{"id":2074660,"date":"2023-08-18T08:08:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/eastmidlands\/?p=2074660"},"modified":"2023-08-18T08:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:08:18","slug":"people-howes-percival-forward-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/eastmidlands\/news\/2074660-people-howes-percival-forward-solutions","title":{"rendered":"People: Howes Percival; Forward Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-nlord-79elbk h-full dark:bg-gray-800\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-nlord-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm dark:bg-gray-800\">\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Howes Percival, a law firm, has welcomed Bilal Ehsan as a director specialising in corporate immigration law.<\/p>\n<p>Bilal Ehsan, who held the role of associate director at Deloitte, focuses on helping startups, SMEs, and multinational corporations with a range of business immigration matters.<\/p>\n<p>He regularly assists businesses with sponsor licenses, work visa sponsorships, permanent residency, and right-to-work matters. He&#8217;s particularly invested in offering operational and strategic guidance to companies on immigration policies, compliance, and issues tied to corporate restructuring<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howes Percival partner and head of employment &amp; HR law, Paula Bailey said &#8220;We are absolutely delighted to welcome Bilal to Howes Percival and to be able to add corporate immigration expertise to our list of services.\u00a0 Bilal brings extensive experience and a strong track record in advising clients on all aspects of business immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We want to be seen as one of the best UK immigration service providers in the country and an extension of our client&#8217;s HR\/global mobility teams.\u00a0 We know from talking to our clients that employers are keen to ensure their new hires have a seamless onboarding process and our aim is to help employers transform their immigration programs so that they can provide a best-in-class service.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2074735\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2074735\" class=\"wp-image-2074735 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-1536x784.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-2048x1045.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-200x102.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-500x255.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tony-Eley-Forward-Solutions-600x306.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2074735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Eley<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2074736\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2074736\" class=\"wp-image-2074736 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-768x752.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-1536x1505.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-2048x2006.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-200x196.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-500x490.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_23\/Tom-Donnelly-Forward-Solutions-600x588.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2074736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Donnelly<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Software firm Forward Solutions have expanded their leadership team by welcoming Tony Eley and Tom Donnelly.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Donnelly becomes manager of operations, while Tony Eley has re-joined Forward Solutions as development manager.<\/p>\n<p>Tom has worked at the Nottingham-headquartered firm for 19 years, working his way up to his newly assigned position. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His time at Forward Solutions has seen him work as both a software support engineer and a product specialist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With over 30 years of experience, Tony rejoins Forward after working with organizations like ITV and Manchester City FC. Tony was previously a senior developer at Forward under its previous name, Forward Computers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Litchfield, Forward Solutions\u2019 managing director said: \u201cTom and Tony are the future management team of Forward Solutions, and I have great confidence in both of them to do a fantastic job in their new positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor us, these moves are about consolidating our high levels of customer service and delivering of our products, which truly do make a difference to our customers. Tom and Tony will help ensure that the Forward Solutions customer experience is as smooth as possible, which is what enables us to stand out, in a hugely competitive market.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh hires and advancements at Howes Percival and Forward Solutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266702,"featured_media":2074661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"coauthors":[127717],"class_list":["post-2074660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-leicestershire","tag-nottinghamshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People: Howes Percival; Forward Solutions | TheBusinessDesk.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fresh hires and advancements at Howes Percival and Forward Solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/eastmidlands\/news\/2074660-people-howes-percival-forward-solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People: Howes Percival; 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