Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
NatWest has announced that Deloitte, Equifax and FreeAgent have signed up as partners to its Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, the UK’s largest fully-funded business accelerator network, with 12 hubs located throughout the country. The three organisations will provide a blend of consultancy and accountancy support, data and SME credit guidance, and SME accounting software to the…
Read moreEnforcement agency Bristow & Sutor (B&S) has announced the formation of a new Independent Advisory Panel, to be chaired by Anthony Sharp of Anthony Sharp Associates. The industry-wide consultancy has been launched to discuss all matters relating to credit and debt collection. The new Panel consists of experienced individuals drawn from the debt advice, regulatory and creditor sectors…
Read morePeer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has bolstered its team in the Midlands with the appointment of Luke Carter as a Senior Relationship Manager. Carter joins from RBS, where he spent 10 years within the Commercial Banking team, and most recently as a Senior Relationship Manager in the Midlands region. In this role, he managed a portfolio…
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Responding to the latest apprenticeship figures, showing starts flat over the last few months, but with a year on year drop of 25% for the 2017/18 academic year to July, Jamie Kerr, Head of External Affairs at the Institute of Directors, said “Today’s figures show that apprenticeship starts have still not recovered since the introduction…
Read moreBuy-to-let and specialist lender, Fleet Mortgages, has announced the promotion of Graham Le Bas to the role of National Sales Manager. Le Bas has previously been BDM in the South West for Fleet for the past two years and will now be working with the lender’s team of BDMs who cover the breadth of England and…
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William Brooks, Managing Director at Eximus Capital, has been announced at the next Vice President of ICAEW and will take office from June 2019. Brooks completed his training in 1980 with Dearden Farrow. He then joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now KPMG) in 1981 where he stayed for five years, specialising in banking and…
Read moreSpeaking at the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Summit in London, Georgina Squire, head of the dispute resolution at Rosling King (RK), said resolving the conflicts between different generations of staff is now a key issue for businesses. Squire said: “We are reliant on our people. They are our core. There is now quite a…
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced that it has appointed Joe Waters as Head of Sales as it seeks to develop its services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the South of England. With industry expertise spanning over 30 years, Waters has held several senior positions in financial services, specifically supporting UK SMEs.…
Read moreTrade credit insurer Atradius has announced a number of new appointments. Thomas Murphy and Chelcee Witkowski as business development managers alongside James Armitage and Lisa McMillan as account managers in its north-west region. They join senior business development manager Sally Nolan and account managers Sarah Seddon and Nicola Hinchliff. The team, which is based in Atradius’…
Read moreAlternative business lender, Spotcap has announced Sophie Peacock as the winner of the Fintech Fellowship for 2018. Running for its second consecutive year, the Fellowship awards one UK-based masters or MBA student with a £8k scholarship. By supporting aspiring talent, the initiative aims to plug the fintech skills gap by raising awareness of career opportunities in…
Read moreTaunton-based debt recovery team at national law firm Clarke Willmott has made a series of new appointments. Joe Hampson, Darren Brooks, and Lisa Cornelius start new positions as caseworkers and Shannon Robinson joins the IT support team. Phil Roberts who jointly leads the debt recovery team together with Kat Quinton. said “Following a number of promotions earlier this year…
Read moreGallagher has announced the appointment of Daniel Stewart to head up its trade credit practice in Manchester. Reporting to Tim Fisher, UK Managing Director of Trade Credit and Surety. Stewart joins from Marsh where he had been national practice leader for trade credit responsible for the Midlands, North and Scotland. His appointment follows on from…
Read moreResponding to last week news that there was a drop in apprenticeship starts, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National Chairman, Mike Cherry, said: “Today’s 28% year on year drop is yet another clear signal that the levy system isn’t working to its full potential. “Big businesses are still struggling to come to terms with the levy…
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