news Quartet helps strengthen team


South Wales legal practice Everett Tomlin Lloyd & Pratt has promoted four key staff to associate. The legal practice, which has


more than 40 staff at its offices in Newport and Pontypool, has appointed Kay Perrott, Gill Partington, Lynne Chambers and Debra Spedding, as associate solicitors. Kay, a childcare specialist, is


head of family law based at the firm’s Pontypool office. Gill, also based in Pontypool, is a fellow of


the Institute of Legal Executives and heads the family mediation arm of ETLP, Mediate Together. Lynne Chambers is an established solicitor and mediator in the family team and Debra Spedding, who recently joined the firm having previously being head of corporate debt recovery at Newport law firm HardingEvans, is an experienced litigation solicitor. ETLP managing Partner,


Ashley Harkus, welcoming the four new associates, said: “As a practice we strive to develop and


Three join lawyers’ team


Newport-based solicitors firm HardingEvans has strengthened its support services team with the recruitment of specialist managers. The business, which employs 120


staff, has taken on Steve Parry-Langdon as finance manager, Sarah Price as marketing officer and Nikki Thomas as HR officer. Steve joins the firm with a wealth of


experience, having worked in legal accounts for almost 25 years. He said: “HardingEvans is a firm with a


long history of quality and success which I am keen to be part of. It is a difficult time for a lot of law firms but thanks to wise decision making and the sound financial policies they have employed over the last few years, they are in a very strong position.” Sarah, who is originally from Blackwood,


and has a CIM postgraduate diploma in marketing and has experience in service, quality and manufacturing marketing. Sarah said: “With the implementation of the Legal Services Act it is vital that


legal firms find a way of competing in the changing market. I believe that marketing has a vital role to play in this and I am looking forward to helping the firm build on its already strong reputation.” Nikki, who lives in Cardiff, started in


recruitment before moving into HR, earning a CIPD certificate in HR management at Swansea University. She is currently working towards her CIPD Advanced Diploma in HR management. She said: “This is an exciting new role


and I am looking forward to gaining valuable experience working with such a well- established HR team.” Practice director Joy Phillips said: “In


the current environment it is vital that law firms think strategically in order to grow and enhance market position. It is no longer enough to simply have high calibre solicitors, we need to ensure that the team around them is able to promote and support them to achieve optimum performance.”


grow our own staff and so we are delighted to have been able to promote these four individuals to the positions of associate solicitors from within the practice. “We have ambitious growth


plans and we see the appointment of these four new associate solicitors as being key in allowing us to achieve our immediate goals in a challenging and competitive marketplace and also those longer term aims that we have set ourselves to achieve in the future.”


Associate solicitors appointed (l to r) Debra Spedding, Gill Partington, Kay Perrott and Lynne Chambers, outside ETLP’s offices at Gold Tops, Newport


Strong start for sealant specialist


Chepstow-based sealant specialist S&D Sealants has succeeded in bucking the trend for the recession-gripped construction industry by chalking up a record breaking start to 2013. S&D, which operates UK-wide and recently opened its


first office in Scotland, has increased turnover by 78 per cent in the first two months of the year compared to the same period in 2012. Nick Jones, managing director of S&D Sealants,


(pictured below) said: “Scotland has been a major growth area for us and with a lot of our work linked to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, this looks set to continue. “Our recent run of work means that we are


actively recruiting across the UK, we need a number of experienced applicators to ensure that we can keep up with demand. “This should actually be a quiet period for us and if


we’re this busy now, we’re confident that we will have enough work to support at least five new members of staff.” In 2012 S&D Sealants enjoyed a five percent growth


and already the company looks set to improve on this in 2013 with increased activity and an ever expanding order book. With a network of offices across the UK, S&D employs 75 staff and offers true national coverage by using a group of local sealant operatives to carry out specific projects. Its UK office expansion includes bases in Exeter, Wakefield, Fareham, Warrington, Bristol and Romford. S&D regularly works with a wide variety of well-known


construction companies including BAM, Balfour Beatty, Wilmott Dixon, Laing O’Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine and Morgan Sindall.


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