* Turnover of €589.9 million was up 8.4% against last year * Net technical result grew by 14.9% to €81.0 million * Operating income rose to €105.9 million * Net income reached €66.4 million * Net combined ratio improved to 73.9% For the first quarter of 2012, Euler Hermes, again, reports a robust performance. Turnover increased by 8.4% against the first quarter of 201…

Central Bridging Loans, a privately owned and funded bespoke bridging lender with headquarters based in the Midlands, has joined the Association of Bridging Professionals to become its 20th Associate Lender. Central Bridging Loans offers bridging finance and financial solutions for a wide range of business circumstances, and has recently announced an additional £50 million to its funding lines for 2012. Jo…

Invoice Finance Company Positive Cashflow Finance (“Positive”) has supported a start-up specialist recruitment company, Hanson-Hulme Recruitment Specialists (“Hanson-Hulme Recruitment”) with a £50,000 funding line. The start-up, founded by Kayleigh Hanson and her partner Adam Hulme, provides skilled workers for the construction, engineering, manufacturing, rail, nuclear and oil and gas sect…

3i Group plc today announces that, in concluding a process that considered a strong field of both external and internal candidates, it has appointed Simon Borrows to succeed Michael Queen as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 17 May 2012. Simon Borrows is currently Chief Investment Officer and has been a member of the Board of 3i Group plc since he joined the Company in October 2011. Prior to joining, he was Chair…

The Board of Directors of Coface met today and appointed Laurent Mignon Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Laurent Mignon is the Chief Executive Officer of Natixis, shareholder of Coface. He takes over from François David, whose mandate has ended. "I would like to pay tribute to the remarkable work carried out by François David who was Chairman of Coface for more than 18 years. During thes…

Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group (LCBSG) has strengthened its Corporate Strategies team with the appointment of Julien Irving as a Director of its Manchester Office. Julien who joins LCBSG from BDO in Manchester where he was a Director of Business Restructuring, will work closely with Daniel Booth,National Head of Corporate Strategies. The announcement comes on the back of increased activity levels for the…

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SFP, the nationwide insolvency practitioners, has completed a sale of recruitment firm the New Millennium Group Limited, saving the jobs of all 12 members of staff in the process. Established in 1998, the New Millennium Group is a boutique executive search firm for the global financial and professional services industry and has offices in London, Boston, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Switzerland. SFP&…

Winding up petitions were advertised on the following companies today the 16 May 2012. 2COMM LIMITED 8 X 4 LIMITED A.P.T PROPERTY SERVICES LTD ABSOLUTE KITCHENS LTD ALTRINCHAM CARPETS & WOODEN FLOORS LIMITED ANGELS LIFESYTLE SERVICES LTD ANOTHER MEDIA COMPANY LTD ARGYLE (EDINBURGH) LIMITED ASHTREE RECYCLING LIMITED ASLI LIMITED THE AV8 GROUP LIMITED BIRCHMEDE LIMITED BLUE ICE INSP…

An upturn in business confidence has led to a surge in demand for sales candidates at UK medium and large organisations, pushing hiring activity closer to levels seen before the financial crisis, according to the latest quarterly ‘Tracking UK Recruitment’ report by professional staffing recruitment consultancy Barclay Meade. In the first quarter of 2012, 34% of employers brought in new sales candidates, up f…