People: Six & Flow; Alcedo Care; Olliers Solicitors; JLL; Persimmon Homes Lancashire; DAM Health

Amalia Reodica and Kyla Shaw

Six & Flow, the Manchester-based growth agency, has added to its Canadian team following two new appointments.

Kyla Shaw has joined as a client success manager while Amalia Reodica has been named as the agency’s newest solutions architect. Both will be based at the firm’s Toronto office.

Established in 2015, Six & Flow helps its clients grow their revenues by combining strategy, technical expertise, and market experience, enabling them to accelerate and sustain ongoing customer growth. Long standing clients include Equifax and Capita.

Kyla is the latest addition to the strategic marketing team. She will be handling a range of project management duties, including building strategic account plans, onboarding clients, monitoring monthly performance against set goals, and ensuring every project meets its brief and strategic objectives.

Before Six & Flow, Kyla was a client success manager at MotivBase which is a market research company. During her career, she has worked directly with many Fortune 500 companies and their marketing teams to support consumer-data-driven innovation.

Kyla said: “Six & Flow is a people-first business with a collegiate atmosphere that is all geared towards client delivery. That mixture really appealed as I want to work for a company where I can wake up every morning excited to work hard, be myself, and interact with vibrant colleagues and clients.”

In her new role, Amalia will work in the systems team. She will be focusing on helping her roster of clients in various ways including supporting and leading on process map workshops, implementing CRM builds, scoping, building, testing and implementing custom automations and custom integrations, providing training documentation and videos, and creating, reviewing and optimising reports.

Prior to joining Six & Flow, Amalia studied web development. She has previously worked in sales, support and operations roles at various fintech start-ups.

Amalia said: “As a business, Six & Flow invests in and celebrates the talents of its team which is so refreshing. I’m now looking forward to adding commercial value to our clients by supporting them with their process development.”

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Alcedo Care Group, one of the largest independently-owned and family-run care providers in the North of England, has appointed Lancashire’s Kirstie Poole as service development manager.

In this new position, Kirstie will support the Bury, Blackburn and Preston offices of the top-rated home care provider, providing ideas and strategies to facilitate growth, and supporting the registered branch managers and their teams with ongoing professional development and training as they strive for outstanding service delivery.

Renowned for its exceptional portfolio of award winning home care services including nursing, personal care and support and companionship for those who wish to remain independent in their own homes, Alcedo Care Group is expanding at pace across the North West and beyond.

Kirstie Poole

Having worked in care from the age of 18, Kirstie is well qualified for her new role. Before joining Alcedo, she was a registered care manager for an operation that she helped build from scratch over six years – she has also worked across a number of other social care roles including quality assurance officer, care coordinator, field care supervisor and senior care supervisor in a care home environment.

Kirstie was attracted to Alcedo’s family values and the commitment to working together to achieve successful outcomes for service users. She said: “I identified with the company’s family values and culture and want to use my skills and knowledge to ensure that all of our clients in the Lancashire area receive safe and effective care delivered with compassion in the comfort of their own home and that our offices achieve outstanding CQC reports.”

Managing director, Andy Boardman, said: “I’m really pleased to welcome Kirstie to the team and look forward to seeing her develop in her new role. Demand from service users in Lancashire means our offices are growing rapidly – the addition of Kirstie to the team in a regional role will support the branches enabling a continued high standard of service delivery across the region while still being able to expand.”

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Criminal defence firm, Olliers Solicitors, has announced a string of promotions at its Manchester-based office.

Toby Wilbraham, Alex Preston, Zita Spencer and Laura Baumanis have been promoted from senior associate to partner, as the firm grows its team of partners to six.

Toby Wilbraham specialises in dealing with allegations at the pre-charge stage with significant success and heads the firm’s pre-charge department. This involves engaging with the Police and CPS at the investigation stage of an allegation to make representations either that the allegations should not be charged or to suggest an out of court disposal may be more appropriate than a prosecution.

Alex Preston specialises in serious crime, inquests and inquiries. In the criminal courts she has represented high profile clients facing major charges including murder, drugs and firearms.

Zita Spencer has been with the firm for almost two decades and has swiftly gained a formidable reputation as a first class, dynamic solicitor. She has significant experience of allegations of historical sexual abuse, human trafficking, rape and grooming,

From left, standing: Lily Grundy, Alex Preston, Matthew Close-Claughton, Laura Baumanis. Sitting: Zita Spencer, Helen Buxton

Laura Baumanis joined Olliers in 2005 and has worked on a number of serious criminal cases which include high profile human trafficking cases, murders and many conspiracies to supply drugs.

Laura said: “Over the last 12 years I’ve seen Olliers evolve and over the last three years in particular, we’ve solidified our position as a truly proactive firm.

“Being given the opportunity to become a partner in such an outstanding criminal defence practice is a real privilege and I look forward to the ongoing challenges and opportunities my new position will bring.”

Elsewhere in the firm, Helen Buxton and Alex Close-Claughton have been promoted from senior case worker to associate, while solicitor Lily Grundy also steps into the more senior role of associate.

Both Helen and Alex have extensive knowledge in representing clients who face the most serious allegations and bring with them a wealth of experience as they step into their new positions. Lily qualified as a solicitor in 2021, having previously trained at the English National Ballet School. Following her change in career, she has quickly risen through the ranks, proving herself to be a talented and passionate criminal lawyer.

