FinderMonkey expands as corporate work takes off
A YORKSHIRE company that helps people trace long lost relatives has expanded its team after seeing a surge in demand for its services in the corporate market.
Leeds-based FinderMonkey has hired David Oates to head up its tracing team. He will be responsible for managing the research experts who service the firm’s growing portfolio of business clients as well as reuniting long lost relatives and friends.
FinderMonkey was launched in 2008 by Ryan Shaw and John Arko and over the past three years has traced more than 5000 people for business or personal reasons.
“We’ve built up a strong reputation for the work we do to reunite long lost relatives and friends and our expertise has transferred easily to the corporate market in an economic climate where organisations are keen to stay in touch with customers or track down debtors,” said Mr Shaw.
“Companies that have previously had a steady flow of new clients are now recognising the value of their existing database as a way of generating leads but many have let the quality of the data slip,” he added.
FinderMonkey’s business work includes data cleansing, tracing missing tenants for letting agents and finding the owners of unregistered land.
“We use the same people finding techniques employed to reunite family members when tracking down former business clients who have moved address or changed telephone number or tenants who have absconded,” said Mr Shaw.
With turnover this year expected to reach six figures, FinderMonkey is planning further expansion with the creation of two more jobs in the autumn and a major redevelopment of its website.
“The next few months will be very exciting as we continue to grow the business to business side of our work and reach out to new industry sectors,” Mr Shaw said.
