People: Law firm adds to conveyancing team; Company’s founder retires

EMMA Cousins-Smith has joined the Ilkley office of LCF Residential, the conveyancing arm of law firm LCF Law.

She joins from a Leeds based law firm that specialises in residential property and has 17 years’ experience in helping people move home.

Head of LCF Residential, Julie Davis, said: “Emma’s appointment means we now have 25 residential property lawyers and support staff across our four Yorkshire offices who provide a full range of conveyancing services to people buying, selling and re-mortgaging property.  

“Emma is a highly capable lawyer who has a significant amount of experience, and she also achieved a 100% excellent client satisfaction record at her previous firm. She is client focussed, hardworking and professional, and she will be a real asset to our team and our customers.”

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ONE of the founders of Bradford-based Advanced Dynamics is retiring after spending nearly four decades in the packaging industry.

Mike Essler started his career with WLT which was originally established as a textile supplier, but in 1980 when Mr Essler joined, the company switched to the distribution of specialist anti-static equipment from Dutch supplier SIMCO, then a year later became the distributor for Packmat, specialist manufacturers of greeting card wrapping machines for which it is now well known.

In 2005 Mr Essler with Malcolm Little merged WLT with Crusader Europe to co-found Advanced Dynamics,

Since the inception of Advanced Dynamics, Mr Essler and Mr Little have significantly expanded the firm and turned it into one of the UK’s leading specialist suppliers of labelling, wrapping, feeding, counting and sleeving solutions to the food, drinks, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toiletries and print related sectors.

Mr Essler said: “I have had a fantastic time at Advanced Dynamics and I know that the company can look forward to the future with confidence because the firm has a great group of people under the excellent leadership of Malcolm Little.”

Mr Little said: “Mike will be sorely missed because of his technical knowledge and his ability to keep his head even when the seas get choppy. However, we will be staying in contact and I know that I speak for everyone at Advanced Dynamics in wishing him well in his retirement.”