People: Eddisons; JLL; Hill Dickinson & more
ROB Limbert has been promoted to director at property consultant Eddisons.
Limbert, who has worked at Eddisons since 2004, now heads the northern operations of the firm’s 12-strong property auctions team, which organises 20 auctions a year in Leeds, Manchester and London.
“At Eddisons we’re seeing a marked increase in the number of quality properties, both residential and commercial, that we are being appointed to sell at auction, particularly as the economy picks up speed again,” said Limbert.
He added: “In 2014 alone, more than 800 lots were included in our catalogues, over £57m of property was sold with us through our auctions and we achieved an average success rate of 75 per cent for our clients.
“It’s an exciting time for the firm and we believe there is huge potential in the market as auction becomes the sales option of choice for increasing numbers of vendors.”
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TOM McWilliams has been promoted to local director in JLL’s North West development team based in Manchester.
His work advising on development activity across Manchester has seen him lead on some of the city’s largest schemes including Allied London’s St John’s project, the ongoing redevelopment of the former ITV site, and London and Continental Railway’s Manchester Mayfield project in Piccadilly.
In his new role, McWilliams will now lead the firm’s development consultancy work for city centre projects.
Responsibility for out-of-town developments – including Wylfa Power Station, Carrington and Siemens – will be led by local director John Lafferty.
David Lathwood, lead director for the North West at JLL, said: “This new role reflects Tom’s track record advising on some of the most significant development schemes in the city region and is thoroughly well-deserved.”
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INTERNATIONAL law firm Hill Dickinson is continuing its recruitment drive with the appointment of a specialist planning team.
Grant Anderson, formerly of Addleshaw Goddard, is heading up the new planning team in Manchester and brings with him associate, Lynette Day.
The announcement follows on from Hill Dickinson’s recent appointment of commercial property partner, Jim Purves, formerly of Pinsent Masons and the relocation of property partner Alastair Reid to the Manchester office from the firm’s Sheffield base. The property team in Manchester now stands at 22 strong.
The investment in the new planning team is the latest move from Hill Dickinson to build on its ambitious growth plans across its Business Services Group which continues to perform strongly.
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HADEN Freeman, the Manchester-based process engineering design consultants has made a significant new appointment with a new alliance manager to oversee its three-year partnership with Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), the Elstree-based producer of human plasma products.
Adam Hart will manage the three year alliance announced in July, which is worth £5m and involves the Denton company overseeing new infrastructure projects and taking on the role of principal designer for the implementation of the recently revised CDM regulations.
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MYCSP, the public sector pension administrator, based at Cheadle near Manchester, has taken on five more apprentices to join its head office, as part of MyCSP’s ongoing commitment to the Government’s apprenticeship programme.
This is in addition to the three recruits who joined the company last year as part of its inaugural apprenticeship scheme.
The five apprentices (Ben Sheelan, Jake McCormick, Sean Lawless, Thomas Hogan and Dean Jones) have been enrolled on a programme which will last for at least eighteen months.
