On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
A Nottinghamshire-based IT company has announced a series of employee promotions.
Nottinghamshire-based Your IT Department, an IT support and cyber security firm is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the company.
Charley Clarke has been promoted from service desk manager to head of service delivery, taking on the management of the technical services team alongside his existing role running the service desk team.
Nathan Harris has stepped up as the team leader for the technical services team, while Fern Ritchie has been appointed as the security & compliance team leader after joining the company as an apprentice.
Senior business advisor Angus Unwin-Rose has also been added to the senior leadership team.
Managing director of Your IT Department, Lee Hewson, said: “It’s important to us that all our staff have the opportunity to progress. We have our in-house training programme which gives employees the chance to develop their careers. That way, we can retain high-quality staff and continue to provide excellent customer service.
The recent changes come after Simon Cox, a founding director of the company, decided to retire due to health issues.
Hewson and Cox started Your IT Department in a small office in Nottingham in 2009.
Since then, the business has grown to employ 24 staff and achieve an annual turnover of £2.4m.
Cox, said: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time helping to develop Your IT Department into the successful business it is today. I’m proud that we’ve created and secured local jobs and helped employees to develop their careers.
“It’s also been great to work closely with a range of long-standing clients and I’m sure they will continue to receive a first-class service in the future. The decision to retire is not one I’ve made lightly, but it’s the right time to let other people flourish within the company. I’m looking forward to spending more time with my wife, Juliet, and enjoying some quality leisure time together.”
Professional services group Gateley has announced 11 hires across its legal and consultancy businesses in Nottingham.
The appointments include newly qualified lawyers Alice Martin who has joined the construction team and Jessica Snape who will be based in the corporate team.
They are accompanied by legal trainees Beth Eady, Megan Holland and Symra Khan along with Charlize-Li Clarke who is joining as a graduate solicitor apprentice – the first for the Nottingham office.
Over the next two years, they will rotate through four six-month seats across several specialist practice areas.
Adamson Jones, Gateley’s patent and trade mark practice, has also recruited Michael Constant as a trainee trademark attorney and William Handley as a trainee patent attorney while Gateley Smithers Purslow (GSP), the multi-disciplinary surveying, engineering and architecture consultancy arm of Gateley, has appointed Georgia Buttress as a graduate building surveyor, Louis Brown as a graduate engineer and building surveying apprentice Chloe Smith.
Andrew Macmillan, partner and head of the Nottingham office, said: “I am excited to welcome these latest arrivals to our growing Nottingham office. They are a testament to our stellar training and development programme and demonstrate our continued investment in Nottingham and ambitious plans to grow all areas of the business.”
