze and Ian Finch from Mando are the three newest members who will help shape the sector and build upon its strengths as a major UK digital and creative hotbed.
The digital and creative sector is of critical importance for the Liverpool City Region and forms one of the key growth sectors as identified in the City Region’s Growth Strategy as central to driving sustained growth of the economy over the coming decades.
The board has been established by the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, and brings a variety of experiences across the digital, cultural, commercial and academic sectors to drive, promote and accelerate the city region’s global position in the digital and cultural industries.
Kate Willard, chair of the Digital and Creative Board said: “Liverpool City Region is a thriving, creative digital hotbed working with global clients on a ground-breaking portfolio of work.
“It has the second fastest growing technology start-up cluster in the country with around 3,500 businesses making an annual GVA contribution of almost £900m – we want to grow this.”
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Altrincham, Greater Manchester-based legal recruitment consultancy Realm Recruit has welcomed two new members of staff to its team.
Kelly Reid is joining as a senior consultant and Rebecca Hopwood will work as a business administrator.
Reid will be bringing a decade of legal recruitment experience to her new role as senior consultant. She has an in-depth knowledge of working in the regional recruitment market, having previously worked for seven years at a Manchester-based legal recruitment agency.
Hopwood has recently relocated to Manchester from North Yorkshire where she worked for a corporate gifts company. She will provide much-needed administration support to the Realm team.
Since launching in 2015, Realm has gone from strength to strength and established itself as a key player in Manchester’s legal recruitment market. The two new appointments come on the back of a solid first full year of business for Realm Recruit and two Made in Manchester Award nominations for the firm’s director.
Duane Cormell, director of Realm, spoke about the new appointments: “Working closely with a finite number of valued clients is at the core of our business proposition and recruiting internally enhances our ability to do just that. I’m thrilled to welcome Kelly and Rebecca to Realm and am excited to see what we can achieve as a company over the next 12 months.”
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Manchester cervical cancer diagnostic specialist Zilico has announced a number of operational changes designed to better align its operations.
Zilico’s flagship product ZedScan, which improves the speed and accuracy in diagnosing pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix, will be sold directly to hospitals in Great Britain (Wales, Scotland & England) rather than through a third party distributor.
The device, which offers a more accurate diagnosis for women who are at risk of cervical cancer, is currently used in many hospitals across the globe as an adjunct to the current diagnostic process.
Zilico has also introduced a number of structural changes to strengthen their management team, including the appointment of a head of UK sales, head of operations and a quality manager.
Darren Neill, founder and managing director at Touchstone Medical, (part of the CME Group) will take on the role of head of UK sales from March 13. Touchstone will continue its business as normal under a revised structure after the departure of Neill.
Neill brings to the role vast gynaecological, endoscopic surgery and diagnostic experience working closely with clinicians to improve outcomes for patients.
He said; “I am extremely excited to be joining the Zilico team. The growing real-world evidence behind ZedScan is overwhelming with more UK and international hospitals adopting the product. As more countries move to primary HPV testing, there is a growing recognition that colposcopy will need to be improved.”
In addition, Zilico has recently appointed Christina Zavadsky, formerly of Lumenis, as the QARA manager who will be overseeing the quality and regulatory processes within the company.
Sameer Kothari, CEO of Zilico, said, “Darren and Christina share our vision for the company and their addition to the Zilico team will ensure our goals become a reality. 2017 is a very exciting year for us and I look forward to working together with them over the coming months.”
Cervical cancer is the seventh most common disease globally, and the third most prevalent in women. The disease is caused by the persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which triggers changes in the cervical cells.
ZedScan is a portable, handheld device that can measure and detect tissue changes in women identified with an abnormal smear test.
