On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
Derby law firm Flint Bishop has announced several promotions across the business.
New partners include: Andrew Perry, who specialises in construction and engineering; employment lawyer Emma Tice; and Raj Sumal a personal injury lawyer.
New senior associates at the firm are Jo Milward-Hyde, who has caseload of litigation, property, debt recovery and insolvency matters; and Julie Sims who is responsible for Flints Direct, a conveyancing ‘at a distance’ service.
New associates are: schools and commercial employment lawyer – Andrew Nicklin; Ashbourne-based conveyancing lawyer – Jane Pearson; wills, tax, trusts and probate specialist – Jo Robinson; specialist schools employment lawyer – Natalie Spink; defendant personal injury lawyer – Paul Bayliss; and defendant personal injury lawyer – Philip Thompson.
Andrew Cochrane, senior partner, said: “I’m delighted to welcome our three new partners to the firm, as well as two senior associates and six associates. Each of the applicants showed myself, Ian Beardmore and Qamer Ghafoor their continued commitment and passion to the business and all of them should be incredibly proud.”
Office design, refurbishment and fit out company Blueprint Interiors has unveiled a ‘magnificent seven’ of new recruits.
Piotr Motyka, Gemma Ryder, Andy Sawyer, Hannah Day, Ana Willemsen, Hannah Floyd and Rebecca Beadle
The company, based near East Midlands Airport, has brought in the new staff to support its growth plans.
Ana Willemsen, who has a background in architecture, joins as project manager and is responsible for looking after the management and fit out stages of projects as well as monitoring work flow throughout the business.
Designer Rebecca Beadle brings six years’ experience in office design and has an extensive knowledge of solving space issues while creating a visual impact.
Contracts manager Andy Sawyer brings over 20 years’ experience as both a project and contracts manager and is responsible for the day-to-day running of project sites, organising contractors, ordering materials and setting-up clients’ sites ready for fit out.
Hannah Floyd is the firm’s new head of business development and is responsible for developing new business opportunities and building client relationships.
Marketing manager Piotr Motyka runs the firm’s promotional campaigns and is responsible for developing its website and digital content, delivering its marketing strategy and strengthening the Blueprint Interiors brand.
Projects administrator Gemma Ryder puts her organisational skills to work to help make sure that the right people and equipment are in the right place at the right time.
And Hannah Day joins the project support team to lend admin support across the business, helping the contracts team organise the set-up of client sites and pull together key documents such as operations and maintenance manuals.
Their appointments were supported by a grant from the Derby Enterprise Growth Fund to aid growth and job creation at Blueprint.
