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The Sheriffs Office will be holding a complimentary, CPD registered webinar

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Chasing up late payments has become a regular chore for many businesses in England & Wales, with even the best customers sometimes creating problems.

The cause for concern can become even greater for you and your business when outstanding debts owed to you run the risk of jeopardising the future success you have worked so hard to achieve!

Many businesses are now turning to the most efficient way of recovering their debt, through the means of High Court Enforcement agencies who work quickly and safely to ensure you get your money back before it is too late.

One such agency, The Sheriffs Office, have a fantastic track record in all matters relating to enforcement. The stars of the hit BBC television show “The Sheriffs are Coming” cover the whole of England and Wales, working early mornings and late nights to give you the highest chance of success in recovering your debt.

However, it is understood that the complexities of the courts and legal system can often leave businesses frustrated as they try to navigate their way to a successful resolution.

The Sheriffs Office will be holding a complimentary, CPD registered webinar on 13th June on High Court Enforcement for Businesses at 12:30 – 1:30.

They will guide you through the stages prior to obtaining a writ, as well as the enforcement process itself to alleviate any questions you may have. If you still have questions, a Q&A session will be held at the end where you can seek further clarification on any matter discussed.

To sign up for the webinar, click on the image below where you will be redirected to sign-up.

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Bardsley Construction builds on expertise in hospitality market with delivery of £17m Staycity aparthotel in Manchester

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Bardsley Construction is building on its expertise in the hospitality sector with the delivery of a Staycity aparthotel in central Manchester.

The family-owned firm based in Tameside, Greater Manchester secured the £17m contract to provide the eight-storey aparthotel located on Mason Street, New Cross.

The development will provide a total of 224 rooms via 48 one-bed and 176 studio apartments with reception, cafe and gym, to be operated by the fast-expanding Dublin-based Staycity Group. Work has recently started on site with completion due in December 2019.

This represents the third Staycity aparthotel in Manchester alongside its other properties at Laystall Street and Manchester Piccadilly.

The other members of the project team are architect SimpsonHaugh, structural engineer SHED, mechanical and electrical engineer JH Partners and employer’s agent/quantity surveyor, AFA Ltd.

Bardsley is already providing a 172-room hotel with gym, café, restaurant, conference and meeting facilities for AC Hotels by Marriot, part of Marriott International, on a neighbouring site bounded by Mason Street and Cable Street, via a £15.5m contract with Axcel Hospitality.

Ged Rooney, procurement director at Bardsley Construction, said: “Bardsley is an increasingly active player in the delivery of high quality hotel accommodation in Manchester where demand for new hospitality space continues to rise as the city improves its international connections with a truly global visitor market.”

Feed expands Manchester office to drive the boom in digital marketing North

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Feed, one of the world’s fastest growing independent digital marketing agencies, is pleased to announce the promotion of James Hill as their first General Manager, Manchester. James joined Feed as a designer in 2008, and became the General Manager of their Berlin office in 2015. He will now run Feed’s Manchester office to assist in driving  the agency’s UK growth strategy beyond their London HQ, working alongside Global CEO Matt Lynch.

With 200 staff, an annual turnover of £13m and global clients including eBay, Virgin, PayPal and Gumtree, Feed is expecting to open a further office later this year, in addition to those already in London, Berlin and San Francisco.

Feed’s Global CEO, Matt Lynch, said: “James is a bright, driven and down to earth talent that can unite a team behind a vision or a brand. Feed plans to double the size of our Manchester office to forty people over the next twelve months. Manchester will be Feed’s digital powerhouse of the North and James and his team will champion our unique tech enabled proposition.”

“Following my leadership roles at Feed in London and Berlin, I’m very excited to be managing our office in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. There is an incredible opportunity here to bring Feed’s values and quality of work to the North. I am looking to grow our twenty-strong team with talent from the surrounding area, offering employment opportunities and training that are normally associated with the London bubble. Being from the North East originally, I’m very proud to be here in Manchester and look forward to what the future will bring for the business and the community.” James Hill, General Manager Manchester

 

Football and sports stars gather for launch of 2018 Northwest Football Awards

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Scores of people, including football and sports stars, flocked to the launch of the 2018 Northwest Football Awards (NWFA) at Manchester House last night.

