Bath-based alternative financial services group Time Finance has made two senior appointments in its invoice finance and asset finance divisions as it continues to expand.
The group, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, has also launched a new offering to business owners looking to source vehicles to help drive their business forward.
The new arrivals are Samantha Leith, who joins as business development manager in their invoice finance division, and Joe Ralphs, who is now head of operations role within its asset finance division.
Samantha, pictured, has more than 10 years’ experience, having worked in a variety of client management roles before moving into sales.
She started her career as a credit controller at Bibby Financial Services, before moving on to become a relationship manager at Aldermore and managing a broad portfolio of clients. Most recently, she secured a role in business development with Siemens, supporting UK SME owners access the finance they need to achieve their growth plans.
In her new role at Time Finance team she takes on responsibility for building and maintaining strong introducer relations while expanding its invoice finance offering in the East Midlands and surrounding areas.
Joe Ralphs’ new role is the result of a restructuring of the asset finance team and is designed to bring renewed focus to how the business services clients looking to benefit from asset finance.
Joe, pictured, will be responsible for managing the operations team and introducing service improvements to deliver market-leading asset finance to UK businesses.
He has more than 13 years’ industry experience, having undertaken roles as an underwriter and operations manager before moving into a sales role where he had responsibility for managing broker relationships and bringing his expertise into play to deliver the right funding to brokers and their clients.
Meanwhile Time Finance’s new vehicle finance offer allows users to search for a vehicle of their choice on the firm’s website and view the funding options available, pictured.
The site will also have a selection of special offers that are available on specific models.
Time Finance director of broking Alun Winter said: “With investment clearly at the forefront of SMEs’ minds, firms may be looking to purchase a new company vehicle or update part of their fleet.
“We wanted to help our customers get the information they need to make decisions quickly and so we have invested in providing them with the best rates on the market for every make and model of vehicle so they can easily find what they are looking for.”
In June London Stock Exchange-listed Time Finance – formerly known as 1pm – said it was aiming to more than double lending over the next four years as part of a major expansion of the business.
