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Champion Accountants expands R&D tax team

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Champion Accountants’ Manchester office has welcomed group tax planning associate, Martin Frain, into its specialist Research & Development (R&D) team to support the growth in tax relief claims.

Martin played a key role in Champion Contractors’ expansion into Scotland earlier this year and spent the past six months coordinating the opening of its new Falkirk office.

Martin first joined Champion Contractors in March 2010 and moves to the Group’s specialist tax division to support its R&D clients and manage the growing number of tax relief claims, as well as focusing on wider tax planning projects.

To date, Champion Accountants has helped SMEs across the UK claim more than £21m in R&D tax relief, with a 100% success rate.

Having completed his AAT with Champion Group, Martin is now working towards his ACCA qualification. He said: “Now that the Contractors’ Scotland office is up and running, I’m ready for a new challenge.

“My focus will be on our SME clients, ensuring that claims are dealt with professionally and that we maximise each claim’s full potential, whilst continuing to build Champion’s reputation as the go-to source in R&D tax relief.”

Group tax director, Gill Molloy, adds: “It’s great to welcome Martin on board. The continued success of our R&D Service is down to our team of qualified, professional and committed tax advisors.

“Despite the rise in claims, R&D tax relief is still underutilised by many SMEs and recruiting Martin lays the foundation for further growth; allowing us to provide tax relief and specialist tax planning to a larger portfolio of businesses.”

Made in Manchester Awards entry deadline draws near

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The Made in Manchester Awards are one of Manchester’s most prestigious business awards.

With an extensive and unbiased two-tiered judging process, the awards proudly celebrate the very best young talent that Greater Manchester has to offer.

With 13 awards on offer, including the coveted Chairman’s Rising Star Award, the evening will celebrate an extensive array of sectors in the city.

From apprentices to lawyers and marketers to property developers, nominations are coming in thick and fast for the coveted awards.

The Made in Manchester Awards celebrate young talent under the age of 35 who have excelled themselves. Organised by pro-manchester with the support of the Future pro-manchester committee, nominations for the awards close on Friday 9th November.

Future pro-manchester chairman, Doug King, said: “The Made in Manchester Awards are a great way to get yourself or a colleague recognised for continuous hard work.

“The awards are now in their fifth year and I’m delighted to be judging a number of this year’s entries. Whether you’re a winner or a nominee, the quality of people in attendance at the event is sure to enrich your business network.”

Sam Booth, pro-manchester chief executive said: “I have already seen the great calibre of nominees who are coming forward for this year’s Made in Manchester Awards. Each year candidates excel themselves, and 2019’s entries are no exception.

“The pro-manchester team works tirelessly to ensure we deliver the best awards in the city and we’re looking forward to celebrating the talent we have in our wonderful region.”

Sharks hoping to hit top gear with CVSL partnership

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Sale Sharks has signed leading car leasing and contract hire specialist CVSL as the club’s official car supplier for the 2018/19 season.

Staff and players at the club have been equipped with Citroën C4 Cactus vehicles from the Altrincham-based supplier, branded with the club’s logo and signature navy and white colours.

A fleet of six vehicles have been provided to help drive success on and off the field for Sale this season and support the club’s bid to establish even stronger relationships with businesses and organisations across the region.

Through the partnership, CVSL will also benefit from national brand exposure through signage at the AJ Bell Stadium, as well as hospitality packages, player appearances, dedicated space in match day programmes and access to Sale’s fast-growing Business Club, which brings companies across the North West together through rugby.

Mark Cueto, Sale Sharks’ Commercial Director, said: “It’s fantastic to have a new car supplier on-board for the season and we’re thrilled that CVSL will be helping our players and staff get out and about.

“CVSL is widely-regarded as one of the biggest names in car leasing and hire in the UK and they’re right on our doorstep in Altrincham, so we’re really pleased to welcome another leading North West business as an official partner.”

Tony Poole at CVSL added: “Although we’re a national firm, we’re heavily invested in our local communities and that’s why we’re delighted to be building on that with this new partnership.

“The vehicles we’ve supplied to the Sale Sharks team are a great fit for the club – stylish cars with lots of personality that really stand out from the crowd. We’re looking forward to working with everyone at the club and driving success together this season.”

Two new hires for newly rebranded Jam_

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Jam_, formally JAMpr and JAMcreative, has made two senior hires as the agency continues to grow as a fully integrated business.

