People: Law firm makes string of promotions; Property group welcomes group surveyor; and more

Langleys Solicitors in York has promoted four lawyers.

Sean Riley, who works in the firm’s casualty team, part of the insurance law division, has been made a partner.

James Bradley from the commercial property team and Sarah Dalton from the insurance law division’s Public Sector Unit (PSU) have been promoted to senior associates.

Tom Spring, also part of the casualty team, has been promoted to associate.

David Thompson, managing partner at Langleys, said: “As a major employer in York, it’s important to us that individuals are able to gain experience and progress their careers within our business. This is instrumental in our ability to offer quality advice and support to our clients.

“All of the staff promoted this year are highly deserving of their success and I’m looking forward to seeing them progress further.”

Langleys Solicitors employs 330 people across its offices in York and Lincoln.

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Tom Sykes has joined Colenso as group surveyor where he will oversee property asset management for the firm’s portfolio.

He joins the York-based team, which oversees £150m worth of assets, after working as associate director at BNP Paribas in London and as property surveyor at Network Rail in York.

He has worked on development viability, affordable housing and on land strategy planning. He will now be working closely with the Colenso team to ensure both capital values and rental income are maximised.

John Reeves, chairman at The Helmsley Group, Colenso’s sister company, said: “Tom’s London experience combines with his development experience to set him in excellent stead for Colenso.”

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Off-site construction specialist Elite Systems has announced two senior promotions.

The Cleckheaton-based modular construction company has appointed Marcus Sutcliffe as managing director, while former senior quantity surveyor Jason Bowker has been promoted to commercial manager.
The promotions come as Elite readies itself to relocate its 30 staff to a new purpose-built 18,700 sq ft factory in 2018.

Sutcliffe said: “We have invested significantly in the business in the past few years, expanding our current factory then taking the decision to move to new facilities in the near future, and, more recently, redeveloping our website.  I’m very confident in the team we have built at Elite, and Jason and I are well-placed to drive further growth for the company.”

Bowker added: “I am happy to have been promoted and relish the prospect of the new challenge. This is an exciting time for Elite, following our appointment on the Fusion21 Education Modular Buildings Framework and the NHS Shared Business Services Modular Buildings Framework earlier this year, which will lay the platform for our future success.”

As well as the two promotions, Elite has appointed Erik Thompson as an architectural technician.