Former Man City manager Brian Horton, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Diane Modahl and Happy Mondays singer Rowetta were among those celebrating the start of the eleventh edition of the NWFA.

High-flying lawyers, property professionals, BBC executives and representatives from NWFA partners Kick it Out and The Offside Trust were also in attendance.

It signalled the start of a process that will see thousands of football fans – from the elite to grassroots level – vote for their winner across a range of categories.

NWFA organiser Laura Wolfe said that all awards, including the Lifetime Achievement accolade, will be revealed by the BBC’s Dan Walker at The Point, Emirates Old Trafford on Monday, November 12.

Speaking after the launch party, which saw two songs performed by the Everycolour Choir, Laura, said: “We could not have had a better start to the 2018 NWFA. More than 100 people joined us to celebrate and I’m delighted to say entries to this year’s awards will open on Monday, June 11.

“It’s been an unprecedented season in the north west with a raft of promotions and title wins. Wigan Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Tranmere Rovers, Macclesfield Town and Salford City were all promoted. Liverpool reached the Champions League final, Manchester United were runners-up in the FA Cup and Burnley are in the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

“On top of that Manchester City of course won the Premier League along with Manchester City Women almost defending the Women’s Super League.”

Laura added: “It’s not all about what happens on the field though.

“The NWFA is all about celebrating the region’s brightest and best in the game, and there are a number of awards that recognise excellence that is achieved off the field.”

Winners at last year’s NWFA included Burnley Football Club in the Community, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian, David Silva of Manchester City, David Wheater, Bolton Wanderers, Caroline Weir, Liverpool Ladies, Cerebral Palsy United Football Club, The RedmenTV and Brian Kidd who landed the lifetime contribution award.

The BBC’s Hugh Ferris hosted the evening. On the night he said: “Last year’s awards culminated in that extraordinary moment when the Neville brothers, Vincent Kompany and Ryan Giggs were all on stage to present the lifetime achievement award to Brian Kidd.

“The NWFA manages to combine everything that provides – the on-field play, the incredible emotions that fans go through and everything that happens off the field, including the commercial and community elements. Unsung heroes are also celebrated, and I’m delighted to be here again to launch this year’s event.”

LeasingOptions.co.uk celebrate longest serving members of staff

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LeasingOptions.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading car leasing companies, has surprised its longest serving members of staff with a presentation to say thank you for their ongoing commitment and hard work.

Nigel and Karin Brain surprised the team with a pizza and ice cream day at the head office in Walkden before inviting the 10 longest serving members of staff – who have clocked up an impressive 150 years’ service between them – for a special presentation.

Jo Farnworth, who works in customer support, is the longest serving member of staff and has been with LeasingOptions.co.uksince the beginning – over 30 years -and seen the owners, Nigel and Karin Brain grow the business to be one of the nation’s leading car leasing companies.

Nigel Brain, co-founder and managing director of LeasingOptions.co.uk said: “Karin and I feel truly humbled to have such a loyal and hardworking team around us. We fully recognise how rare it is to have so many people stay with one company for so long and we are so proud and thankful to have each and every one of them support us.

“We have always been focused on hiring who we believe to be the best people and then treating them as they deserve – as a team of hard working individuals who are driven to achieve amazing results for the business. I think that approach has really worked for us and that’s why we are able to celebrate and recognise such an incredible achievement.”

Michelle Fairclough, Rob Heys, Chris Davies, Vanessa Thomson and Ben Durkin have been with LeasingOptions for over 15 years and worked within a number of business support and service roles. Aron Stevenson and Claire Todd have both worked in the same teams for over 10 years.

In acknowledgement of their long service, each member of staff received a bottle of champagne, £50 voucher and an invitation to attend a special lunch with the owners, Nigel and Karin.

For further information on upcoming changes, please call LeasingOptions.co.uk on 0161 826 6072 or visit the website www.leasingoptions.co.uk

pro-manchester further expands team with new Membership & Engagement Manager

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pro-manchester is delighted to announce further expansion to its team with new Membership & Engagement Manager, Katherine Barr.

Katherine joins pro-manchester from luxury skincare brand La Prairie, where she was quickly promoted to Business Manager after a hugely successful first year with them.

After living in China for two years working with the British Council and studying Asia Pacific Studies & Mandarin at Uclan, Katherine is fluent in Mandarin.

