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RKH Group receives funding

RK Harrison Group receives funding

RK Harrison Group receives funding

RK Harrison Group Ltd (RKH), a leading London-based, independent insurance broker, recently secured a new £30 million refinancing deal with Clydesdale Bank and RBS.

The new revolving credit facility is a club deal with Clydesdale Bank and RBS both holding 50% of the funding and replaces RKH’s existing £23 million debt facility.

RKH employs around 560 staff at 12 offices in 8 locations worldwide and has a turnover of approximately £80 million.

The firm specialises in providing tailored solutions to businesses, insurance brokers, trade associations and private individuals operating across four broking subsidiaries – RK Harrison Insurance Brokers, RK Harrison Insurance Services, RKH Financial Risks and Bowood Insurance Brokers in addition to Aqueduct Underwriting Management, their MGA vehicle.

Established in 1882, RKH was incorporated in 1998 via a management buyout from Hiscox Harrison Ltd.

The company has enjoyed strong growth in recent years via a series of acquisitions.

The Clydesdale Bank Corporate and Structured Finance team was led by Paul Hambrook, a Director in the Corporate Banking team in London. He said:

“RKH has positioned itself as one of London’s foremost insurance brokers via a carefully targeted strategy of ongoing acquisition.

“The quality and breadth of the services the firm offers to the market across its four divisions have been instrumental in enhancing their reputation in the sector and we are pleased to be able to support them as they continue to realise their ambitions for the business.”

Sainsburys New Jobs focus

Sainsbury’s To Create 6,000 New Jobs

Sainsbury's Jobs

Sainsbury's Jobs

Sainsbury’s has confirmed it will create 6,000 new jobs over the forthcoming year
The retailer currently recruits around 500 people every week for its network of over 1000 stores nationwide
CEO Justin King to kick-start first Sunemployment Roadshow in Newcastle
Sainsbury’s to create over 400 new jobs in the North East in the next year [Read more…]

Worse than the Thirties

It’s even worse than the Thirties Two years down the track, where do things stand? Lots of pain is being experienced, without much gain. Inflation – largely a consequence of a 25 per cent fall in sterling’s exchange rate in the global financial crisis – has soared. Households have suffered the biggest squeeze on their […]

Worse than the Thirties is a post from: TheBizSense Views & Forecasting

TheBizSense Views» Britain
Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000 for Business – Black Best Prices
Microsoft 5CJ-00002 mice Microsoft 5CJ-00002. Input device: USB; BlueTrack; Office; PC; 1000 DPI. Connectivity: 2 m. Energy management: Cable. Environmental conditions: 0 – 40 °C; -40 – 60 °C; 5 – 80 %; 5 – 65 %. Operating system/software: Mac OS…

New UKA Commercial Director

With 100 days to go until the Paralympic Games, UKA today announced IPC World Championships silver medallist and European record holder Sophia Warner has been appointed as UKA’s new Commercial Director with effect from October 2012. Warner, a T35 Cerebral Palsy athlete who won 200m silver and 100m bronze in Christchurch, New Zealand in January […]

New UKA Commercial Director is a post from: Time-to-Run UK

Time-to-Run UK» Business

Moss To Step Down As CEO

Aviva plc announces that Andrew Moss, chief executive officer, will be leaving the group and will cease to be chief executive with immediate effect….
BizForums – UK
HP Business Desktop XY142ET Desktop Computer – – Intel Core i5 i5-2400 Top Offers
The HP Compaq 8200 Elite Series incorporates the newest business PC technology with HPs designs, and specific programs and services created for business including stable and lengthy lifecycles, and security and remote management solutions. The result…

Hewlett Packard UK
£796.80
+ £0.00 shipping

Revitalisation Of Broadgate Circle

Broadgate Circle Property

Broadgate Circle Property

British Land and the Blackstone Group have today submitted a planning application for the improvement of Broadgate Circle in the City of London. The proposals represent a significant investment in Broadgate’s public realm and retail facilities which will result in greatly improved amenity for those who visit and work at Broadgate and the reinforcement of Broadgate Circle as the Estate’s civic focus. [Read more…]

Centrica Completes £1.1 Billion Norwegian Asset Acquisition

Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, has today completed its $ 1,525 million (£936 million) agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS to acquire…
BizForums – UK

Threat to pensions

Threat to Pensions

Threat to Pensions

In some countries – Argentina, Hungary, Portugal – governments have already expropriated private-sector pension funds as a means of dealing with serious financial problems. There are “warning tremors” that such policies of seizure could spread to developed nations, warns FT commentator Tony Jackson. [Read more…]

Cut In Fuel Duty Will Boost Economy

Fuel pump

Fuel pump

The campaign group FairFuelUK, supported by leading fuelcard reseller The Fuelcard Company, has welcomed the initial findings of a major report to be published this week by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) which shows that a cut of 2.5p per litre would create 180,000 jobs in the first year at no net tax loss. [Read more…]

Modest growth predicted in 2012

Mexico City – Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 (G20) nations expect modest growth this year as downside risks continue to threaten the global economy. While the world economy is slowly recovering, uncertainties remain with volatile international financial markets, soaring oil prices and high unemployment rates in many countries, they […]

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TheBizSense Network» United Kingdom