Advantedge welcomes Paul McLachlan to strengthen their Scottish team
Advantedge Commercial Finance has appointed Paul McLachlan as business development manager in Scotland. Paul will be responsible for continuing to develop Advantedges’ growing presence in the region as the firm pursues an ambitious growth strategy.
Paul’s appointment is one part of a continuing investment programme by the firm designed to focus on being closer to local businesses in order to provide the funding support they need to grow. Expanding the team in Scotland is an essential part of the programme with their regional sales presence also continuing to grow across the UK in the South West, South East, Thames Valley, Essex, London, Liverpool, Manchester and Yorkshire. The firm has also been building successful client operational centres in the Thames Valley, Wales & the South West, The Midlands and Manchester in addition to Glasgow.
Paul brings with him a decade of experience spanning invoice finance, most notably within Royal Bank of Scotland Invoice Finance as well as time on the other side of the fence having ran his own business providing business support to SME’s. During his time, he has worked with a wide range of clients ensuring that they have access to funding facilities to enable their business growth.
As Richard Walker, regional managing director – Scotland comments “Scotland has a thriving business community with 345k private sector businesses and an economy that saw higher GVA (Gross valued added) growth than the UK at 1.6%. These SMES are vitally important as they provide 1.2m jobs. With our home city of Glasgow expected to emerge as Scotland’s leading city for growth ahead of Edinburgh with above the average growth rate for Scotland and the UK at 2.6%. it’s an exciting time for the business. Advantedge believe that Scottish businesses have a crucial role to play in driving the economy and need to maintain their focus on growing their businesses”.
