Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Trade 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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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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