People: Funding and recoveries team expands at BTG Corporate Solutions; Law firm appoints trio of partners; and more

BTG Corporate Solutions, a division of Begbies Traynor, has appointed Charlotte Davison and Richard House to the growing team at its offices in Sheffield and Leeds which helps businesses source funding.

Davison joins as a funding and recoveries executive and will focus on funding and debt recovery activities.  She spent 14 years with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), most recently working within the specialised business management team providing advice to customers in distress.  Her previous experience includes working as an insolvency case manager for Lombard.

House has taken on the role of recoveries and survey executive and will be responsible for collect out and recoveries work at BTG Corporate Solutions. His last role at Mazars was in a similar position within the firm’s receivables team; prior to that, he worked in a successful collect out team for six years, located in Sheffield.

The pair joins director Karl Hodson, who set up the new division a year ago, alongside Rhiannon Winfield, who was appointed as funding and recoveries administrator last September.

“Since establishing this new division in March 2016, we have seen tremendous demand for our services, particularly from companies in the Yorkshire region seeking alternative business funding to the traditional high street banks, whether for working capital, expansion or capital equipment,” says Hodson.

“With their experience in commercial finance, Charlotte and Richard will be welcome additions to the team, helping us to strengthen our offering to businesses here and across the UK as we match them with the most appropriate funders.”

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LCF Law’s new commercial property partners Ann-Marie Casey, Harriet Thornton and Lynne Webster.

Law firm LCF Law has appointed three commercial property partners, Lynne Webster, Ann-Marie Casey and Harriet Thornton.

Webster joins the firm’s Harrogate office from Freeths in Leeds, and has previously worked for Cobbetts and Walker Morris. With more than 20 years’ experience, she will be working alongside solicitor Russell Burnett and consultant Richard Davis to further develop the team’s offering in the town. She will also support the expanding commercial property teams across the firm’s Leeds, Bradford and Ilkley offices.

Casey joined LCF Law as a secretary in 2003 and qualified as solicitor with the firm in 2008. She works for a range of clients with commercial property portfolios and also supports LCF Law’s corporate team dealing with the sale and disposal of dental practices.

Thornton joined LCF Law in 2005 and qualified in 2008. She supports clients with varying commercial property issues, but specialises in leasehold enfranchisement and lease extension work for residential properties.

Head of property at LCF Law, Paul Anderson, says: “We are delighted to welcome Lynne to the firm and I am confident that she will continue to develop our growing commercial property work in North Yorkshire undertaken from our Harrogate office.

“Harriet and Ann-Marie’s rise to the role of partner is well-deserved and recognition of their experience, increasing expertise and personal achievements in real estate work over many years.  We have a very strong real estate team based across all of our offices, and this is an exciting time for the team’s development as our division continues to grow and expand.”

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PR and Communications agency Acceleris has bolstered the digital content and online media expertise of its team with a hat-trick of appointments.

Jake Setterfield joins as account manager and will be working across Acceleris’ specialist housing, motoring and maritime sectors. With a background in broadcast journalism and digital marketing, his experience includes working on major retail brands including John Lewis and the opening of Hammerson’s new £150m Victoria Gate centre in Leeds.

Phillip Portman joins Acceleris from The Daily Star as account executive after gaining digital content production experience working on the national newspaper’s online showbiz desk.

Ben Rowe also joins Acceleris as the fifth new recruit in two years to join the agency through its ‘Acceleris Academy’ work experience programme, which enables students to gain hands on experience to support a career in PR.

Managing director Louise Vaughan said: “As well as maintaining the exceptional standards of service to our existing clients, our goal this year was to bolster our digital and SEO expertise as part of our new ‘Acceleris Insights’ offering.

“We have grown both our Harrogate and London teams with three exceptionally talented appointments to help enhance the skills set within the agency and harness a much more analytical approach to our campaigns, using online metrics to really hone in on how we most effectively engage audiences using both on and offline tactics.”