In Brief: Aon looks to P&A; Sports initiative scores Strata funding; and more

INSURANCE broker Aon has appointed insolvency and debt collection specialists The P&A Group, based in Sheffield, to look after its international debt recovery services.

Scott Cooper, divisional director at P&A Receivables, will lead the team partnering Aon in four key areas in the UK and globally.

Whilst focusing on debt recovery, P&A will offer complementary services in the form of credit forums, creditor services and training and consultancy.

P&A’s managing director Jeremy Priestley said: “Aon is the world’s leading insurance and risk management advisor so this is a tremendous achievement for Scott and his team.

“This is a great opportunity to create what we hope will be a long term and mutually beneficial partnership.”

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A COMMUNITY sports initiative has been given a boost after receiving funding from Yorkshire home builder Strata.

Not for profit organisation Access to Sport and Recreation has received £10,000 from Strata to help fund its regeneration of the former Miners Welfare Sports and Social Club, formerly known as the ‘Stute’ on Brierley Road in Grimethorpe.

Strata, which is building 106 new homes on Burntwood Road which neighbours the sports ground, was approached by Access to Sport and Recreation to contribute funding for the regeneration of the six acre sports ground.

Strata supported the community scheme with an immediate donation of £5,000 and then appealed to the local borough council to release a further £5,000 directly to the initiative from the monies that Strata would pay to them as part of the planning conditions for the Aspect development in Grimethorpe.

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EXPERTS from The Bank of England, Business Link and HMRC are to form part of the line up at an open day being hosted by Castleford IT distributor Target Components.

Target has added a range of business seminars and technical workshops to the event, which aims to help its customers gain new ideas to boost their business.

The experts will be running business seminars throughout the day, covering topics such as sales and marketing, credit and finance, and how resellers can boost profits through recycling.

Exhibitions from 18 of Target’s vendors, including leading IT brands such as Microsoft, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard, will also be held at the event on September 16.

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RIXONWAY Kitchens, a Yorkshire manufacturer working in affordable and social housing, has partnered with building contractors Apollo and Wates in a contract worth £2.1m over four years to provide more than 3,000 kitchens to homes in Sedgemoor, Somerset.

Rixonway, based in Dewsbury, will provide kitchens for the project which aims to transform the homes as part of the Government’s Decent Homes programme.

Paul Rose, chief executive of Rixonway Kitchens, said: “We are delighted to be involved with such a significant refurbishment scheme. Rixonway has worked with Wates and Apollo as an agreed supplier on a number of projects and share a common commitment to tackling environmental challenges.”