Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Zopa has announced a governance restructure in advance of launching its next-generation bank. The re-structure will establish separate boards for the Zopa P2P business, proposed bank (subject to banking licence approval) and Group in order to facilitate the increasing scale of the business, ensure good corporate governance and protect the interests of its customers. The…
Read moreThinCats, the alternative funding specialist, has announced a senior hire to cover the North West region. Richard Lamb joins ThinCats to lead new business origination throughout the North West, after nearly a decade as Relationship Director at NatWest, and having been in corporate banking since 1992. He joins the company’s growing team of experienced bankers who…
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Shire Leasing has announced structural changes to their leadership team. Mark Picken is to move to CEO with Helen Lumb taking the CFO role and Malcolm Workman to be COO. This new structure will see the various business disciplines report through Lumb and Workman and provide a broader management spread and greater focus on the…
Read moreInsolvency accountancy firm Thomas Westcott has appointed Jon Mitchell as a new Partner. Mitchell was recruited in 2015 as a director to launch and head our business recovery and insolvency service. Thomas Westcott’s chairman, Richard Thomas, said “Jon has performed superbly since he joined us, launching and growing our business recovery and insolvency service and…
Read moreCreditors Voluntary Winding-Up – Appointment of Liquidators notices have been issued in the London Gazette for the following companies: (E) EXCLUSIVE LTD 100% VEGAN LTD 191 CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD 1EASYCALL LTD 1ST 4 CONSTRUCTION LTD 1ST CITY MOVE LTD 1ST DRYWALL SOLUTIONS LTD 21 SPICES LTD 3 NATIONAL SECURITY LTD 3E PEOPLE PERFORMANCE LTD 3J WHOLESALE…
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Almost one year on since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, only 14% of business leaders who pay it think it is fit for purpose, a new poll by the Institute of Directors reveals today. As it stands, fewer than one in five will use Levy contributions to take on more apprentices than otherwise. The…
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Corporate recovery and business advisory firm Quantuma has announced that it has acquired south coast insolvency practice.Ashtons Business Recovery. The teams will continue to operate through its Ringwood and Weymouth offices, with all of its existing team of seven, as part of Quantuma. David Meany was one of the founder partners of the original practice…
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Trade credit insurer, Atradius, has made two new appointments within its UK team at its Cardiff HQ and Midlands Regional Hub. Tom Danson, has been appointed as Head of Commercial for Atradius’ Midlands Regional Hub. Danson joined the Atradius London team from Aviva AXA in March 2014 as a Senior Sales Development Manager. Well regarded…
Read moreNew Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposals which would give more SMEs the opportunity to refer disputes related to financial services firms to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have been backed by experts from a debt services provider. The FCA recently launched a consultation on the issue of SME access to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)…
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Nearly two thirds (65%) of finance organisations are already prepared or preparing for an initiative related to blockchain, an in-depth study of over 1000 finance professionals has revealed. The research commissioned by Onguard, focusses on the order to cash process, discovered that nearly a quarter (23%) of the organisations polled are already using blockchain with…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals which would give more SMEs the opportunity to refer financial services disputes to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FCA recently launched a consultation on the issue of SME access to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) after highlighting that such businesses can often struggle to resolve financial…
Read moreData Interconnect has announced it has become a member of the WISE Campaign to support the growth of women in tech. WISE aims to energise people in business, industry, and education to increase the participation, contribution and success of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Data Interconnect says that recruiting enterprise PHP developers…
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Cash process specialist, Onguard has announced that it has expanded its management team to help create growth in the UK market. Wolter Kreun has been appointed Manager Professional Services to strengthen the management team. Martin de Heus VP Sales also joins. De Heus succeeds former Sales Director John Scholte. Bert van der Zwan, CEO at Onguard…
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