Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
SME funder Ultimate Finance has appointed three senior sales professionals to further strengthen support for SMEs in London and the South East. The new senior recruits are made up of Nick Haggitt, Head of Sales, Matthew Taylor, Senior Regional Director and Chris Mitcham, Regional Director. Between them, they bring more than 50 years’ experience in…
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Henry Howard Finance Group has announced it has appointed a new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mark Tweed will join Henry Howard Finance in October, where he will take up responsibility as Group CFO and Head of Legal. Tweed joins from Opel Vauxhall Finance, where he was held various pan European CFO and CEO roles…
Read moreAldermore’s latest Future Attitudes report has found that just under two thirds (64%) of bosses of UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have no clear plan in place to ensure that their business does not suffer when key staff leave. This equates to 3.52m companies with fewer than 250 employees and is an increase from…
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Peer-to-peer business lender, Assetz Capital, has announced the appointment of Chris Macklin as Chief Risk Officer. With over 35 years of experience at RBS/NatWest, including four years as head of complex customer management and strategic relationship management, Macklin brings to the company a wealth of knowledge and experience in strategic, credit and risk management within the financial…
Read moreThe Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) has announced the appointment of Michelle Thorp as Chief Executive with effect from 10th September. Thorp joins the IPA from the Department for International Trade where she was Digital, Data and Technology lead and a major project leader for the Cabinet Office, specialising in strategic organisational change. Shehas almost twenty…
Read moreSchool leavers are opting for alternative routes to a career and are choosing not to go to University according to new research. As businesses continue to offer a wider range of apprenticeships, and students have the option to learn on the job, fewer are opting to go to University in favour of other career paths…
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Stack as Commercial Director for Europe and Asia. Stack will oversee product, pricing and commercial strategy implementation across the regions, reporting into Richard Carter, CEO for Europe and Asia. Stack joined BFS in April 2015 as UK Product Director, tasked with driving the development, management and innovation of…
Read moreA new study from Dun & Bradstreet has revealed that while finance leaders remain tasked with business profitability, their remit has expanded to include the sharing of data across the organisation and management of risk. The Risk Revolution report found the top challenge for finance leaders today is monitoring risks within a business’ customer, supplier, or partner…
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UHY Hacker Young has announced the expansion of its Manchester office by welcoming a new partner to its leadership team. Tracey Pye has been appointed turnaround and recovery partner. Pye has run her own consultancy and was previously a business restructuring partner at Top 10 accountancy firm BDO LLP. Pye specialises in corporate restructuring and insolvency.…
Read moreVehicle credit management specialist, Anglia UK, has announced that it has appointed a new Business Development Manager. Nathan Keegan joins the business with some 20 years’ experience in the motor finance industry. Prior to joining Anglia he was responsible for sales at the VW Group’s MAN Heavy Truck Division. During his career, Keegan has also worked…
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SME Lender, Spotcap has appointed Andrew Caulfield as a Senior Underwriter. He joins the lender’s growing team, which now consist of 130 employees globally. Caulfield brings over six years of experience in risk management with RateSetter in the UK and AIB – Allied Irish Banks, to the role. At Spotcap, he will be responsible for assessing…
Read moreAlternative finance specialist, ThinCats has appointed a vastly experienced ex-banking professional to cover the Yorkshire region. Ben Kimball joins ThinCats after a 15-year career working with SMEs for the likes of Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays. He has supported SMEs in both Yorkshire and Scotland during his career and is…
Read moreAaron & Partners LLP has announced that it has appointed Stephen Taylor to join its Dispute Resolution and Insolvency team as a Senior Partner. Nick Clarke, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency, said “Stephen’s appointment is a significant one for us as a firm and a real statement of intent for the Dispute Resolution…
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