She brings with her a wealth of sales knowledge from the retail world and hopes to use what she’s learnt in her new role.

Of her appointment, Katherine said: “I am delighted to take up this new role at pro-manchester. It’s a completely different challenge for me, and one that I’m already really enjoying. I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learnt in retail to promote pro-manchester’s great products, which are hugely beneficial to businesses across the North West.”

Katherine has already settled well at the Spinningfield-based business development organisation.

Deputy CEO, Sam Booth said: “Katherine’s appointment highlights how exciting of a time it is for pro-manchester at present. The team is now made up of nine individuals who are excellent at what they do and I’m really looking forward to seeing the organisation grow and develop alongside their wealth of knowledge. Katherine has hit the ground running and I can already tell she is going to be hugely successful in this role.”

pro-manchester members will be able to meet Katherine at the upcoming Annual Dinner. The black tie event, which is held at The Midland Hotel on Thursday 21st June will celebrate a fantastic year for pro-manchester, which has seen them expand the team with three new members of staff as well as a great series of events, including the Made in Manchester Awards, the Economics Conference and the Business Conference.

Work commences on new airfield layout as part of Manchester Airport’s £1bn Transformation

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Work has commenced this week on a new taxiway at Manchester Airport that will help to make its operations more efficient as part of its £1bn transformation programme.

The building of Taxiway Delta Echo, as the new taxiway will be called, is the start of the reconfiguration of the airfield at the UK’s third largest airport to help feed the redeveloped Terminal 2.

The works will see 80,000m2 of new taxiway and apron, 40,000m3 of concrete poured and sixteen miles of cabling installed with the aim of all excavated material being diverted from landfill throughout. The work is due to be completed by July 2020.

Galliford Try will deliver the taxiway works as part of the Airfield Phase 2 Design and Build Contract awarded in December 2017.  Jacobs are providing MAG with client Project and Programme Management support services for the full airfield scope of the transformation programme.

Once finished, it will improve aircraft access to the new terminal, leading to reduced taxi times and reducing the amount of fuel they burn.  The works will be the biggest changes to the airfield since Runway 2 came into operation in 2001.

Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport, said: “It’s great to see the start of work for the reconfiguration of our taxiways, which will help to unlock the airfield capacity that will allow the airport to continue to grow.

“It’s another exciting milestone alongside the works already happening on the terminal building.  Our airline customers will see taxi times reduced which will ultimately improve the experience for our 28m passengers.”

Chris Scoffield, Managing Director Infrastructure – Rail and Aviation said: “Today marks the start of the next phase of this exciting project. Being part of such a significant transformation for the airport and the North West is a great honour for our company and the local people which we employ.

“We’re looking forward to beginning this new stage of the transformation project, which will enhance the facilities and connectivity of the airport for many years to come.”

Graham Mallett, Airfield Programme Manager, Jacobs, said: “We are pleased to support Manchester Airport in the safe and efficient delivery of new airfield infrastructure, giving airlines and their passengers greater opportunities to travel to and from their destinations of choice.”

NatWest team raise £10,000 for Broughton House veterans

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A former Royal Marine inspired his colleagues in the real estate finance team at NatWest in Manchester to climb Snowdon in aid of Broughton House, the Salford care home for ex-servicemen and women.

Fifteen members of the team climbed the Welsh peak and completed a 35-mile cycle ride across Wirral to raise £10,000 for Broughton House.

Those taking part were aged 23-60 and included the bank’s north west head of real estate Heath Thomas along with directors, regional managers, assistants and graduates.

The idea came from Shaun Thomas, the team’s business development manager for northern England, who served more than six years in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines before joining the bank.

He undertook tours of Afghanistan and Iraq during his military career and was wounded in action.

Shaun said: “Broughton House is a great charity that is close to my heart. Without the bravery of the veterans who live there, our lives would be very different.

“They gave everything for us and the people of the United Kingdom. It’s right that we give something back. The residents of Broughton House deserve the best that we can give them.”

Shaun and the team visited Broughton House to hand over a cheque following their fund-raising efforts.

The NatWest colleagues completed the Wirral Circular Trail cycle ride in five hours then headed off for North Wales, where they slept overnight at the foot of Snowdon.

Shaun said: “The group defied blisters, aches and pains to set out at the crack of dawn to climb the mountain.

