Commercial Property News

30 new graduates started work this week at Drivers Jonas LLP's UK offices. Selected from over 1000 applications, the new arrivals represent a mix of undergraduates and postgraduates from universities including Reading, Oxford Brookes and Sheffield Hallam. They join in various disciplines including general practice, building surveying/project management and planning.

Nick Shepherd, managing partner, welcomed the new starters to DJ this week and commented: "Our graduates are the foundations for the future of Drivers Jonas, and it's a pleasure to welcome 30 on board in 2008. We will encourage each of them to carve out their own niches as they develop their careers with the firm. Many of our partners started as DJ graduates, and I hope we have the same success rate with this year's intake."

2008 Graduate recruitment breakdown:

London

General Practice

Anna Field - Oxford Brookes, MSc Real Estate
Charles Cleal - Kingston, BSc Property, Planning and Development
Jason Margetts - Oxford Brookes, MSc Real Estate Management
Virginia Sylvester - Oxford Brookes, BSc Real Estate Management
Clare Williams - King's College London, BA Geography
Dawn Wilson - Newcastle, LLB Law
Toby Cripps - Oxford Brookes, MSc Real Estate Management
William Davies - Leeds, BA Economics and Management

Planning

Peter Atkin - Reading, MSc Development Planning
Ed Britton - London South Bank University, MA Planning Policy and Practice
Mark Novelle - Manchester, MA Town and Country Planning
Rebecca Burnhams - Reading, MSc Development Planning
Victoria Woollett - Westminster, MA Urban & Regional Planning
Sally Fordham - Manchester, Mplan

Building

Edward Wilson - UWE, MA Building Surveying
Victoria Relf - Reading, BSc Building Surveying

Birmingham

Building

Scott Kenna - Nottingham Trent, BSc Building Surveying

General Practice

Siobhan McCrystal - Birmingham City, MSc Real Estate

Planning

Fiona Brereton - Cardiff, MSc Planning Practice and Research
Claudia Clemente - LSBU, MSc Planning Policy and Research

Manchester

Planning

Catherine Palmer - Manchester, BA Geography
Steven Renshaw - Sheffield, BA Urban Studies
Alexandra Alarcon - Manchester, Mplan
Sophie Williams, Sandwich Year - Cardiff, BSc City and Regional Planning

General Practice

Andrew Dickens - Sheffield Hallam, BSc Business Property Management
Adam Osborne - Sheffield Hallam, BSc Urban Land Economics

Building

James Bennett - Liverpool, MSc Building Surveyor
Sarah Claridge - Liverpool John Moores University, BSc Building Surveying

Leeds

Building

Joseph Baum - Northumbria, BSc Building Surveying

General Practice

Adam Colebrook, Sandwich Year - Nottingham Trent, BSc Planning & Property

Development

Jack Lloyd, Sandwich Year - Nottingham Trent, BSc Planning & Property Development