Account Director, Claire Robinson has been appointed to head up and lead the strategy for key accounts including The Printworks and The Furniture Recycling Group, as well as playing a key role in new business to support the agency’s ambitious growth plans. She has previously worked with high-profile clients including Mondelēz International, Krispy Kreme UK and Merlin Entertainments.

Dan Muir joins Jam_ as Senior Creative, following a five year stint at WTF Creative in London. Previous accounts include Warner Bros, HBO and West Ham United, and his vast experience spans print, digital, branding, packaging and animation. He’ll be helping to lead and implement creative work for clients such as Velcro Brand Products and Sync.

Jaime Gee, MD and Co-owner of Jam_ said, “Both Claire and Dan bring a great amount of experience with them and we believe they’ll be vital to help drive the agency forward by amplifying the offering to both existing clients and future clients.”

Ward Hadaway solicitor nominated for national diversity legal award

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A solicitor from Ward Hadaway’s Manchester office has been nominated for a national Diversity Legal Award.

Fameeda Shafiq, a solicitor in the Licensing & Regulatory team at Ward Hadaway based in the firm’s Manchester office will go up against competition from across the country after being shortlisted in the Rising Star category of the UK Diversity Legal Awards.

The awards aim to recognise, promote and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion across the legal profession. The ceremony will be held at Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London on Wednesday, on 21 November

Fameeda has worked on initiatives with the British Pakistan Foundation (BPF) and Greater Manchester Chambers of Commerce (GMCC).

The BPF was set up in 2010 to ‘unite, engage and empower’ the British Pakistani community in the UK. Part of this vision for businesses and professionals includes the Legal Forum which has been set up as a platform for nurturing, inspiring and networking for those who wish to become lawyers and judges in England & Wales.

It aims to deal with concerns regarding the entry/recruitment, progression and representation of British Pakistanis within the legal profession. BPF intend to deliver this by way of professional workshops, seminars, mentoring and internships, networking events, thought leadership and newsletters.

As a member of the steering committee, Fameeda has assisted with the development of this initiative within the North West region.

She is also on the steering group for the GMCC’s Asian Business Development Network, to help promote businesses and professionals from the North West region.

This network was created to engage with the Asian business community and professionals. It provides a platform for connecting with its members – not just for Asian professionals but all businesses that may be interested in opportunities to connect and develop.

Both the BPF and GMCC have shared objectives in trying to ensure better representation and progression for Asian businesses and professionals. Fameeda will continue to represent the organisations and help them achieve these objectives.

Fameeda, said: “I am pleased and honoured to be nominated for this award because diversity and inclusion is really important to me. While it is exciting to receive recognition, it’s also a good time to remind people that there is still much work to be done on diversity and inclusion in the legal sector to ensure it is sustainable.”

Martin Hulls, Managing Partner of Ward Hadaway, added: “We are extremely pleased that Fameeda has been recognised for her ongoing efforts to nurture a multicultural and inclusive legal profession. It supports our vision of making Ward Hadaway a great place to work for all.”

 

Manchester airport marks hat trick of milestones in £1bn transformation

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Manchester Airport is celebrating three milestones in its £1bn transformation programme.

Firstly, a topping out ceremony was held to mark the extension to Terminal Two reaching its highest point after just more than a year of construction.

The topping out ceremony was attended by some of the apprentices working on the scheme to mark the end of the structural work and aims to bestow good luck on a building.

The terminal is more than doubling in size through the project, which will make it one of the busiest in Europe.

Secondly, a 45m, 85 tonne bridge that will connect the terminal extension with the new multi-storey car park was lifted into place. It took four days and two cranes to install the link, which will open to passengers when the extension opens in 2020.

Time-lapse footage of the installation was today released to bring to life the scale and complexity of the process.

Finally, the main structural work has also been completed on the car park building and will be fully completed by the middle of next year.

The milestone celebrations were shared with apprentices who are working on the transformation – the biggest investment in Manchester Airport’s 80 year history – and local businesses that have secured contracts as part of it.

Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport, said: “It is exciting to mark these milestones as they demonstrate how much progress has been made on our transformation programme since starting work just more than a year ago.

“Hopefully this gives our customers an appreciation of how soon they will be able to start making use of these new state-of-the-art facilities.

“This scheme will be transformational, not just in terms of the buildings being created, but the experience we will be able to deliver to passengers and airlines.

“It is also making a major contribution to skills and employment in the region and that is why it was great to share the occasion with many of the people who are working on the project.”

