News in brief – Legal network launched; Diet gain for Propaganda; Needle recruits; Entrepreneur awards
YORKSHIRE law firm Wake Smith & Tofields is spearheading the launch of a new national legal network, The Legal Alliance.
Sheffield-based Wake Smith & Tofields is representing Yorkshire in this national network, creating The Legal Alliance (TLA) which will focus on marketing a wide range of legal services to consumers and SMEs using a shared national brand.
Each TLA firm will operate within its own exclusive geographical area. Members also receive marketing support, access to group buying power, innovative products and opportunities for shared knowledge and strategic development.
Chair of the TLA is Victor Semmens the former Chairman of Eversheds, Ann Alexander, one of the UK’s leading clinical negligence lawyers, is deputy chairman of the ambitious group.
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THE global weight management programme brand, The Cambridge Diet, has appointed the Leeds-based strategic and creative agency, Propaganda, to develop their brand, following an agency review that also involved two other London-based agencies.
The appointment follows a successful period for The Cambridge Diet, both in the UK and internationally.
The Cambridge Diet stems from the early 1960’s when Dr Alan Howard, then a research scientist at the University of Cambridge, developed an interest in weight and obesity. The diet was launched commercially in the USA in 1980 and has been available in the UK since 1984.
Propaganda director, Mike Phillipson said “We are really pleased to have been appointed. The Cambridge Diet is a well known brand that now has the opportunity to become even more iconic and relevant in a sector that is fast moving and always changing.”
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LEEDS law firm, The Needle Partnership, has expanded its practice with the appointment of Renuka Salvi as associate joining the corporate team and the promotion of Clinton McKenzie as partner. The appointments form part of an on-going recruitment drive to grow the practice.
A graduate of the University of Leeds, Mr McKenzie qualified as a solicitor with the global law firm, DLA Piper before moving to a commercial practice in the North West.
He joined The Needle Partnership in April 2008 to head up the litigation department.
Renuka Salvi graduated with MA Honours in Hispanic Studies from the University of Glasgow before embarking on a post graduate diploma in law and qualifying as a solicitor in 2000.
On qualification, she moved to Ireland and practiced as a corporate lawyer with leading Dublin-based law firm, Matheson Ormsby Prentice.
Sharon Needle, managing partner at The Needle Partnership said: “At a time of global economic uncertainty, I am delighted to be recruiting to support our growth plans to be recognised as a leading, corporate-led, niche commercial legal practice with a national and international client base. The last 12 months have been very busy with new instructions continuing to come in.”
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ERNST & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year awards will close for nominations this Friday.
Established in the 1980s, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year programme is the first and only global award of its kind, taking place in 135 cities in 50 countries. It celebrates those who are building and leading successful and dynamic businesses.
The UK programme consists of regional awards recognising the strength and breadth of the UK’s entrepreneurial geographic footprint, followed by a national final. Each year the UK Entrepreneur Of The Year joins country winners from around the world in Monte Carlo to vie for the title of World Entrepreneur Of The Year.
Former Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur Of The Year winners include: Lord Harris of Carpetright; Tim Richards of Vue Cinemas; Linda Bennett of LK Bennett; Sir Stelios Haji-loannou of EasyGroup plc and Simon Woodroffe of Yo! Sushi.
Enter online at www.eoy.co.uk or call the Entrepreneur Of The Year enquiry line on 0845 604 1012.
