As one of Evuna’s premier Spanish tapas restaurants, the beautiful Tudor building on King’s Street Knutsford is their latest venue, along with the Northern Quarter and Deansgate Manchester,  and opening soon in Altrincham.  Host for the evening, Director Jane Dowler, gave a history of how Evuna was born just over fifteen years ago, and talked passionately about importing exclusive specially selected wines from small boutique vineyards in Spain, to hiring some of the best chefs in Madrid to develop their ever evolving food concept and offering traditional Spanish dishes with a modern twist.  Jane and her team provided the most delicious tapas along with the odd glass of wine and the hospitality was outstanding – to get your flavour of Evuna visit www.evuna.com

Our guest speaker for the evening was Annette McDonald, deputy MD at the Tatton Group, North Cheshire’s largest private landowner with an innovative approach to enhancing the local community.  Annette spoke of the Group’s exciting initiatives like Tatton Locations – providing locations for the film and TV industry with Hollyoaks, Peaky Binders to their name; Tatton Stays – short-stay accommodation for corporate. home-from-home lets;  their new residential homes project at Parkgate Knutsford;  Tatton Works offering creative workspace  – find out a lot more at www.tattongroup.com

Due to a continued period of growth, Thorneycroft Solicitors are pleased to announce that Nicola Dickinson, the Head of Volume Legal services at the firm, is to take a position on the Thorneycroft Solicitors Board.

Nicola’s new role will take effect from 1st December 2018, and she will take the role of Director of Volume Legal Services and Legal Operations.

The announcement follows a series of recent successes for the firm including the acquisition of Leathems Solicitors in Whaley Bridge in August and the sponsorship of British Superbike rider Christian Iddon in September.

Nicola has been with the firm since December 2015 and in that time she has made a significant impact. She has brought her considerable experience to improve the firms’ systems and procedures across their New Business Department, Portal and Litigation Teams.

The efficiencies made in these Teams and new structures put in place have helped the firm to deliver an improved Client service, progress cases and achieve targets set.

As a result of improved performance in these Teams, Thorneycroft Solicitors have been able to expand their business to bring on new commercial partners and grow existing relationships.

This has led to the Firm setting up their Credit Hire Team. That Department has now grown to encompass the Credit Hire Team and Employers Liability Claims Team. As a result of this growth, the Department was rebranded as the Volume Legal Services Department.

As a Board member, Nicola will be able to contribute to improvements across the firm with ideas and efficiencies which have worked successfully in the Volume Department to date.

Held in their bespoke event space, our hosts for the evening were David Wagstaff, General Manager, and Thomas Ottley, Event Manager.  Following an introduction and background information on the company from David, guests were given the chance to taste four completely different wines, ranging from a crisp sparkling wine, to a full-bodied red.  Tom talked the group through each wine, and his impressive knowledge and infectious enthusiasm meant a relaxed and fun evening was enjoyed by all.

At the end guests had the chance to purchase wine from the vast selection in the shop, a great opportunity to stock up in time for Christmas.

For more information on Laithwaite’s and their service offering, you can call the team on 0161 507 2233 or visit the website at www.laithwaites.co.uk

Wilmslow-based accountancy firm Langricks has appointed Chartered Accountant Chris Howells as Assistant Manager.

Chris, 24, will be responsible for providing clients with regular and end of year financial management information to help them grow and develop their businesses.

Chris joins a growing team at Langricks. The firm now has nine people based in its Wilmslow  town centre offices advising and supporting a wide range of clients.

The new role will give Chris closer interaction with clients and a new level of responsibility. “I was really keen to get proper, recognised exposure to clients – something I had missed in previous positions – and this job does all that and more.”

Chris will also be reviewing the work of junior associates and ensuring Langricks’ high standards of service are consistently delivered. “The firm has established its reputation for quality financial processes and I be will making sure that is maintained and developed.”

Networking with the local business community is also high on the job spec for Chris who is being tasked with spotting new business opportunities as well as assessing new Cloud software solutions.  Chris is working on a special Artificial Intelligence (AI) project with Director Chris Langrick, looking to integrate latest best practice and develop new solutions.  He commented: “AI will mean less time on basic tasks and more time for experienced professionals to offer clients longer-term strategic financial advice.”

Langricks is already meeting needs for outsourced senior advisors and provides several client companies with what is described as a ‘virtual’ FD.

Commenting on this and the new hire Chris Langrick said: “We are very excited by the opportunities provided by AI and I have asked Chris to help lead our interpretation of its capabilities as part of his new role with us. He is rising to the challenges of everything we have given him so far and has settled in well.”

Chris lives in Sandbach and says family and a love of golf keep him busy out of hours.