l-r Simon Hain and Iain Critchlow of Evans Hardy Bromwich
New recruit
Iain Critchlow has joined the multi-discipline agency at Evans Hardy Bromwich.
Iain joins the company from Fishers of Harborne.
Lawyer
Development specialist Richard Osborn has joined the Leicester office of Freeth Cartwright LLP as a partner after nearly five years at the Birmingham office of Eversheds.
Director
CB Richard Ellis has boosted its valuation team in Birmingham with the appointment of Jonathon Matthews as a director.
Formerly head of residential valuation and development at DTZ in Birmingham, where he worked for nine years, Jonathon will take up the same post at CB Richard Ellis.
Two Partners
The Wilkes Partnership has announced two new partner appointments this week in response to business growth and to develop new areas of the business.
Personal injury and insurance litigation specialist David Stevenson has joined this week and Andrew Hasnip has been promoted to partner in charge of the tax planning and private client team.
Project Manager
Birmingham and Nottingham-based boutique project management company Concept has appointed a new project manager to boost its team.
Tim Gorman will be responsible for managing a programme of office refurbishment schemes for London based property company Mapeley STEPS Contractor Ltd and for several mixed used developments for Henry Davidson Developments Ltd.

Michael Lawrence of Martineau Johnson
Partner
Birmingham and London law firm Martineau Johnson has appointed a new partner to its property disputes team.
Michael Lawrence, who joined the firm in 2004, has advised on a whole range of disputes, from lease dilapidations through to rent recovery.
Football Challenge
Twelve teams from Nottingham property agents, bankers, accountants and lawyers took part in the inaugural five-a-side football tournament organised by the East Midlands office of King Sturge.
The event was won by law firm Eversheds. They beat HSBC in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw in the final.
Proceeds from the knock-out tournament, organised by Ben Parks of King Sturge, which was held at the Power League Centre, Lenton, Nottingham, were divided equally between MENCAP, the charity choice of Eversheds, and Wish Upon a Star, the Nottingham-based charity which this year is being supported by King Sturge.
New Agency
The groundbreaking property regeneration partnership between developer Langtree Group plc/Bank of Scotland Corporate and Advantage West Midlands has been named PxP West Midlands Limited Partnership (PxP) at an official signing ceremony.
Langtree/Bank of Scotland was selected by Advantage West Midlands last month as the preferred choice for its first public/private sector partnership. In creating PxP, Advantage West Midlands aims to speed up the delivery of development projects on selected sites within the Agency's £160m property portfolio and create thousands of jobs.
Langtree/Bank of Scotland has acquired a 50% stake in the new £60m venture. The other 50% will be retained by Advantage West Midlands.
From day one PxP takes over responsibility for the development of eight of Advantage West Midlands' major development projects, comprising a mix of inner city regeneration projects and edge-of-town high quality business park opportunities totalling over 130 acres. Included in the portfolio is the 22-acre LDV site in Birmingham and the 20-acre Bromsgrove Technology Park.
The partnership will also manage Advantage West Midlands' portfolio of investment properties comprising more than 600,000 sq ft of lettable space, which includes a 270,000 sq ft production warehouse occupied by Jaguar Cars at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham.
Shoosmiths led the legal team that advised Langtree and Colliers CRE acted as property consultants.