York Press | Meet the boss

Simon Crack, Hethertons Solicitors

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:20:03 +0000

SIMON Crack, head of the business support unit at York law firm Hetherton’s, has been instrumental in the firm’s move to bigger premises after growing the unit.

Rachel Goddard - Intandem Communications

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:07:12 +0000

Rachel Goddard, founder of public relations and marketing agency Intandem Communications, has just taken over as chairman of York Professionals.

David Beattie, senior partner, Quantum Estate Agency

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:41:06 +0000

GOLF-mad estate agent and valuer David Beattie hasn’t been playing as often as he would like just lately and that suits him fine.

Rob Burns, managing director of digital agency 9xb.com

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:43:44 +0100

STARTING out at 16 years of age working in a cattle market, then as a builder’s labourer and for the civil service, Rob Burns finally found his calling in design and print and set up 9xb.com in 2004.

Jim Sanderson - Eco Flooring and Restoration UK

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:25:07 +0100

JIM Sanderson invokes all the elements - fire, earth, wind or water - to make his busy life complete.

Elaine Ball, managing director of Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL), York

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:59:50 +0100

STARTING working life breaking in race horses in Texas helped prepare Elaine Ball for taking the reins at the family business in York.

Jane Cook, managing director of The Rocking Horse Shop

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:43:56 +0100

FOR Jane Cook, what began as a nightmare ended in happy horses.

Dr Paul Gibson, chief executive, Pure Net

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:37:02 +0100

IT IS a busier day than most for Dr Paul Gibson and his 22 staff at the award-winning IT firm PureNet.

Mike Thomas, centre manager at York Designer Outlet

Tue, 10 May 2011 16:02:08 +0100

IF retail therapy is a shortcut to sanity, then Mike Thomas, 53, must be the sanest man alive.

Iqbal Chowdhury, general manager of York-based Bengal Brasserie Group

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:32:33 +0100

FIRST there came the dearth of US tourists in the wake of 9/11, then the York floods, then a fire. Then the economic downturn came to test Iqbal Chowdhury.

Philip Thake of HPH Chartered Accountants

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:27:55 +0000

A CAREER change set chartered accountant Philip Thake on the path to becoming one of York’s best-known business figures and helped shape his management style.

Liz Philip, principal of Askham Bryan College

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:39:45 +0000

LIZ Philip is a countrywoman to her fingertips – an equine expert, an award-winning point-to-point racer, trained in agricultural business studies and now principal of Askham Bryan College, one of Britain’s finest land-based learning institutions.