Business advisory and accounting firm Wilkins Kennedy has announced that Mark Barrie, who has more than 20 years’ experience working in the corporate and commercial banking sector, has joined the companyas Director of their banking and finance team across their London and North Thames regions. Barrie will be serving businesses across locations including London, Reading,…
Read moreKingston Smith & Partners LLP, the corporate recovery and insolvency arm of top 20 accountancy firm Kingston Smith, has announced the promotion of Dale Hernon to Director of client services. Hernon is responsible for providing KS&P’s integrated creditor-facing solution, called KS Vision, for anyone suffering a financial loss or facing insolvency. Insolvency can affect any…
Read moreCyber crime is one of the biggest risks to businesses to date and globally its estimated costs will reach $6trillion by 2021 according to a new report by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) (ACCA). The association has teamed up with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Macquarie University and Optus to launch the report…
Read moreUK SMEs say that economic uncertainty (45%), ongoing digitalisation efforts (41%) and increased competition (37%) are the three biggest challenges facing their organisation in the next two years, according to new research from Robert Half UK. SMEs require strong leadership to navigate this period of change in the next two years, but a significant proportion believe…
Read moreBusiness advisory firm Quantuma has announced that it has appointed Duncan Beat as a partner to its Chelmsford and London offices. Beat is a licensed practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in corporate insolvency matters. He specialises in insolvency claims management; recovery for large banking and financial institutions; and bankruptcy. His corporate insolvency experience spans…
Read moreVehicle credit management specialist, Anglia UK has announced it has appointed Keith Hayward as its new Sales Director. Hayward brings a wealth of experience in banking and vehicle finance, having spent the majority of his working life within the RBS group. Prior to joining Anglia, he led Lombard’s Wholesale Funding division for 10 years, managing…
Read moreInsolvency specialist Begbies Traynor has announced it has promoted Jason Ainge to the position of director in the Yorkshire region. Ainge began his career with Kroll in 2003 and joined Begbies Traynor in Leeds in 2008 as an assistant manager. By 2016, he had been promoted to the position of senior insolvency manager. Jason is…
Read moreTrade credit insurer Atradius has announced appointed a new business development manager for its Northern Hub. Chris Williamson joins the Atradius North team as the new SME Business Development Manager, responsible for policy underwriting and developing relationships with the local broker network. He will work alongside colleagues Sally Nolan, Sarah Seddon and Chelcee Witkowski in…
Read moreEY has announced that it has appointed a new Director at its restructuring team in Manchester. Sam Mills will specialise in restructuring, refinancing and turnaround work for corporate clients. He joins from PwC where he supported private businesses and larger corporates with situations of change, transition and financial difficulty over a ten-year period. He has…
Read moreDuncan Swift, Corporate Advisory Services Partner and Head of the Food Advisory Group at Moore Stephens, has been appointed President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. As President, Swift will work with the R3 senior management team to help shape R3’s direction, as well as supporting its day-to-day operations. His main areas of focus…
Read moreDuff & Phelps has announced that it has promoted five existing managers within its UK Restructuring Advisory practice to the role of Director, further strengthening the UK team. The promotions of Simon Shipperlee, Rob Goodhew, Mike Lennon, Mike Parsons and Martin Graycome on the back of Duff & Phelps’ announcement earlier this year of its global Restructuring team…
Read moreThe Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA), the membership body and regulator for those specialising in insolvency practice, has appointed Carrie-Ann James as its new President for the coming year. James takes office with immediate effect, and for the coming 12 months will serve as a key representative of the association and Chair of its board of…
Read moreApex Litigation Finance has announced that Stephen Allinson, Chairman of the board of The Insolvency Service, will join the company as an adviser and sit on the investment committee. Allinson is a Solicitor and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, and has specialised in credit, debt and insolvency work since 1987. Stephen was appointed Chairman of the Board…
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