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Phoenix High Court Enforcement has announced two new appointments. Jason Critchley joins as a new Business Development Manager, in the High Court Services team. Critchley, an ex-Wales and Great Britain Rugby League International, has been appointed to a new role in the company as Business Development Manager, High Court Services. Jason has an extensive knowledge…
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Cox Automotive has today announced a number of changes to its executive leadership team. In the Manheim business unit, Peter Bell takes on the role of Managing Director, from Tim Hudson, who has made the decision to leave the business. Ball has with extensive operational, commercial and customer delivery experience in the financial services and…
Read moreSpecialist lender Together has announced that John Lowe will be joining its senior management team as Group Finance Director. Gary Beckett will take on the new role of Group Managing Director and Chief Treasury Officer, following a short transition period. Lowe was previously Finance Director at Coventry Building Society. An Oxford University graduate, who qualified as a chartered…
Read moreData and debt recovery solutions specialist TDX Group has announced it has raised over £58,000 in 2017 for a number of local and national charities. Activities over the year included a charity ball, carol singing, bike rides and raffles. The funds from these events were donated to organisations such as Nottingham’s Children’s Bereavement Centre, which…
Read moreProvident Financial Group has announced the appointment of Malcolm Le May as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with immediate effect. This follows a Board process led by Stuart Sinclair over recent months. Stuart Sinclair, who led the Nomination Committee process to appoint the new Group CEO said: “It became clear to the Board as the search…
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UK Finance has announced the appointment of Santander’s Miguel Sard as the new chair of its Mortgages Product and Service Board. The UK Finance Mortgages Product and Service Board brings together senior industry figures to discuss key issues facing the sector. Miguel replaces Peter Hill, CEO of Leeds Building Society, who led the Council of…
Read moreCallcredit Information Group’s colleagues have selected Leeds Mind as their charity of the year for 2018. Callcredit has committed its annual fundraising efforts to help the charity. Leeds Mind will increase mental health awareness and engage with employees across the company throughout 2018 in a bid to raise vital funds to help support the services…
Read moreWalker Morris has become a member of the Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG), reinforcing its commitment to improving its financial services offering and the advice given to those facing financial difficulty. MALG was formed in 1987 and is a not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to encourage organisations to ‘work together to improve the lives of…
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Ofgem has chosen Green Star Energy to take on supplying the customers of Future Energy, which went out of business last week. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for Future Energy’s customers. Green Star Energy is offering Future Energy’s customers the same price as they were paying…
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RELX Group, the parent company of LexisNexis has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of ThreatMetrix, for a consideration of £580 million. ThreatMetrix is a leader in the global risk-based authentication sector, headquartered in San Jose, California and founded in 2005. ThreatMetrix’s technology analyses connections…
Read moreLeek United Building Society has made two new senior appointments announcements. Andrew Davies joins as the new Head of Risk and Compliance from the Co-operative Bank, where he was Lead Treasury Risk Manager. He brings to his new role at Leek United more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, which began in…
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Provident Financial has announced that David Sear, FinTech veteran and former founder of WorldPay has decided to step down from the board. Sear joined the board a year ago to assist with the development of the group’s strategy in this arena and broader IT direction, the group now finds itself in very different circumstances and…
Read moreFuture Energy, a regional energy supplier with about 10,000 domestic customers mainly in the North East and Yorkshire, has ceased trading, energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed. In the announcement, Ofgem has made the following statement “Under our safety net, customers of Future Energy will have their energy supply continue as normal, and their outstanding credit balances will…
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