Appointments: Lawyer joins specialist health team in Sheffield

Lawyer Sunil Abeyewickreme has been appointed a partner at the Sheffield-based firm, making Halliwells one of only two legal practices in the UK to offer a multi-disciplinary service dedicated to dentistry.

Prior to joining Halliwells, Mr Abeyewickreme was head of the employment law team at Leeds-based Cohen Cramer and, before that, he was the senior legal adviser to the British Dental Association, a position he held for four years.

McCormicks Solicitors has added to its corporate law expertise with the appointment of a new solicitor.

Joanna Jowitt joins the corporate and commercial team at the Harrogate-based firm.

The firm has also promoted James Turnbull to legal assistant in the same department

VC Train, a collaboration of voluntary and community organisations, has welcomed its new board of trustees.

The Rotherham based-organisation has appointed Mohammed Suleman, chief executive of Yorkshire Trust, Simon Pugh, voluntary director of The Learning Community and chief executive officer of commercial training company The Careers Exchange, Mike Page, business development and funding officer for Doncaster West Development Trust, John Brookes, managing director of Yes2Work and Katie Beal, associate at Sheffield solicitors Watson Esam.

The five new appointees will be key components of the organisation providing it with their knowledge and experience on a broad range of business matters.

Hunters Property Group has appointed its first personal agent in the Doncaster area.

Michaela Bell has bought the franchise for Askern.

Hunters Personal is a new estate agency concept, which involves franchising home-based agents to sell and let properties in their own communities.

Ms Bell, who will work closely with Hunters' existing Selby office, was previously a health and leisure centre manager.

WorldEvents has created a new IT department support its flagship strategic event registration and management system.

The newly-created web solutions team will also be responsible for all of the Cleckheaton-based group's web and digital output.

The five-man team will be headed up by web solutions manager Kevin Kuszyk.

Two new area managers have been appointed by specialist luxury car finance specialist Bridford Financial Solutions as it continues to expand nationally.

Jonathon Oliver and Des Branson have been appointed as area managers for the Ilkley-based firm covering the South-West and Midlands respectively.

Mr Oliver has more than 20 years of automotive experience in corporate and retail sales as well as in specialist finance brokering and business management.

Mr Branson takes control of the Midlands area having spent several years working at the Audi dealership in Lincoln.

Sign design firm Scriptus has appointed Kalpesh Prajapati as project support manager as part of its expansion plans.

Mr Prajapati will play a key role in further expanding the Bradford company growth, and also working towards a new retail product launch scheduled at the end of 2010.

Retail display firm Bartuf Systems has appointed two new team members to its rapidly expanding salesforce.

Sally Dean and Matt Thornton have been appointed as business development managers, joining a 12-strong sales team at the Leeds-based firm.

Ms Dean previously worked as a senior account manager for Carter Design Group, while Mr Thornton was employed as national sales manager for commercial refrigeration specialists, Pastorfrigor UK and shopfitting manufacturer, Uno Holdings.