“It was cold and wet after 12 hours of torrential rain, and visibility was poor. But we managed to reach the summit and return to the base within seven hours.

“The soles of my 15-year-old boots came away on the way back down the mountain, so I tackled the final two hours of the journey in slippery conditions in my socks.

“The whole experience was tough but well worth it. Everyone showed great determination and teamwork and can be justly proud of their achievements.

“Special thanks go to David Meppem and Megan Lamprell from the team, as without them it would not have been possible. They planned the whole thing, including testing both routes, and Megan arranged our accommodation and all of our food and drinks.”

Broughton House chief executive Ty Platten said: “The NatWest team have raised a substantial amount of money to support the veterans who live at Broughton House.

“The team have visited the veterans several times and they appreciate why Broughton House is so important to the Greater Manchester public. We’re extremely grateful for their hard work and for their contribution to the welfare of our veterans.”

Deloitte announces nine senior North West promotions

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Deloitte has made nine senior promotions across its North West practice, with Lyndsey Fallon becoming the firm’s latest partner.

Fallon has been with Deloitte for 11 years and is responsible for the firm’s Conduct Risk and Regulatory team within the regional Financial Services practice. She has extensive experience in Risk Management, Governance, Conduct Risk and Internal Audit within the retail banking, insurance and consumer credit sectors.

The eight new Directors are: Mark Westbrook (Risk Advisory, providing assurance services to clients in Financial Services sector), Matthew Smith (International audit practice, leading on audit and assurance projects for multinational US listed and IFRS clients, specialising in manufacturing and consumer business), Tim Bridge (Sports Business Group, working globally with a number of leading sports organisations across a range of consulting services), Daniel Mowbray (Risk Advisory, leading our external audit analytics team, providing assurance and insight through the use of data), Peter Braddock (Audit & Assurance, leading on Equity Capital Market transactions and Private-Equity backed audits), Rosina Murdoch (Consulting, working primarily with central government departments on large scale organisation transformation programmes), Katie Minton (Human Capital Consulting, focusing on client challenges at the intersection of business and people) and Nic Hartley (Deloitte Real Estate Consulting, helping the public sector with real estate strategy and transformation programmes).

Deloitte operates from offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Isle of Man, employing more than 750 people in the North West region. 

Richard Bell, Practice Senior Partner for Deloitte in the North West, said: “These promotions recognise the hard work and dedication that each of them has put in over a sustained period. Each individual has demonstrated their ability to provide valuable support to our clients, helping them to make a real impact in the region. At Deloitte, we strive to attract and retain the very best talent, and these promotions are testament to our commitment to develop our people and provide them with opportunities to excel.”

On an international scale, Deloitte North West Europe has promoted 136 new partners, including 54 in the UK. Deloitte North West Europe, which came into effect from 1st June 2017, is a combination of Deloitte’s Belgian, Dutch, Nordics, Swiss, and UK firms, with Ireland joining on June 1st 2018. The promotions take the total number of partners across the newly combined firm to approximately 2,300 and over 35,000 employees in total.

Buffalo 7 increases staff numbers by over 20% in 5 months Business Manchester

Sam Whitear
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Since the turn of the year, there has been an influx of new talent across the business, with new roles for designers, developers and project managers. After outgrowing their previous office and moving to The Treehouse Suite on Portland Street in October 2017, the presentation design agency put a ten-year plan in place to grow the team in this location. But Buffalo 7’s exceptionally rapid growth has taken even them by surprise.

“We’ve been growing very quickly for a number of years now, and doubled in employee numbers in 2017, but our growth has further accelerated and at the moment we seem to be taking on someone new every week. Plans are already in place to alter the layout of the office to allow more desks, as we’re already close to capacity only seven months in,” said managing director Richard Barnes.

There’s no signs of recruitment slowing down. Having opened a new office in London’s Soho Square earlier this month, Buffalo 7 has developed new strategies to grow their Client Services team in their new Soho office as well as further expanding the Manchester team.

“It’s a really exciting time at Buffalo 7. Having joined the company in 2014, we’ve just grown and grown since making the decision to focus solely on presentations. However, this has been the most rapid period of growth for us. And we’re not done yet! We’re still on the lookout for a number of different roles in both Manchester and London” said CEO Lyndon Nicholson.

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