Appointments: Towers Legal; Onyx; Garbutt & Elliott
A HARROGATE law firm has made two key appointments to its management team.
Towers Legal, launched last September by former head of commercial litigation at McCormicks, James Martin, has brought on board Josephine Nylan as head of commercial property and Emma Clement as head of corporate and commercial law.
Nylan previously held positions in the commercial property departments of some of the country’s top firms including Addleshaw Booth & Co and DLA.
She was a partner at Keeble Hawson, Godloves and RadcliffesLeBrasseur before joining Towers and has been brought in to deal with all aspects of commercial property work including sales and acquisitions, property management, investment purchases and development.
Clement previously worked at firms including Osborne Clarke, Eversheds and Chattertons.
She will head up the corporate and commercial division advising on the buying and selling of businesses, corporate governance, and strategic planning.
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ONYX Group, the provider of data centre and IT infrastructure services to Yorkshire businesses, has appointed John Toal to the position of sales and marketing director as the company continues to expand.
With more than 20 years’ experience in the IT Sector, Toal was previously director of the UK’s largest enterprise computing distributor, Avnet UK, successfully driving ambitious growth targets for the £700m business over a two year period.
As part of his new role, he will look to expand the company’s customer base to maximise the investment that Onyx has made into new infrastructure and services.
During the last 12 months, Onyx Group has attracted high profile businesses to its customer base. Most notably, a five year, multi-million pound deal was secured with Edinburgh Airport to manage its IT Infrastructure. Scotland is a key area within Onyx Group’s growth strategy and remains central to its plans.
Yorkshire also has seen significant investment, including the opening of a state-of-the-art data centre in Sheffield.
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GARBUTT & Elliott has recruited Jasmine Longhorne to strengthen its marketing department.
Longhorne, who will be working from both the York and the Leeds offices of the accountants, is a marketing graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Richard Feltham, partner in charge of marketing at Garbutt & Elliott, said: “I am delighted to welcome Jasmine to join our marketing team. Jasmine joins the team at an exciting time for the firm and the region’s economy as we advise more and more businesses on accessing the help they need to grow.”
