People: Bowman Riley; Lambert Smith Hampton; UK Coaching; and more

Owen Black, senior building surveyor, has joined Bowman Riley’s team to boost the company’s building consultancy team.

Based in the Leeds office, Black is a Chartered Building Surveyor with over six years of commercial surveying experience.

Formerly at Bradley Mason in Harrogate, Black provided strategic property advice providing advice across all stages of a property’s lifecycle for well-known brands including Currys PC World, Dunelm, EE, TK Maxx and Toolstation.

At Bowman Riley, he is working for York College, the University of Bradford and The Co-op under existing framework agreements in addition to supporting a wide range of clients.

Delivering advice to building owners and occupiers, he has a wide range of building surveying expertise including design and specification, project management, contract administration, cost consultancy, principal designer services and dilapidations instructions.

Caroline Fattorini, Bowman Riley building consultancy director, said:  “We are delighted to welcome Owen to our team.

“His structured and considered approach focuses on achieving our client’s requirements whilst maintaining a strong commercial view. This makes him an asset to our team.”

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Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed Andrew Brook as associate director on its Valuation team in Leeds.

He joins from Ryden’s Leeds office where he worked for over 10 years, latterly in the role of head of valuation.

He has also held positions at JD Sports Fashion plc, managing the service charge liabilities on over 350 retail properties, and Jarvis Accommodation Services where he was responsible for the management of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s property portfolio.

Bringing more than 15 years of real estate experience, Brook joins LSH’s established Valuation team, which comprises 105 registered valuers across the UK and Ireland who provide commercial, healthcare, residential and development valuation advice across all asset classes.

Brook said:”LSH has a solid reputation in delivering high quality valuation advice across all sectors. I was keen to become part of a well-regarded team delivering exceptional service to an enviable range of clients.”

James Taylor, head of LSH’s Valuation team in Leeds, added: “Andrew’s strong track record and network of contacts further strengthens our valuation expertise across the Yorkshire and Humber region.

“We’re delighted to welcome him into the team.”

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Leeds headquartered UK Coaching has confirmed Kristal Ireland has been appointed as its digital director.

Ireland is a well-known digital industry figure, who has worked across brands such as Virgin, Npower, The National Trust, The NHS and Welcome to Yorkshire.

She said: “I am thrilled to be joining the organisation at such an important time. The team have worked extremely hard to continue and facilitate online learning during COVID-19 and have shown exceptional levels of resilience and tenacity.

“I am looking forward to working with them all and developing our range of online learning, community and training that supports over three million coaches UK wide.”

UK Coaching’s CEO, Mark Gannon, said: “We are delighted to welcome Kristal to the UK Coaching team.

“Her extensive brand know-how from the world of digital marketing will be a monumental asset for us as we focus on the future sustainability of the coaching sector through digital services like our learning and development platform, ukcoaching.org – which has proven its worth by keeping the sector engaged, connected and motivated during these unprecedented times.

“As a team, we’ll be working closely to provide coaches with even greater access to not only online learning but also face-to-face learning and courses, whether that’s digital or in situ.”

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 HRM, the full-service Sheffield agency, has expanded its team with the appointment of Beth Richardson as account executive following recent client wins.

Richardson joins the company from the University of Leeds, where she is currently studying a degree in BA Management and Marketing and will be returning to her studies in September 2021.

Having previously undertaken a programme of work experience with HRM, she returns as an account executive where she will be working across a range of property clients including Sheffield and Chesterfield Estate Agents, Redbrik.

She explained: “When searching for a year in industry, I found the familiar faces at HRM the perfect fit to grow my experience and knowledge of the PR sector.

“It is so lovely to be back with the HRM team and I am grateful for this opportunity to enhance my studies further.”

Richard Fidler, chief executive of HRM, added: “We’re thrilled to have Beth on board after a series of client wins at HRM. She is an ambitious, young PR professional who brings fresh talent to our experienced team.”