In Reference Appointments & Updates
Fiona Stuart of Howes Percival has achieved insolvency practitioner accreditation, having completed the Joint Insolvency Examination Board (JIEB) exams. The JIEB is a set of three professional examinations for those who want to become licensed insolvency practitioners. Morris Peacock, partner at Howes Percival, said: “We are
absolutely delighted for Fiona and extremely proud of her achievement. The JIEB are a notoriously difficult set of exams – to achieve accreditation requires a great deal of hard work and dedication. Of the candidates who sat three papers this year, only 41% passed all of them. We believe she is the only female dual-qualified lawyer and insolvency practitioner in Norfolk.”
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being given a quick indication of their eligibility, Experian customers
are also provided the guaranteed interest rate instead of a representative APR. Amir Goshtai, managing director of
propositions and partnerships, said: “This is the next step in transforming the customer journey for loan applications, creating huge time savings and removing duplication. Consumers currently have a fractured experience when it comes to loans, as they have to switch between different websites.”
Firms in England and Wales faced the first rise in adverse CCJs in eight years in 2017, according to figures from Registry Trust. In 2017, 105,633 CCJs were registered against businesses, up 30% on 2016 and the first year-on-year increase since 2009. The rate of increase persisted throughout the year. The average value of an adverse business
CCJ fell 16% to £2,983, but the total value of business CCJs rose 10% to £315,131,813, bucking an eight year trend. The rise in the total of adverse business CCJs was caused by a 54% rise in judgments against companies. By contrast, CCJs against unincorporated (typically smaller) businesses fell 5%.
Noble Systems has announced that it has completed the acquisition of FidoTrack, a
cloud-gamification software and services provider for call centres. Noble Systems will re-brand its employee-
engagement products as Noble Gamification and will offer them to its customers. It will release ‘Fast Start’ connectors that will allow existing contact-centre clients to quickly deploy the Noble Gamification system and connect it to their Noble Solution platform.
Payscout has announced the launch of Condor, a payment portal that aims to facilitate frictionless payment-processing transactions between a business and its debtors through a front-end portal.
“Condor was created to bring order and
efficiency to the incredibly cumbersome collections process,” said Payscout CEO Cleveland Brown. “Accounts-receivable management can be a costly and time- consuming practice, involving mailing and calling debtors. We saw a need in the market for an evolved, frictionless payment solution, and, with Condor, our customers are now freed up to focus on debtors that require more interaction.”
Onguard has expanded its management team. Wolter Kreun has been appointed manager professional services and Martin de Heus, VP sales. Mr Kreun said: “The Professional Services
department works on the implementation process, both nationally and internationally. Our consultants are on location with clients and see how they use the software. The management team deems this information relevant, because it allows us to enhance the way our strategy and business operations contribute to the success of our customers.”
David Rubin & Partners has joined The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate member.
Mann Island Finance’s long-term head of sales, John Hughes, has been appointed as managing director, replacing Jo Jenner who has now moved to a new role at parent company Investec. He said: “The last three years have seen a transformation
at Mann Island; our dealer-driven ‘can do’ culture, which has long been a key part of our approach, is now seeing the results of significant investment and a smart step to combine our brokerage heritage with our own lending capabilities. It is a move that will enable us to offer a best- in-class approach of product, people, and processes. “As we always hoped, the entrepreneurial spirit present in both Mann Island
John Hughes
and Investec, along with the resources and investment that have been made available to us, have significantly accelerated our growth trajectory.”
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