People: Liverpool John Lennon Airport; Simpson Millar; Fairhurst Buckley; Manchester Victoria Baths
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has appointed Natalie Mackay to the new position of Travel Trade Executive helping to develop the airport’s relationship with the travel trade across the Liverpool City Region, the North West and North Wales
Having worked in the travel industry for more than 25 years, Natalie joins the team at the airport bringing a wealth of experience, with the past five years spent working as a Branch Manager at the Liverpool Kirkby branch of Hays Travel.
The recent growth in services and operators at Liverpool LJLA alongside the airport’s award-winning customer service means that more and more of the region’s travellers are now choosing to fly from Liverpool.
Natalie’s work over the coming weeks and months will be to ensure that the region’s travel trade know all about the latest airport developments and the benefits of flying from Liverpool to help with the service they offer when dealing with customers who may be considering flying from Liverpool, perhaps for the first time.
Natalie said: “As someone who has advised local travellers and helped with their travel plans for a number of years, I know how important it is to constantly improve your travel knowledge of the customer journey from start to finish, so I’m really looking forward to working with the region’s travel trade, promoting all the many benefits of flying from Liverpool.”
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Adam Copeland
National consumer law firm, Simpson Millar, has welcomed experienced Solicitor Adam Copeland to its expanding Clinical Negligence team.
Operating from the firm’s Manchester office, Adam’s arrival addresses a growing demand for the firm’s services nationwide from clients who have suffered harm or injury due to clinical negligence, including cases of birth trauma, complex surgical injuries, orthopaedic and spinal injuries, and delayed diagnoses.
Adam brings more than 26 years of experience to the role, with a specialist focus on wrongful birth and obstetric cases, along with representing clients impacted by delayed cancer diagnoses, acquired brain injuries, fatal cases, and substandard surgery.
A member of the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel, he will now work with the firm’s wider Clinical Negligence team, under the leadership of industry heavyweight Kate Sweeney, to provide expert advice.
Adam said: “I am pleased to be joining a firm that shares my values and places the needs of our clients at the heart of everything that it does.”
Kate Sweeney, head of medical negligence at Simpson Millar, said: “In the work that we do our clients are often in distress when they reach out to us. They are looking for transparent and straightforward legal advice, but they also need someone who is an expert in their field and who can understand what they have they been through and who can empathise.
“Adam has a huge amount of experience and will be a great addition to our team.”
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Dan Whelan
Stockport-based commercial agent and property services company Fairhurst Buckley has expanded their team by appointing Dan Whelan as the new Associate Director.
An experienced Chartered Building Surveyor, he holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Building Surveying from Salford University and is chartered with the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He joins Fairhurst Buckley from AG Built Environmental Consultancy, where he worked in the Commercial Building Surveying
team handling acquisitions, dilapidations, and project management.
He will focus on services related to commercial, retail, and industrial properties. His extensive experience in managing a team of surveyors and contractors to deliver a portfolio of works positions him well to support the growth of Fairhurst Buckley’s Building Consultancy team.
John MacMillan, Director at Fairhurst Buckley commented: “After the constraints brought about by the pandemic, and judging by the number of new instructions, including some long-term substantial projects, our sector has recovered well.
“Recruitment across most sectors is competitive and in our industry has its challenges, which is why I am delighted to welcome Dan to the team. I know his wide-ranging experience will be a great asset and bring a new dynamic to the team.”
Dan Whelan shared his enthusiasm for joining Fairhurst Buckley at such a promising time: “This is an exciting time for Fairhurst Buckley; I’m looking forward to playing my part
in providing a professional service to our clients as well as working to further develop and deliver Fairhurst Buckley’s strategy for growth.”
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Suzanne Donovan, left, and Liz Taylor
Manchester Victoria Baths has appointed Liz Taylor as a Special Advisor, to help the venue develop its corporate and private events business.
When it closed for swimming in 1993, The Manchester Victoria Baths Trust was set up by residents and comprises trustees, staff, and volunteers, who manage the building on behalf of Manchester City Council. Their current focus is to maintain and further develop Victoria Baths as a unique visitor attraction, events space, and community venue, to ensure the building continues to be discovered and enjoyed by the local community and new audiences.
This is where Liz Taylor, CEO of Manchester-based Taylor Lynn Corporation (TLC) and MD of Liz Taylor Consultancy (LTC), says she can help. She said: “Manchester is a city and region with an eclectic, and exciting collection of venues. From contemporary space to urban warehouse, luxury hotel to vast arenas. There is a wide range of choices including heritage gems such as Victoria Baths.”
“I love the fact that amongst Manchester’s renaissance we have been able to retain some of the important historic spaces that helped to shape our city and its people. Victoria Baths is a prime example.”
Suzanne Donovan, Vice Chair of Victoria Baths Trust, said: “We’re so excited to have Liz on board as a Director of the Victoria Baths Trading Company and Special Advisor to the Trust. Victoria Baths is a Manchester landmark, a place to discover, experience, and celebrate. Liz is already bringing new energy and ideas on how we further grow our events business to help fund the careful development of our iconic buildings for the use of current and future generations.”
