City briefs: Jaywing; Carclo; and more

A senior management departure has been announced at Sheffield-headquartered marketing agency Jaywing.

Mike Sprot has stepped down as a director and chief financial officer with immediate effect in order to pursue other interests. 

The company has also confirmed the appointment of Ross Ferguson as interim group controller with immediate effect.

Ferguson, who is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has a broad experience in controller roles, will report directly to the Audit Committee.

Sprot will continue to support Jaywing for an interim period in order to ensure an orderly transition of responsibilities.

Ian Robinson, chairman, said: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Mike for his contribution to the board and company over the last seven years. We wish him all the best for the future.”

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Wakefield-based engineering firm Carclo says Mark Rollins is to step down from his role as non-executive chairman and as director of the Board with immediate effect for personal reasons.

Rollins has been chairman of the company since 2018.

Peter Slabbert, senior independent non-executive director, will chair the company’s Board meetings in the interim period, whilst a search for Rollins’ successor is undertaken.

Antony Collins, group chief executive, said: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Mark for his service over the last two years.

“Mark has shown strong leadership in a difficult time and made a valuable contribution to the Group. We extend him every good wish for the future.”

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York-based life sciences company OptiBiotix Health has extended the territories of its original distribution agreements with Extensor Robert Buczek beyond the borders of Poland.

The extension will enable distribution of OptiBiotix’s own label GoFigure® consumer weight management products in Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova and Russia.

Extensor is OptiBiotix’s exclusive partner in Poland for distributing its GoFigure® product range and SlimBiome®.

The signing of an amendment to the agreement granting Extensor exclusive rights to distribute GoFigure® into additional territories will create more commercial opportunities for Optibiotix.

The business develops compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes and skin care.

Dr Fred Narbel, managing director of OptiBiotix’s prebiotics division, said: “We are very pleased to strengthen our partnership with Extensor to distribute our GoFigure® range beyond the Polish borders.

“They have proven to be a very reliable commercial partner and have recently placed additional orders for GoFigure® branded products to replenish their stocks.

“The signing of a territory extension amendment to the original agreement shows a positive evolution of the relationship and increases the global reach of our trademarks thus contributing to increasing the value of our portfolio of trademarks.”