She said: “Before joining Olliers, I explored a number of different specialisms, but it was criminal defence work that truly struck a chord with me. I’m passionate about supporting people in their most vulnerable moments and look forward to building on the valuable experience I’ve gained so far at the firm.”

The team changes follow promotions earlier in the year for Matthew Corn and David Philpott to partner, as well as the appointment of solicitor, Heather Crossthwaite and a number of paralegals.

Managing director, Matthew Claughton, said: “Our lawyers are all experts in their field and I’m extremely pleased to be making promotions across the board. Colleagues and clients alike benefit from their knowledge, experience and hardworking nature and their new positions are well and truly deserved.”

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JLL has welcomed three new graduates and three new apprentices to join its 170-strong workforce at its Manchester office.

The graduate programme includes opportunities for those graduating with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) qualification, as well as those with non-Real Estate degrees, who are offered sponsorship to complete a Master’s in Real Estate as part of their new role.

The scheme offers a rotational format, allowing the graduates to move around the business, receiving varied work experience across different teams.

Edward Birley begins the two-and-a-half-year graduate scheme with the residential capital markets and agency team following an undergraduate degree in Business Management in Leeds, and recent completion of his MSc in Real Estate at Reading University. Growing up Edward helped with maintenance work for his family’s business and was drawn to the sector by positive landlord-tenant relationships.

Ferg Abbotson, Edward Birley, Ella Waller, Sam Corby, Alex Claybourn

The rotation programme was a big selling point for Sam Corby, who graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a Bachelors degree in Real Estate, and now strengthens the Manchester-based office agency team. Following in his parents’ footsteps – who met on a real estate course at university – he also spent a year in industry at OBI Property in the office agency team.

Ferg Abbotson joins the residential valuations team after graduating with a degree in Real Estate from Oxford Brookes, having been attracted to the work-life balance of his friends that work in the industry.

JLL is a founding member of Property Needs You, an initiative aimed at increasing the proportion of under-represented groups entering the property sector, working with young people, parents and teachers to raise awareness of the opportunities on offer. This helps to attract new talent for the apprenticeship scheme at JLL, which requires a minimum of 72 UCAS points for application, the equivalent to grade D in three subjects.

The new starters for the apprenticeship scheme are Panache Mutasa, Alex Claybourn and Ella Waller, who join the Manchester-based residential agency, ratings and valuation advisory teams, respectively. Over the course of the five-year scheme, they will each gain a funded RICS accredited degree with UCEM.

Phil Corrigan, director, valuation advisory at JLL Manchester, said: “Our team here in Manchester is constantly growing as the market in the North West continues to accelerate. The graduate and apprenticeship programmes have nurtured some of the sharpest in the business, and I look forward to watching each of them excel here.

“We’re proud of the culture we’ve built, and the opportunities don’t stop at the walls of the office. We encourage them to dive into the social and sporting events on offer, too, as they’re a fantastic way to make friends and network.”

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Persimmon Homes Lancashire has appointed a new managing director to head up its operations across Lancashire and Cumbria.

Anthony Mansfield joins the five-star housebuilder with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, most recently serving as managing director at Taylor Wimpey.

He will oversee progress on 15 sites already operational throughout the region, including development of the 470-unit Water’s Edge site near Chorley, Lancashire.

Anthony Mansfield

With a team of nearly 200, including 41 apprentices, Anthony’s passion for developing talent is sure to be put to good use as Persimmon continues to invest in skills and training working with colleges and training providers across the two counties.

Anthony said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Persimmon and head up the Lancashire team at what is a really exciting time for the business. With several developments already under way and applications progressing well with planning authorities, I’m looking forward to working with communities, local businesses and policy makers to deliver much needed, high quality new homes for the people of Lancashire and Cumbria.”

Regional managing director, John Roocroft, said: “Anthony has a wealth of industry experience that is sure to be invaluable in delivering these plans and I look forward to working closely with him.”

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James Stevens has joined Liverpool-based DAM Health – a medical diagnostics firm – as the new chief operating officer after an illustrious career in the NHS.

Stevens, 49, qualified in 1998, spending more than 15 years of his career in emergency medicine in South England, mainly Redhill and Reading, and then the North West before moving into major management roles.

He held titles such as business performance manager, divisional director and finally head of operations at the Countess of Chester Hospital, which treats more than 425,000 patients each year and has in excess of 3,000 employees.

James Stevens

Stevens said: “I was overseeing everything that functions within the hospital, from A&E right the way through to discharge as well as ambulances, CCT and external partners and everything inbetween.

“I decided I then wanted a change and, through a colleague, heard about the project at DAM Health.”

Stevens is keen to focus on people engagement during a busy time for DAM Health as it provides evolving and effective solutions to both COVID-19 and other major health conditions. He will be responsible for the leadership and management of professional issues associated with the medical workforce and the service provisions.

He said: “As we move further into private healthcare, with my NHS background, it is about bringing my experience in healthcare and implementing it into DAM.”

DAM is making pioneering moves into the medical technology sector, with state-of-the-art DNA Epigenetics being launched alongside at-home fertility, cancer, HIV and menopause tests.

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