On the move: the latest East Midlands hires

Heidi Thompson (centre) with her HR team

East Midlands accountancy firm Duncan & Toplis has appointed a new HR director.

Heidi Thompson joins the firm bringing with her more than 20 years’ experience running HR departments across the UK.

Adrian Reynolds, managing director for Duncan & Toplis, said: “It’s a pleasure to welcome Heidi to the team. She really impressed us with her ideas and vision for how we as a business can keep improving our HR service for the benefit of our customers. I’m confident that she’ll make an immediate impression.”

Thompson will be based out of the company’s head office in Grantham.

She said: “I’m really pleased to be joining a business that can boast a hugely impressive history and equally strong future plans for growth. As well as building on our award-winning employee engagement work internally, I’ll be looking to build our client base, continuing the excellent work we do for our customers by helping more businesses navigate the ever-changing HR landscape.”

(L-R) Debbie Halliday and Amanda Coombs

Meanwhile, Alltruck has hired an HR operations manager.

Amanda Coombs will head up the company’s HR department, looking after staff in its headquarters in Croft, Leicestershire and its depots in Loughborough and Colwick in Notts. She will mainly be based in Croft.

Coombs was previously HR manager at BOAL Extrusion in Shepshed. She has also held senior HR roles at KS Composites, near Melton, and Lloyds Employment Law in Grantham.

She said: “When I came into the office for the first time and sat in the board room with the managing director and financial director, Paul and Debbie, I knew then that this was a great company and that I really wanted to be part of the Alltruck team.

Debbie Halliday, Alltruck’s finance director, said: “We were very impressed by Amanda’s HR experience and her willingness to embrace our work culture.

“At Alltruck we are all about people. We care passionately about employing and nurturing the best talent so we can deliver the best service possible to our customers.

“Amanda will be a great addition to our team as we take the business into the next stage of its growth.”

“It was evident that the ‘Company Core Values’ mean everything to everyone I met during the process of joining Alltruck.”

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