Further expansion for Avison Young Manchester team

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International commercial real estate firm Avison Young continues to grow its Manchester team with a string of new appointments and promotions.

Promoted from senior surveyor to associate director are James Goode in the industrial team and Harry Skinner and Mark Cooke from the office agency team.

James has 10 years property experience and a broad agency background having held roles both client side and working within agency teams. Key clients include Stoford Developments, Bericote, Peel Land and Property and Sladen Estates.

Harry joined the company six years ago as a graduate and has since played a key role in securing lettings, sales and acquisitions for clients including BMO Real Estate, London and Scottish, Millerbrook Properties, PD Properties and Bruntwood.

Mark joined the company three years ago having previously worked for NAI Fuller Peiser and BNP Paribas and represents clients including Peel, CEG, Kames Capital, Fujitsu and Royal London.

Also joining the office agency team is graduate surveyor Scott Meakin who qualified with first class honours in Real Estate (BSc) from Nottingham Trent University. Before joining Avison Young Scott had previously worked in student investment, development, auctioneering and valuation and is now studying for his APC.

Surveyor, Glenn Taylor, joins the asset management team having previously run his own business and most recently worked with Scanlans for over a decade. Glenn has particular expertise in dealing with challenging management sites and was instrumental in obtaining positive outcomes of NHBC and Zurich Insurance claims, for mixed-use developments throughout the North West of England.

Also joining Glenn in the eight-strong asset management team are Emma Dutton who joins as administrator and Ceryn Coughlin in the role of property accountant.

Commenting on the changes to the team, managing director Mark Williams said: “The past year has been one of significant growth and expansion for the Manchester team and we are continually looking to recruit the best new talent, from industry, direct from University as well as promoting internally. James, Harry and Mark have been core members of the team for many years and were integral to its success in securing some of the most-high profile transactions in the North West this year.  Investing in our staff and strengthening key departments will help us to achieve our significant growth ambitions.”

British Business Bank appoints its first Chief Marketing Officer to head new Demand Development Unit

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The British Business Bank has appointed of Angelene Woodland as its first Chief Marketing Officer. The British Business Bank is the government-owned business development bank dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses.

The new role has been created to lead the Bank’s new Demand Development Unit. The new unit will build the profile of the Bank and its positioning and relationship with smaller businesses across the UK, to enable SMEs to seek the finance best suited to their needs.

Manchester-based, Woodland joins from Bupa UK where, since 2011, she held a number of positions across Marketing and was Director of Marketing Communications, leading all Bupa UK’s brand, acquisition and retention marketing strategy across all customer segments and business lines. She was previously Bupa’s Director of Consumer Marketing and Sales. Prior to Bupa, she held senior roles at Shop Direct Group and the British School of Paris.

Keith Morgan, British Business Bank CEO, said: “Angelene has a wealth of industry experience and I am delighted she is joining our organisation at this exciting stage in our development. I look forward to welcoming her to the British Business Bank in this newly-created role and working with her to ensure smaller businesses across the UK are encouraged and enabled to seek the finance best suited to their needs.”

Angelene Woodland, said: “I am delighted to be joining as Chief Marketing Officer and am excited to be working with an organisation that has such a strong purpose at its core – to make finance markets work more effectively for small businesses, so that they and the people they employ can prosper, grow and build UK economic activity.  The creation of the new Demand Development Unit at the British Business Bank is testament to the focus being put on delivering a customer centred and compelling proposition to market, that meets the demands and needs of our customer segments. I cannot wait to drive forward the brand and customer engagement strategies with the team and to encourage and enable smaller businesses across the UK to seek the finance best suited to their needs.”

Travel firm recruits Code Computerlove for international growth   

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Independent travel company Travel Counsellors, an award-winning, global organisation delivering personal, corporate and leisure travel services in seven countries, has appointed Code Computerlove to enhance its online recruitment experience by putting the company’s franchisees at the centre of its digital strategy.

With a Manchester headquarters and sister offices in Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia and the UAE, Travel Counsellors enables 1800 experienced travel professionals across the globe to run their own business from home, providing the technology and support to deliver a highly personal, tailor-made travel service that’s available to the company’s customers around-the-clock.

Code will be supporting Travel Counsellors with its ambitions for further international growth, through facilitating the recruitment of more customer-focussed professionals to become ‘travel counsellors’, not only providing them with a new career path, but the opportunity to enjoy uncapped earning potential and improved work/life balance by running their own travel business.

