DF Capital, the specialist commercial lending bank supporting dealers and manufacturers with working capital solutions, has appointed David Witherspoon as managing director – commercial sectors. David is responsible for all lending activity across agriculture, industrial and transport asset types and leads the bank’s sector manufacturer programme and client management teams. David has over 30 years’ […]
Westcotts, a leading South West firm of chartered accountants and business advisers has announced a round of promotions, including two members of its team in its Plymouth office. Tax manager Sean Bolter is now a director at Westcotts and accounts senior Paul Maddock becomes a manager (both pictured). The two colleagues joined the […]
Leonard Curtis has appointed a relationship manager to its growing debt advisory team as the brand continues to enrich its funding services offering in 2023. Sarah Gaskin – who has almost a decade of experience in client relations – has taken up the post and will offer personalised assistance with attrition and client management goals. […]
ThinCats, the leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, has today announced that Matt Vincent joined the business on 15 May as senior director, regional business development for the Midlands. Matt was previously director of debt finance at Growth Lending (previously Boost & Co) across the Midlands, where he was responsible for launching the business, […]
Leading accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its rapidly growing, specialist tax team with a new senior appointment based in Edinburgh. International tax director, Amanda Collinson, joins Johnston Carmichael from a listed US group, where she was EMEA tax manager. Having started her career at a Big 4 firm, where she worked […]
According to the latest data from the Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs, hiring conditions across Scotland deteriorated at the start of the second quarter. Sharp and accelerated contractions were recorded for both permanent placements and temp billings as lingering economic uncertainty impacted recruitment plans. At the same time, candidate availability fell further – […]
PPS Chartered Accountants are excited to announce that a merger with Roger C Bloomer Chartered Accountants was completed on 1 May 2023. Two of the most established accountancy firms in the Swindon area have joined forces to create a leading regional provider of accountancy and advisory services to the private business sector and tax services […]
Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has appointed Stuart Leach as a technology and cyber risk assurance partner, based in Milton Keynes. Stuart joins RSM from Grant Thornton, where he was a director responsible for developing and leading its cyber security services. He has over 25 years’ experience designing, operating and assessing cyber […]
Almost three quarters (70%) of UK employees expect to still be at their current workplace in 6 months time, according to brand new research from specialist consultancy, Barnett Waddingham. But one in seven workers (14%) think they’ll have moved elsewhere, while 15% aren’t sure. That 14% equates to 4.2 million employees looking for work, which […]
The British Business Bank has today announced the appointment of Louise McCoy as commercial managing director, small business lending, effective from Monday 1 May 2023, in a newly-created senior-level role. Louise joined the Start Up Loans Company, now a programme under the British Business Bank, in 2016 as an account director before becoming its commercial […]
