People: Evolve and Principle Estate Management

Taylor Barrett

Evolve has created its first social enterprise lead role and is welcoming long-serving team member, Taylor Barrett, into the position.

Since opening its doors in 2017, Evolve has helped provide young people facing barriers to employment with training, qualifications and job opportunities. Created by addiction support charity Aquarius, Evolve has since gone on to help 28 young people, offering over 1,000 hours of one-to-one support.

Barrett said: “Having been part of the Evolve team since its inception, I couldn’t be prouder of where we stand today, and I’m looking forward to taking over the reins of the strategy for Evolve. Starting out as a passion project, we were determined to address an immediate need that we identified, and help at risk young people to find drive, purpose and opportunity. Now, three years later, we’ve enjoyed tremendous success here, and our mission now is to scale this up.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to work with many amazing managers at Aquarius and I’ve learnt a lot from them – their humanity, willingness to support their staff and going above and behind to ensure a job is done well. I hope to take with me these skills and apply them to our social enterprise, to put a friendly face to our small business.”

A property manager with more than 35 years’ experience has been recruited by Principle Estate Management.

Adrian Archer’s new role was created following Principle’s instruction to manage more than 1,000 units for the national freehold client.

Archer first started working in the property sector back in 1983, and since then has worked up through the ranks in various management roles for different companies, including eight years as regional operations manager and associate partner with SDL Bigwood.

Joe Jobson, a director at Principle, said: “Adrian is someone we know very well at Principle, and we’re delighted to have attracted someone of his experience and calibre. We are sure he will quickly fit into our growing team.”

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