People on the Move: Beyond Corporate Law; Artorius; Fleetwood Town FC; ParkVia; Pozzoni Architecture
Beyond Corporate Law, part of the Beyond Professional Services Group, has recruited three new members of staff, with a director, an assistant solicitor and a paralegal all joining the Manchester-based law firm this month.
Andy Herricks, who joins as director, was a founding partner of Garricks, a niche commercial firm based in Blackburn.
He brings with him more than 20 years’ high-level experience in advising SME and owner-managed clients across the North West on a wide range of corporate, commercial and intellectual property matters.
Andy acts mainly for entrepreneurs and owner-managers, handling corporate transactions from shares sales, acquisitions and MBOs through to advising on complex shareholders’ agreements, re-organisations, share buy-backs and de-mergers.
In addition, he offers particular experience in the manufacturing and technology sectors.
“Beyond Corporate Law has emerged, in a very short space of time, as a dynamic and disruptive firm with a very exciting range of entrepreneurial clients,” he said.
“I am extremely pleased to be part of such a vibrant and positive team.”
Alexander Redford joins as assistant solicitor. He has held roles with various law firms including Slater and Gordon Lawyers, and latterly Hargreaves Mounteney, where he was a trainee in the commercial department, working on shareholder agreements, contracts, terms and conditions and other matters within the scope of business-to-business dealings.
The final member of the trio is Matthew Fearn, who joins the firm in the role of paralegal. He comes from JMW Solicitors and will work on corporate transactions, supporting the senior team.
Jim Truscott, partner, said: “These are exciting times for Beyond Corporate as we develop further our highly-regarded corporate and commercial offering.
“We have created a structure which offers meaningful career paths for both non-qualified and qualified lawyers, as well as our support team.
“We have made no secret of our determination to disrupt the legal market, and a key element of that strategy is to employ progressive, assured people who believe in our business model and culture.”
He added: “Andy, Matthew and Alex bring with them a wealth of talent and I am confident they will make a significant contribution to Beyond Corporate Law as we continue our drive to deliver a genuinely modern service that goes above and beyond that which is expected in the legal sector.”
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Artorius, the Manchester-based wealth management group, has signalled its Midlands expansion with a key new appointment, hiring Steve Brandreth to help support its continued rapid growth.
Steve, an established banker, has been appointed as senior client partner, after joining the firm from Coutts with the remit of establishing a Midlands office.
Steve’s previous role was as executive director of Coutts & Co, where he spent 16 years advising a wide range of clients and families.
He said: “Joining Artorius is an incredibly positive step for me and my clients.
“Increasingly, the focus for them is on receiving absolutely the highest quality advice from an impartial and unconflicted source.
“This is becoming almost impossible to deliver if you have access to the services of just one bank. Whether it be investments, liquidity management, borrowing facilities or any number of services, my clients want me as their advisor to be able to access a wide range of choices, not just those of one provider.”
He added: “Speaking to the team at Artorius, I quickly realised that the company’s proposition wouldn’t compromise the service that I want to provide, allowing me to very happily shift my chair from being opposite my clients to being beside them, which provides me with the ability to consult and provide advice without compromise.
Paul Hutchinson, left, and Steve Brandreth
“Throughout my career I have been trusted by generations of families I have known for years, which hopefully demonstrates that they have valued my input.”
Artorius was established in 2015 to provide a range of investment services to high and ultra-high net wealth individuals and families.
The firm said its model relies on building a bespoke wealth plans for clients based around their specific needs and requirements. Artorius specialises in succession planning and complex wealth management cases that are increasingly underserved in a marketplace that is commoditising clients, while cutting back on time and service.
Artorius also provides wealth advice, family governance, portfolio management, multi-jurisdictional advice, credit structuring and advice on real estate and classic cars. It has also been ranked in the top 10 of firms growing clients and assets under management by wealth management benchmark firm PAM.
Along with client manager Paul Hutchinson, Steve will be focused on establishing a Midlands presence providing unbiased, bespoke advice to clients and families, with access to leading expertise and technology.
The new location will also provide clients who are based in the Midlands access to private banks which would not normally be available through the IFA route.
Ian Marsh, chief executive at Artorius, said: “Steve joining Artorius is a huge asset to us.
“We are a growing firm that is committed to understanding our clients in the regions and helping them achieve their objectives with the wealth they have generated or inherited.
“Steve’s experience and client-focus fits well with our ethos and him joining Artorius will enhance our business considerably.”
Artorius is a Manchester based wealth manager and family office, with offices in London and Zurich alongside the soon to be established Midlands office.
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Fleetwood Town Football Club has appointed Joe Fleetwood as the club’s new head of commercial.
Joe has extensive experience in the sporting world having been a former professional golfer, and a senior operator at some of the UK’s exclusive leisure facilities.
