Smith Cooper, a Midlands based top 41 Accountancy and Business Advisory firm, has welcomed in the New Year with a number of promotions and key strategic hires across many of its service lines as follows: Natalie Pollard senior manager (Tax Advisory) Kimberley Wapplington senior manager (Business Recovery and Insolvency) Ali […]
Bridge Development Partners (“BRIDGE”) has appointed Stephen Vickers as senior vice president, development to lead the firm’s project delivery in the UK. BRIDGE, the US-based privately owned industrial real estate firm, launched its UK operations in November 2020 with the appointment of industrial real estate specialist Paul Hanley as partner, London to lead the team […]
Business advisory firm Quantuma has completed the acquisition of Cayman Islands-based Alchemy, as the firm continues to develop its footprint in selected offshore financial centres. Founded by Angela Barkhouse, a leader in the global asset recovery field, Alchemy is a firm dedicated to finding assets and recovering financial losses, making extensive use of tools including […]
Specialist lender West One Loans is expanding its buy-to-let division with a number of senior hires and vacancies for a range of roles, as it rolls out its growth plans for 2021. The announcement comes after West One launched its first mortgage club with Dynamo for Intermediaries in December, as part of its strategy to […]
Time Finance plc, the AIM listed independent specialist finance provider, announces the following directorate changes. John Newman, non-executive chairman of the Company, has informed the Board of his intention to retire. As part of a succession plan already agreed by the Board and currently in progress, he will step down on appointment of his successor. […]
International SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced three new senior hires to drive forward its global growth strategy in 2021 and beyond. Azel Scholz, former chief executive officer (Asia Pacific) for Siemens Financial Services Commercial Finance and tech start-up founder, joins BFS as chief revenue officer. Axel will be responsible for leading the […]
Unity Trust Bank has appointed Alex Ryan, head of pensions at Unite the Union, to its board as a non-executive director. Unity Trust Bank is the independent, commercial bank for businesses and organisations that share its philosophy to contribute positively to economic, community and social change. Commenting on his appointment, Alex Ryan said: “Unity has gone […]
A North West finance firm expands with the appointment of a former managing partner and chartered accountant to support its SME clients and proactively introduce them to its panel of professional advisors. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it has become apparent in the funding sector that SME business owners will need additional support […]
BHP Accountants, Yorkshire and Derbyshire’s leading accountancy firm, has recognised the incredible efforts of its hard-working staff with the promotion of 70 employees. The appointments range across staff at different levels in BHP, including three directors, two senior managers, two managers, five assistant managers, 31 promotions to senior or semi-senior, as well as 22 assistant […]
A top banker, with more than 35 years’ experience in the industry, 30 of them in credit roles, has joined Redwood Bank. Stuart Burke has become the Challenger Bank’s head of credit & underwriting, after moving across from Barclays Private Bank, where he was in charge of the UK Risk Sanctioning unit. Prior to that […]
