Commercial law firm Muckle LLP has appointed seven new trainee solicitors, taking its current total to 10.
All the trainees are undertaking their solicitor training at Muckle, where they will spend six months in different practice areas, including corporate finance, commercial, property, employment, dispute resolution, banking and construction.
The trainees include Carla Boaks, Craig Harvey, Daniel Montana, Eaden Hardcastle, Jaxson Hind, Georgia Sproat, Kieron O鈥橠onoghue, Olivia Tindle, Gillian Scribbins, Rachel Templeman.
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Jason Wainwright, Muckle managing partner, said: 鈥淚t is more important than ever to invest in future talent and to support the growth of our business. We have pride in our people and they are at the heart of everything that we do.鈥
Elanders 海角视频 has appointed Martin Ellison as head of business development.
Mr Ellison, who joins the North Shields firm from Cirrus Research, will head up the 海角视频 business development team with a focus on growing the firm鈥檚 supply chain footprint within the fashion and lifestyle and consumer goods sectors.
He said: 鈥淭his is an exciting time to join Elanders 海角视频 and I am looking forward to working alongside the senior management and marketing teams to help grow the business within existing markets and through the sectors we have identified as offering real opportunities for growth.
鈥淲e have very ambitious growth plans for the 海角视频, which would see us grow substantiality from our current position. To achieve our goal, we will be appointing additional, skilled people, during the next 24 months.鈥
Independent real estate consultancy Hollis has welcomed James Dixon to its Newcastle office.
Mr Dixon joins the Ouseburn office as an associate supporting the building surveying team. Mr Dixon is a chartered surveyor with 15 years鈥 experience in the commercial property sector.
Director and head of Hollis in Newcastle, David Cox, said: 鈥淒espite uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, demand for commercial property in Newcastle remains strong as the city looks to build back better. Hollis is committed to significant expansion over the next year as we look to support our strong and growing client base across the 海角视频, Ireland and mainland Europe, and Newcastle represents a large piece of that pie.
鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome James to Hollis; his combined industry knowledge and experience will prove an asset to our team in Newcastle. I look forward to seeing his career flourish at Hollis.鈥
Ecommerce software company Salesfire has appointed six new directors.
Five of the six appointments are internal promotions within the company. Charlie Gibson has been promoted to chief operating officer, Josh McGregor is now chief marketing officer, Elliot Lings has been promoted to chief technology officer, James Lees has been promoted to chief customer officer and Stephen Honor is now chief information officer.
Martin Walker joins the Middlesbrough company as chief sales officer from a sales director role at Visualsoft.
CEO Rich Himsworth said: 鈥淥ur new directors have extensive experience in the eCommerce industry, with knowledge of SaaS offerings and customers鈥 needs. This move will set the precedent for Salesfire鈥檚 teams, with good leaders in place, the team will be in the best position to reach new heights.鈥
Newcastle鈥檚 O Agency has welcomed back Caroline Campbell, who re-joins the agency as sustainability lead.
Ms Campbell joins O after six years of leading the PR and marketing for a Bristol-headquartered international environmental consultancy.
In her new role, she will play a key part in developing the agency鈥檚 own long term sustainability strategy, while supporting clients interested in taking their first steps towards adopting more sustainable business models.
She said: 鈥淚鈥檓 so excited to have re-joined the O team, communicating about environmental issues and sustainability can be complex and needs creativity to succeed 鈥 which the team have buckets of here. If businesses haven鈥檛 looked at their environmental impact yet, it鈥檚 important they do it sooner rather than later, not only because we all have a role to play, but also because from a business perspective they鈥檒l get left behind.鈥
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Kevin Elliott as a new partner in its 海角视频-wide regulatory team.
Prior to joining WBD, Mr Elliott established Eversheds Sutherland鈥檚 Newcastle health and safety team as well as leading the national practice. He has a strong track record advising organisations as well as individuals on serious workplace incidents, with particular expertise in advising on contentious environmental investigations and prosecutions.
He said: 鈥淲BD has an enviable reputation for its regulatory practice, particularly in the field of health and safety, and continues to act in most of the high profile investigations and prosecutions in the 海角视频.
鈥淚 look forward to working with the whole team and leveraging my experience to support our clients across the 海角视频, US and beyond.鈥