His most notable role was at Hambric Sports where he negotiated commercial deals on behalf of leading sports personalities.
The 38-year-old – who is also the older brother of Southport-born global golf star Tommy – has already begun work at the club ahead of an exciting 2019/20 Sky Bet League One season.
Joe Fleetwood
Joe said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining such a great club in Fleetwood Town.
“Their success over the past decade has been truly inspirational and I hope to play a huge part in helping to continue that success.
“The club already has a fantastic group of loyal sponsors who have supported the club for many years and I look forward to working closely with them, while also actively searching for new partners.”
Joe replaces outgoing head of commercial, Martin Booker, who has left Highbury after six years heading up the club’s commercial department.
The club said everyone would like to thank Martin for his service at the club and wish him all the best for the future.
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Manchester-based online parking reservation leader, ParkVia, has bolstered its head office marketing team with the addition of three specialist recruits.
Following the announcement of its rebrand in April, ParkVia has appointed its first head of marketing to lead the company’s management and delivery of all digital marketing activities, with a strategic focus on spearheading online conversion and customer experience.
Having led numerous teams to ecommerce success, Ben Fox brings extensive digital marketing knowledge from previous senior roles at AO.com, JD Sports and Chinese manufacturing giant, Hisense.
Alongside Ben, the airport parking provider has also recruited Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) manager Anita Idisi and paid media (PPC) manager, Chris Morris, to further strengthen and diversify its digital presence.
Anita joins the team from Leeds-based digital marketing agency, Search Laboratory, where she worked within the technical SEO team to deliver campaigns to increase revenue and long-term growth for clients.
From left: Ben Fox, Anita Idisi, Chris Morris
In her new role at ParkVia Anita will work collaboratively with the wider team to execute successful SEO strategies across the company’s 43 markets.
As an ecommerce specialist in paid media with more than seven years’ experience, Chris will take responsibility for ensuring ParkVia’s online marketing spend has the highest possible ROI (return on investment), having led similar roles both in-house and agency side for Betterbathrooms.com and Latitude Digital Marketing.
Ben Fox said: “As the European leader in its field, ParkVia has a successfully-established itself as an innovator in the travel industry and I’m thrilled to be joining the business at such a pivotal point of expansion.
“Pre-booked parking is enjoying significant growth internationally and it’s great to see a team from the North West leading the way across the globe.”
ParkVia’s commercial director, Valentina Moise, said: “As we grow and continue to respond to the ever-changing market, it was a natural progression to employ specialist marketeers into our growing head office team.
“Ben’s proven commercial success in ecommerce makes him the perfect fit to head up our growing marketing department and together with Anita, Chris and the wider team we’re confident the collective experience we have will contribute significantly to the continued growth of ParkVia.”
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Pozzoni Architecture has strengthened its residential team within the ‘living’ sector with two experienced project architects, Sophie Roberts and Natalie Wilson.
Sophie joins the growing team from PRP, where she worked on a number of housing schemes including affordable and housing for the elderly.
With impressive design skills in the high-end residential sector she has successfully delivered significant projects in the North West and London, working for both private and developer clients.
Natalie has experience of delivering large scale, landmark residential developments across London and has a range of technical expertise and extensive knowledge of working with developer clients.
She has recently returned from volunteering on a community build project in Fiji and takes a keen interest in wider community-led schemes within the team.
Pozzoni has a proven track record in design, innovation and technical competence across its four key sectors: Living, education, leisure and commercial.
Sector teams often collaborate and share sector knowledge – this joined-up way of working allows for a truly considered and creative design approach in the business.
The offering within the residential team is highly-skilled, but also very varied, incorporating general needs affordable housing, extra-care accommodation and wider estate renewal developments.
One of many current schemes being delivered is the £14.5m extra care development in Gorton, with long term client Southway Housing Trust, which is due to start on site imminently.
From left; Natalie Wilson, Eleanor McCallum, Sophie Roberts
This project will provide 106 extra care homes for social rent, plus associated facilities on the site of the former Bellamy Court, now an urban brownfield site in East Manchester.
Eleanor McCallum, associate at Pozzoni said: “We understand the market challenges faced due to increasing housing provision requirements and keep a very close eye on the evolving sector.
“As our population continues to age and as society becomes more intergenerational in its approach, providing quality residential accommodation with key integrated services, such as health and care, is vital.
“For us, it’s all about the importance of connecting residents to their wider community.
“We aim to create inclusive, distinct and characterful neighbourhoods for people to live, work and move around in.
“Bringing in Sophie and Natalie to bolster the team and further develop our service offering is a really exciting time for us.”
Over the past 10 years Pozzoni’s housing team has delivered 3,000 homes across a range of tenures and extra care schemes.