Travel Counsellors Director of Digital and Innovation, Waseem Haq, said: “We’re pleased to be working with Code Computerlove to bring to life our unique company culture and ensure that our focus throughout the digital experience is on our people – whether that’s professionals looking to start a new corporate or leisure travel business franchise with Travel Counsellors, the recruitment of new support team members to our Manchester HQ and global offices, or the brilliant people already working within our company community.

“We’ve concentrated on the user experience and worked closely with Code to ensure that potential new travel counsellors and support team colleagues can fully immerse themselves in our culture, engaging in all that we have to offer before deciding to begin a new career opportunity with us. We choose our external partners carefully to ensure they thoroughly appreciate the focus, care and attention we give to the people who make up our Travel Counsellors community, both in the UK and in six more countries across the globe. The collaborative partnership we have developed with Code means that their team has become a natural extension of ours, sharing the focus we have on bringing our peoples’ stories to life and providing memorable, multi-channel digital experiences.”

Travel Counsellors already works with Code’s sister company, MediaCom North, responsible for the business’ search capabilities, and the two agencies will work side-by-side to bring new features and drive more value from a digital recruitment platform.

Code Director, Steve Peters, said: “We began our exciting journey with Travel Counsellors with in-depth user research to shape our strategies, followed by ongoing implementation of new features that will deliver the biggest impact at each stage of release.

“By working with MediaCom we’re able to look at the strategy as a joint entity and ensure the end-to-end media to on-site experience is seamless and optimised for key audiences, delivering greater results.”

The winners of the 2018 Manchester Hoteliers’ Association Awards revealed

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Winners of this year’s Manchester Hoteliers’ Association Awards have been announced during a ceremony attended by more than 600 people.

Nine prestigious awards, including Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality, were given out at The Principal Manchester as the region’s hospitality industry toasted the 2018 Ball.

In total almost £37,000 was raised for MHA’s chosen charities.

Paul Burton, of Hilton Manchester Airport, landed the Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality accolade while Mentor of the Year Award sponsored by Businesswise Solutions went to Kevin Hobson, Malmaison Manchester.

Manchester Hoteliers’ Association (MHA) Chair Adrian Ellis praised all who attended for ‘another fantastic spectacle’ and wished entrants, winners and those shortlisted all the best for the rest of 2018 and the new year.

He said: “This year’s theme for the MHA Ball was The Greatest Showman and it didn’t disappoint.

“First and foremost, people came together and had a great time celebrating another great 12 months for hospitality in this great city region.

“The calibre of entries was once again very strong with more people submitting entries than in 2017. The winners all did themselves proud, as did everyone who had any involvement in an event designed to showcase the vast array of talent that exists in our industry.

“It’s also fantastic that MHA has raised almost £37,000 for our chosen charities, Breast Cancer Care, The Christie, Hospitality Action and Mustard Tree.”

Entertainment during the 2018 MHA Ball included a fire artist, stilt walkers, aerial acts, Northern Sopranos, Anita Ryan singing over dinner, Bloomsbury Function Band, Ice Entertainment and a DJ to close.

Category sponsors for the 2018 MHA Ball included Mint People, Polka Dot, Businesswise Solutions, Caterer.com, Springbank Flowers, Vision Events, Manchester Metropolitan University and Street Cars.

Event partners were Williams of Flint, Bidfood, Wellocks, Grandpa Greens, Manchester Smokehouse, Matthew Clark, Wenlock Spring, Illy Coffee, The Linen Company, Ice Entertainment and Giraffe.

Manchester Hoteliers’ Association 15th Annual Ball and Awards Winners 2018 

Back of House Customer Service sponsored by Mint People

Lois Marland, Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre

Bright idea Award sponsored by Polka Dot

Team Member Consultative Committee, AC Hotel Manchester Salford Quays

Front of House Customer Service sponsored by Street Cars

Hakan Keskin, Mercure Manchester Piccadilly

Mentor of the Year Award sponsored by Businesswise Solutions

Kevin Hobson, Malmaison Manchester

Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality sponsored by Manchester Hoteliers Association

Paul Burton, Hilton Manchester Airport

Rising Star Award sponsored by Manchester Metropolitan University 

Aidan Hull, Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre

Top team Award sponsored by Springbank Flowers

Conference and Banqueting Team, The Principal Hotel

Unsung Hero Award sponsored by Vision Events

Robbie Peterson, Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

Young Chef of the Year sponsored by Caterer.com

Robert Lavery, Malmasion Manchester

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