City Moves for 08 April 2014 | Who’s switching jobs April 7, 2014 Barclays The bank has announced the appointment of Karl Trumper as head of trade and working capital for the UK. He joined in 2002, and was most recently head of sales for larger business. Towers Watson Tammy Richardson has been appointed UK head of insurance management consultancy at the professional services company. She joined in [...]
Don’t believe Osborne – his taxes are making the UK less competitive March 12, 2014 Higher income taxes risk driving businesses away, tax firm Baker Tilly warned today, reversing the gains made by cutting corporation taxes. Tax partner George Bull fears George Osborne and Ed Miliband are both threatening Britain’s competitiveness by targeting high earners relentlessly. Britain’s headline corporation tax has dived from 30 per cent a decade ago to [...]
City Moves for 28 March 2014 | Who’s switching jobs March 28, 2014 Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management The wealth management firm has announced the appointment of David Esfandi as chief executive for the UK. He was most recently at Ashcourt Rowan, where he was a senior leader in its asset management division. AllianceBernstein The investment management firm has appointed Mike Fullalove as product development manager for Europe, the [...]
City Moves for 10 March 2014 | Who’s switching jobs March 10, 2014 Shoosmiths The law firm has appointed Amanda Howlett as a partner in its EU and competition team. She specialises in contentious and non-contentious competition law. Howlett was previously head of competition at Pannone. HedgeGuard The asset management technology company has hired Richard Hutton to its family office business. He has over 10 years’ experience, and [...]
City Moves for 20 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs February 19, 2014 Santander Corporate & Commercial Andrew Whelan has been appointed managing director for regional real estate finance at Santander Corporate & Commercial. He joined in 2010 from Bank of Ireland, and has previously held roles at Barclays. Aldermore Asset Finance The challenger bank has made three appointments to its asset finance team. Carey Hansford joins as a business [...]
City Moves for 10 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs February 9, 2014 Deloitte The professional services firm has appointed Rachel Crowley as go to market director in its real estate division. She joined Deloitte’s financial services practice in 2006 and became a director in 2013. Crowley previously held marketing roles at Accenture in Paris and London. Baker Tilly The law firm has hired Peter Vandervelde as head [...]
City Moves for 06 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs February 5, 2014 Baker Tilly The law firm has announced the appointment of Eric Solomons as head of audit for the North West. He has nearly 30 years’ industry experience. Solomons joined the firm in April 2013 from BDO. Old Mutual Global Investors The asset management firm has hired Simon Stratford as chief technology officer. He was previously [...]
Accountants call for end to jump in stamp duty November 27, 2013 GEORGE Osborne should ease the burden of buying a house by reducing the huge jumps in stamp duty at each price threshold in next week’s Autumn Statement, leading tax adviser Baker Tilly urged yesterday. The tax adviser hopes that Osborne will follow Scotland’s lead in changing the rates at which stamp duty kicks in. Currently there [...]
City Moves for 17 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 16, 2014 Baker Tilly The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Rob Donaldson as head of corporate finance. He previously held roles at KPMG Corporate Finance. Aldermore The bank has made two appointments to its asset finance team. Emma Irving joins as head of materials handling from BNP Paribas. Nova Everidge joins as head of new business [...]
London attracts biggest share of small business bank loans December 17, 2013 LONDON’S small businesses account for more than one-fifth of bank loans to the sector, data from the British Bankers’ Association showed yesterday. As a result the capital’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) currently owe around £35.8bn. The south east came next with 13 per cent of the UK’s stock of SME loans, worth £22.2bn. [...]