People: Law firm welcomes IP expert; Expansion for JF Finnegan; and more
Langleys Solicitors has appointed Fiona Kingscott to its corporate team.
She joins York and Lincoln-based Langleys from the University of Leeds, where she worked on licensing the IP in research results to the NHS and private sector.
In her role as an IP solicitor, Kingscott will specialise in non-contentious IP and commercial law. This includes agreements relating to IT, supply, distribution, trademarks and consumer protection.
Prior to the University of Leeds, she spent three years as solicitor and assistant company secretary at Filtronic followed by six years in the IP team at Lupton Fawcett, specialising in non-contentious IP and commercial law.
Tim Cross, head of commercial at Langleys, said: “Fiona is a talented and experienced IP lawyer, who adds further expertise to our corporate team. She is an expert in the many different facets of intellectual property law on which we advise our clients.
“We are a growing business and, as such, we are continually looking to recruit quality people like Fiona.”
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Sheffield-based contractor and developer JF Finnegan has announced a recent team expansion, with four new appointments made.
Richard Hudson takes up the role of general foreman with Andrew Arbon-Davis joining as senior estimator – both returning to JF Finnegan. James Stobbs is appointed as senior quantity surveyor and Bradley Thompson as assistant quantity surveyor.
The team expansion follows a series of successful projects for JF Finnegan in 2016, including completion of a £7m contract to build the 103 bedroom Hampton by Hilton Oxford hotel and the transformation of two historic mill buildings into 75,000 sq ft of new offices at the Dean Clough development in Halifax.
In September the company was awarded a £3.5m design and build contract by Harworth Estates to create a scheme of speculatively developed manufacturing units, totalling 52,000 sq ft, at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Waverley, Rotherham.
Gary Smith, managing director at JF Finnegan, said: “It is an exciting time to expand the business, as we approach the new and varied projects in the pipeline for the forthcoming months. We bolstered our client base in 2016 and delivered impressive schemes, including a private membership club for Costco UK next to Wembley Stadium and industrial units for Ackroyd & Abbott in South Yorkshire and a new Sheffield headquarters for Westfield Health. We enter 2017 with a positive outlook for the 12 months ahead and are delighted to be welcoming both familiar and new faces to the JF Finnegan team.”
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Vegetable and salad producer Troy Foods has appointed Peter Canetti as managing director of its rapidly expanding salads division based in Leeds.
Canetti, who has worked in chilled food manufacturing for 26 years, joins from Walkers Deli, part of the Samworth Brothers Group, where he was production director. Prior to that, he spent six years with Greencore, latterly as general manager at its Spalding Food to Go operation.
In his new role, he will be responsible for leading Troy Foods’ salads division. He aims to further grow and develop the salads business both by seeking new opportunities with current customers and also by winning new customers as the company continues to expand its range of dressed salads which includes coleslaw, potato and pasta salads. It also offers a wide selection of savoury dips, sandwich fillings, snacks and speciality salads.
James Kempley, general manager of Troy Foods, said: “With his impressive track record holding a number of senior roles in chilled food manufacturing with some of the biggest names in the UK, Peter brings a wealth of experience. We believe he will make a valuable contribution in helping us to achieve our aim of building Troy Foods into a £100m turnover business in the next five years as we continue to invest in our manufacturing facilities and team in order to reliably deliver quality and service to our customers.”
As well as a head office and vegetable processing site on Royds Farm Road in Leeds, Troy Foods also has a salad and mayonnaise production facility on George Mann Way in Hunslet and a distribution hub on Intermezzo Drive in Leeds. The business employs around 600 people.
Peter Canetti
