People: Clarion; FDM Document Solutions; Ethoss Regeneration Ltd; and more
National law firm, Clarion, has retained six newly qualified solicitors across the business.
The newly qualified team members include Charlotte Hudson who joins the Commercial Property team and Emily Prince who has qualified into Property Litigation.
Jacob Crooke has qualified into the Contentious Private Client practice.
The Corporate team has welcomed Meg Gartland while Olivia Storey qualified into Banking and Sam Atkinson, into Intellectual Property.
Clarion’s trainee programme has a high level of retention. The firm also supports young people with a variety of other routes to entering the legal profession through an apprenticeship programme, paralegal development and via external and internal mentoring and coaching initiatives.
The single-site Leeds-based law firm now employs more than 300 staff.
Helen Saunders, people director, said: “We’re excited to retain these six talented individuals as newly qualified solicitors within the business.
“This year’s cohort has shown enthusiasm, skill and entrepreneurship, all the key assets we look for in a Clarion team member.
“Developing young talent is not only an integral part of our growth strategy, but testament to the abundance of great legal talent across the region.
“We are dedicated to helping these individuals develop their skills and realise their ambitions. I look forward to seeing them continue to thrive at Clarion.”
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Print, mail and document management specialist, FDM Document Solutions, has appointed Alan Cruickshank as business development manager.
With a career spanning more than 40 years, he brings insight and experience from a variety of roles including agency-side, as owner of a print and digital print business, within multi-channel communications and most recently within data-driven marketing.
Based in Wakefield, yet working remotely to manage clients throughout the UK, he will support the growth of FDM Document Solutions as it continues to deliver its ambitious five-year strategy.
He will take responsibility for attracting new client opportunities, while also extending the services it provides to existing accounts.
Cruickshank said: “I’ve had a varied career and can see that this position will be no different. While I’m looking forward to applying the knowledge and skills that I have developed over the years, I still consider every day to be an opportunity to learn.
“FDM Document Solutions has some ambitious targets in place and showcasing how we can apply our products and services to support and improve customers communications will be fundamental to delivering against these aspirations.
“I already feel that I am part of the team and am excited by the opportunities that we have and the journey that is ahead of us.”
Ian Forster, FDM sales and marketing director, added: “We had heard very good things about Alan and know that his knowledge of the industry will certainly be of benefit as he joins us at this exciting time.
“He brings with him a range of experience and transferable skills that we can already see will add value to our clients and provide us with further ways in which we can support our customers.
“We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Alan to the team. We know he is going to be a real asset to the business.”
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Ethoss Regeneration Ltd has appointed Josh Illingworth as a multimedia designer in its marketing team.
Illingworth, 28, has a strong background in creative marketing, digital design and event promotion, having worked in both B2B and B2C industries.
He joins Silsden-based dental company Ethoss Regeneration from FOD Mobility Group, where he progressed from marketing executive to marketing manager, and finally to digital media producer.
Educated at Titus Salt School in Baildon, he completed a year’s foundation degree in Digital Media and Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University.
His role at Ethoss will focus on graphic design, video production, and animation.
He said: “I have always been a creative person. I’ve always been interested in how things look, why they look that way, the colours, style and how different designs can evoke different emotions in people, along with design trends, and how they evolve through the ages and sometimes come back on themselves.
“I want to develop Ethoss’s visual and media output and lend my expertise and experience in other areas of marketing.
“One of my main targets is to concentrate on video production and take this to the next level, both in Ethoss’s marketing and the EdgeX platform videos.”
Illingworth’s appointment is the second addition Ethoss has made to its marketing team in a matter of months, after naming Kayleigh Houghton as its new marketing executive.
Peter Wheeler, managing director, said: “We were impressed with the breadth and depth of Josh’s knowledge and skillset and, at a time when we’re expanding the team rapidly, his talent brings a new dynamic the company.
“He has clear targets for how he wants to enhance our visual and media offering and we look forward to seeing Josh develop his skills even further as part of the Ethoss family.”
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Orega, a flexible workspace provider with a significant presence in the North of the UK, is boosting its senior management team with two new appointments and a senior promotion.
The changes have been made to increase the management capacity of the business following the last 18 months of significant growth.
Laura Walker is promoted from sales and marketing director to chief revenue officer.
In her new role she will take responsibility for the business’s overall revenue generation strategy and its implementation, including renewal and retention strategies.
She will also retain responsibility for the company’s marketing function and will lead on the aesthetic design of the new centres, as well as overseeing the presentation quality of all the firm’s locations.
Walker continues in her position as a board director of Orega.
She joined in 2019, bringing significant brand experience to the business. She has since developed a wide range of industry relationships and knowledge to provide today’s flex occupiers with the product they demand.
David Kinnaird has been recruited as chief operations officer to lead all customer service and centre operational activities across the business including new centre delivery, IT and compliance and estate management.
He will be joining Walker on the Board of the company
He has nearly 25 years of experience in the flex workspace sector, initially at MWB Business Exchange, then as COO of Avanta Serviced Office Group plc and latterly at essensys where he led customer success and operations.
Sophie Turnbull has joined Orega as commercial director and will take responsibility for the oversight of field sales activities.
She has considerable industry experience having spent 13 years at Instant Offices, becoming director of global operator relations; before becoming commercial director at Work.Life.
She joins from Huckletree where she has recently been commercial director with responsibility for marketing, sales and operations.
Turnbull will work with Orega’s existing management team to accelerate the firm’s growth plans and will initially concentrate on helping drive revenue growth, concentrating on sales and retention across the business.
Orega has expanded in the last 12 months, opening nine new locations across the UK. It now operates 27 centres across the UK, in partnership with landlords and corporate occupiers, comprising 675,000 sq ft.
The company’s stated aim is to double in size over the next three years.
Alan Pepper, CEO, said: “It’s an exciting time for us and the flex industry generally.
“As flex comes of age most businesses now have some form of flex space in their real estate strategies: attracted to options that do not tie them into long leases and other long term financial commitments, but also provide them with high quality places to work and to attract staff.
“We plan to continue our recent substantial expansion by capitalising on this demand. We are confident our new appointments will enhance that growth.”
