This year we are giving our Christmas card fund to Greater Together Manchester Night Shelter who help the homeless during the winter season.
For modern companies, the main assets tend to be intellectual property or intangible things like brands and ideas. Even where they do have physical assets such as property or vehicles, it is likely that they will have financing arrangement secured upon them and, in the event they become insolvent, often the intellectual property is the only unencumbered asset left.
A Sheffield warehouse and office building which was left empty following the failure of a painting and decorating wholesaler’s is set for a new lease of life as a martial arts and dance academy thanks to the Charterfields Asset Disposal team.
We have recently been involved in the recovery of a business in Bolton, UK. This project was typical of the valuation work we get involved in but in this case, it was especially satisfying to play our part in saving all 38 jobs that were at risk in the business.
We are increasing our office space due to a major growth in business. We are taking on additional space as the teams in both our Corporate Valuation and Business Recovery departments grow to meet client demand. New customers have joined us in record numbers in 2016 and 2017, adding to our existing client base, many of whom have worked with us for many years.
Joe Higgins has joined Charterfields in Manchester as a director of the corporate valuation division.