People: Bromwich Hardy; Coltman Warner Cranston

Bromwich Hardy, a commercial property agency, has strengthened its finance team with a senior promotion and a new recruit.

Jazz Sadhra, who first joined Coventry-based Bromwich Hardy as a sales ledger and credit control clerk in August 2019, has been promoted to the position of head of property finance.

Meanwhile, Samantha Pittom has joined the company as a sales ledger clerk, following a career in accounts spanning the last 38 years.

Dawn Cooper, partner at Bromwich Hardy, said: “When Jazz first joined the company nearly five years ago, she quickly helped us to achieve a high success rate in debt collection for rent and service charge. Her hard work and efficiency soon saw us promote her to sales ledger manager, and we are now delighted to have promoted her again.

“We have really valued Jazz’s proactive manner and good communication skills and are looking forward to seeing her lead the team in her new role. We are also pleased to have recruited Samantha to the Bromwich Hardy, where her long and wide-ranging experience in accounts will add extra strength to the team.”

Before joining Bromwich Hardy in August 2019, Sadhra worked for a residential property management company in London for 11 years, helping to establish its finance department and managing a team of four by the time she left.

Sadhra said: “I’ve really enjoyed the last few years at Bromwich Hardy and feel proud of my new role at what is one of the region’s leading agencies.”

Pittom started her career as an accounts manager at a large furniture specialist in 1986, becoming an insolvency administrator at what was then known as Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte before taking a career break in 1992.

Since returning to work in 2002, she has spent time in accounts departments at various companies and was with Freightline Carriers immediately before joining Bromwich Hardy.

Pitton said: “I’m impressed with the set-up at Bromwich Hardy and am looking forward to playing my part in the expanding finance team.”

A debt recovery firm is set for change as a well-known regional figure is set to retire later this year.

Darren Davoile will head up Coventry-based Coltman Warner Cranston from the start of 2025 when Larry Coltman calls time on a 42-year career.

The pair have worked together since 1990 when they were part of the Warner Cranston team which eventually merged with Reed Smith. The company demerged from Reed Smith in 2006 and became Coltman Warner Cranston, based at Coventry Innovation Village.

Darren Davoile and Larry Coltman

Davoile was made a partner in 2019 and will lead the firm through its next phase of growth when Coltman, a former president of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, retires from the business.

Davoile said: “Larry and I have worked together for many years now and I have the utmost respect for everything he has done both here at Coltman Warner Cranston and elsewhere in his career. He’s served the business community in this region in so many ways.

“I am also proud and delighted to be taking over the reins of such a well-respected company that supports a whole host of firms in a fundamental area of doing business – getting paid for the goods and services provided. We are busy at the moment and we are seeing businesses engage with us much earlier. That’s helpful because there are different tools we can use when it comes to debt recovery and it means we can talk through the options before deciding the best course of action.

“We have a strong track record of securing successful outcomes for clients and that money is vital to their cash flow. We are one of the most consistent firms in the country for issuing winding-up petitions and our results on that front do speak for themselves. Such is the demand, it means we need to build the team and we are in the advanced stages of bringing in a senior practitioner as well as looking to continue to bring through the next generation in this field.”

Coltman said: “I’ve known Darren for more than 30 years and this is a great opportunity for him to lead the business as it grows. He has been a senior figure within the business for many years now as we’ve continued to expand and I am very confident that he will develop the company even further.”