Appointments: Walsh Taylor; Chamber International: Langleys; icelolly.com
BUSINESS support and insolvency practitioners Walsh Taylor, which has opened three new offices in the last 12 months, has made a key promotion at its Bradford office.
Appointed as manager, Rhys Wordsworth will drive continued growth at the firm’s Peckover Street premises. The offices, based in the recently renovated City Hub, are owned by the Business Enterprise Fund – a social enterprise which lends money to companies who are unable to source bank funding.
Amassing a decade of expertise in corporate and personal bankruptcy, Wordsworth joined Walsh Taylor in 2008. Since then he has managed over 200 Creditors Voluntary Liquidations and a portfolio of Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) and bankruptcies.
Founded in Leeds in 2008 by MD Mary Taylor and fellow director Kate Breese, Walsh Taylor’s 20-strong team has also expanded to premises in Middlesbrough and Harrogate in the last year.
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A FORMER international sales director whose efforts led to his employer gaining the Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade has joined Chamber International as a senior export adviser.
David Attia is a former international business director at Jacuzzi UK, Bradford, who led a team which won the Queens Award for Export in 1997 when the company was owned by Spring Ram.
In 24 years with the company, he established overseas offices in Europe and the Far East and built up annual global sales for its products, especially its Astracast kitchen sinks, to £12m.
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Since qualifying in 2005, Sherbourne has worked with a range of clients from small owner-managed businesses through to national PLCs and has advised on matters across the employment law spectrum.
She is an experienced employment tribunal advocate and has also provided support on commercial transactions in relation to TUPE issues, as well as drafting warranties and indemnities.
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HOLIDAY price comparison site icelolly.com has appointed Steve Wilson as chief marketing officer in a newly created board-level position.
Wilson will be responsible for the development and delivery of all aspects of the firm’s digital, brand and communications strategy.
Dave Clayton, CEO of icelolly.com said “This is an exciting year for icelolly – site traffic is growing, and we now have over 100 million deals on flights, hotels and holidays for our customers to compare. Renewing our focus on the Icelolly brand is vital to our ambitious growth plans, and the creation of a CMO role allows us to take a more strategic approach to marketing. Steve brings with him significant experience in online marketing strategy and he’ll be spearheading the integration of our online and offline channels to drive growth and brand awareness.”
The board-level appointment comes six months after a £17m management buyout, led by Clayton and backed by Palatine Private Equity. The firm has recently secured high profile partnerships with the Ministry of Sound and Missguided, and continues to work with ITV entertainment shows such as Saturday Night Take Away and Catchphrase.
Clayton said: “More and more people are going online to find deals for their holidays, so it’s a good time to be joining the travel industry. Working with brands like the Ministry of Sound gives us a great platform to reach our target audience, and I’ll be focusing on partnerships like this as well as wider brand and digital marketing to help build awareness that Icelolly is the go to site for great value holidays. ”
Wilson has 13 years of senior-level online marketing experience at large brands such as O2 and Nokia, and joins Icelolly from British Gas Business, where he has held the role of head of online for the past three years.
