People on the move: HBV; Addleshaw Goddard; RIBA North West; Restore Scan

Manchester-based specialist supported housing developer HBV has appointed Sophie Stuart as trainee surveyor as it expands its land acquisition team.

Stuart joins specialist supported living developer HBV directly from Salford City College after completing her A-levels.

She secured the role after impressing during a work experience placement arranged by Career Ready, the national charity which links employers with schools and colleges. HBV is now funding her Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited qualification at the University of Salford.

HBV, based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, develops housing for people living with physical and learning disabilities, and extra care schemes for the elderly across the UK.

HBV operates as a joint venture with Morgan Sindall Investments Limited, which earlier this year, committed an extra £200m to invest in specialist housing schemes for vulnerable people.

Stuart said: “I’m excited to join an organisation that makes a real impact on changing people’s lives. I’m looking forward to learning from the team and playing a role in delivering modern and safe environments for vulnerable adults to live their lives independently.”

Daniel Keane, senior associate at HBV, said: “We’re pleased to welcome Sophie to the team and we’re particularly delighted that our relationship with the Career Ready charity has delivered such a positive result.

“We’re always keen on investing in the next generation of surveyors as we expand our pipeline of new supported living and extra care schemes across the UK during 2017 and 2018.”

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Addleshaw Goddard has announced the promotion of 10 of its lawyers in its Manchester office, with four promoted to legal director and a further six to managing associate.

The newly-promoted legal directors are Jamie Partridge in corporate, Sarah Foster and Caroline Gray in finance and projects, and Brian Ghatan in real estate.

Those promoted to managing associate are Tessa Harland in employment, Katie Parker in corporate,Philip Dupres and Louise Wood in finance and projects, Samantha Haigh in litigation and Phil Withey in real estate.

Malcolm Pike, head of the firm’s Manchester office, said: “Manchester is a key hub for legal services and for attracting some of the UK’s greatest talent, and we have certainly seen this reflected in our Manchester office. The promotions speak volumes about the strength shown across our divisions within the North West and reflect our commitment to enhancing our capabilities by retaining the best people, with the right skills and attributes.”

The promotions coincide with the firm’s announcement of an 81% trainee retention rate, which sees 38 trainees remain with the Firm on qualification.
Earlier this year the firm announced the promotion of Will Chalk to partner and head of corporate governance. AG also recently bolstered its Transport team with appointment of Ursula Gould, a specialist transport and rail specialist as Projects legal director, strengthening the team with her experience of transport and infrastructure projects.

In total 52 lawyers have been promoted across the firm’s regional, city, GCC and Asia offices, with a further 23 promoted in the transaction services team, secretarial services and business services teams, effective from September 1.

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Architect Ewen Miller has officially taken up the role of chair of RIBA North West.

Miller, managing director of Altrincham, Greater Manchester-based Calderpeel Architects, has served on the RIBA North West regional council for the past seven years.

He will serve as chair for two years and takes over from Mick Goode of Croft Goode Architects who performed the role between 2015 and 2017.

Miller said: “I want to continue the excellent work already done by Mick during his term. For me this role is about trying to promote fairness in all areas of the profession. I want to continue to ensure RIBA is relevant to its members.

“I want to celebrate and champion the achievements of all practices large and small and build a greater profile for our architects at a national level, giving the region the recognition it deserves.”

Andrew Ruffler, regional director of RIBA, added: “We’re delighted for Ewen and he assumes the position at an important time with strategic issues such as housing, the impact of Brexit, the devolution agenda, and the role of metro mayors being key to the profession. RIBA North West looks forward to working with Ewen to continue to deliver an innovative and relevant programme of activity for the profession right across the region.”

Miller started his architecture studies at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, in his native Scotland.

He qualified as an architect in 1992 while working in London and has worked for practices including Hinton Cook Architects, CDA and RMJM. He joined Calderpeel Architects in 2001 and became managing director in 2005.

RIBA North West represents 2,500 chartered members and over 250 chartered practices in the region. It aims to fulfil RIBA’s vision to champion better buildings, communities and the environment through architecture.

RIBA North West is comprised of six branches: Cheshire Society of Architects, Cumberland Society of Architects, Lancaster and Westmorland Society of Architects, Liverpool Architectural Society, Manchester Architects, and North Lancashire Society of Architects.

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Restore Scan, the specialist document scanning sector of Restore Document Management, has appointed high-flyer Ruth Williams as its new marketing director, based in Salford, to help the company prepare to accelerate its expansion strategy.

She brings with her outstanding talent in corporate communications and a wealth of integrated B2B marketing experience.

Formerly head of marketing and head of corporate communications at PHS Group, and head of marketing at Restore Scan, Williams now be responsible for overall brand strategy development and execution of marketing strategies with a view to improving market share, and generating heightened awareness for Restore Scan services.

Restore Scan’s UK managing director Paul Moonan said: “After watching Ruth so successfully handle all marketing functions at PHS and now Restore Scan, we are excited to welcome her onto the senior management team.”

Williams added: “Restore Scan has always been a company that provides a fantastic service to its customers and that’s been of the utmost importance to me, but more than that, its senior management team have a strong ethical compass when it comes to nurturing and growing its own talent.”