Private equity house YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, has promoted David Wrench to equity partner as it continues to strengthen its investment team. With more than 12 years’ experience in corporate finance, David joined the London team as an investment director in April 2020 to provide further […]
Yorkshire – based funding specialist, ABL Business, has appointed Johanna Roberts as its new finance operations manager – a move designed to support ambitious growth plans and bolster the firm’s national expansion strategy. With over 30 years’ experience in financial services – in sectors which range from retail to offshore banking – Johanna has provided […]
A banking heavyweight with more than three decades’ financial services experience has joined specialist lender Together. Darren Clarke has been appointed the group’s commercial finance chief operating officer, and will have responsibility for the lender’s commercial finance operational processes and infrastructure to support its ambitious growth strategy. He joins Together from Redwood Bank, where he […]
Hodge has announced the appointment of two new telephony business development managers, Cara Thompson and Alan Crawley, reinforcing its ongoing commitment to support brokers. Cara Thompson joins the firm as telephony business development manager for the Welsh M4 corridor. Prior to this, Thompson worked as a mortgage broker specialising in the new build space and […]
New alternative lender Blazehill Capital is pleased to announce the appointment of Jake Hyman as business development director, signalling its commitment to sourcing and executing complex credit opportunities in the UK mid-market. Blazehill Capital typically provides secured lending ranging from £5m to £30m per transaction, delivering fast and flexible credit solutions to companies with non-standard […]
Sirius Property Finance has partnered with Chris Field to lead the debt advisor’s new Specialist Business Finance Team, specialising in the care and hospitality sectors. Chris has more than 28 years’ experience in the finance industry, having previously held roles at a number of high-profile institutions including a corporate debt advisory firm, a specialist city […]
Geoff Maleham has been appointed as managing director of Hitachi Capital Business Finance (subject to FCA approval). Geoff has jointly led the business since the sad passing of Gavin Wraith-Carter in September 2020. Hitachi Capital Business Finance, a division of Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC, provides business asset finance to SMEs and bigger corporations across the […]
Sarah Cross has joined the Poole office of accountancy firm Clear Vision Financial Management as a senior bookkeeper. With a 10-year career in the finance industry, Sarah has gained a variety of experience having worked in-house for Unicorn Training, as well as working at another small accountancy firm. She has knowledge of using Xero, processing […]
ThinCats, leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, has had a strong start to 2021 with over £100m in funding deployed to date this year, following a record year in 2020. With a view to further strengthening relationships with customers and other stakeholders, the company has employed Steve Ford as relationship director to manage the […]
Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the appointment of Ana Bajri as a senior technical manager for risk and compliance. Ana will be responsible for ensuring that services to customers and corporate clients are of the highest standard, as well as driving sustainable growth and […]
