Mature appointments

Recruitment with a real difference

Matureaccountants was started in 2005 by Chartered Accountant Martin Lloyd-Penny as a result of his personal experience of being over 50 (just) and out of work - as he soon discovered not a good combination!

Martin knew from his years in both industry and the profession that there is no substitute for experience. A "mature" accountant has the depth of knowledge and skills that is vital when steering a company through major periods of change. Whether the change process involves financing growth, acquisitions, rationalisation, saving the company money or more importantly saving the company! But it can also be lonely running a business and many owner managers understand the benefit of working with people who have seen it all before.

Matureaccountants has grown at a dizzying rate thanks largely to Martin's and his business partner Geoff's insistence on the highest standards in all areas of the business.

So the question was - why stop at Accountants as the problem facing older candidates is universal so recognizing this Mature Appointments has been set up to license the technology and know-how for other mature brands.

www.maturelawyers.com launches March 2008

We are delighted to welcome Ed Simpson as our first licensee with maturelawyers.com.

Ed began his career with leading City firm Ashurst, where he spent 7 years specialising in public and private M&A, UK listed securities, private equity investments and general corporate matters. Between 1996 and 2007, Ed worked for in-house legal departments in both private and public companies across a variety of industries with companies in the telecommunications, upstream oil & gas, lease finance and technology transfer industries where he developed his experience of a wide range of commercial contracts, corporate issues affecting both private and public companies, private equity investment, UK employment law, IP licensing, and dispute resolution.

He has been both company secretary and head of legal at listed companies.

Seeking a change of lifestyle, Ed established his own practice, Faraday's Law, in May 2007. He is now turning his attention to matching businesses that need experienced lawyers with candidates that can deliver that experience. With nearly 20 years experience of the business of law, Ed has plenty of first-hand experience of dealing with the recruitment process both as a candidate and a recruiter.

If you fancy a new and potentially very rewarding challenge and you have an area of expertise that you think could be developed as a "mature" brand please contact Martin.

T: 0115 931 2668 M: 07771 925180 E: martin@matureappointments.com

  Testimonials 

"Having firstly registered with Mature Accountants as a candidate, I was pleasantly surprised by the refreshing attitude and outlook that Martin brought to the recruitment industry (having been FD of a large recruitment agency myself for the past 12 years!). When my new company had a staffing requirement, I thought I would "test" the other side of the fence. Unlike most other agencies, there were no high pressure sales pitches, no arguing over ridiculous fee structures, no continuous harassment, just a factual conversation over what was required, a brief job description provided from myself. This was then put into M.A.'s format, sent to me for verification, and was on their site within 24 hours. Within a further 24 hours I had a selection of relevant candidates to choose from, I made my own choices out of these, interviewed 2, both of whom were eminently suitable, and was in a position to make an offer within days. Unlike other agencies, I was treated as a professional, allowed access to the candidates, given choices as to whether I spoke to them or M.A. spoke to them (Tanya arranged interviews and was very helpful throughout the process - thank you Tanya), had a brief call from Martin just to ensure everything was OK, and that was it... Would I use them again? Yes Would I recommend them? Yes"  Bernard Taylor - Inspired Gaming Group plc  " Recruiting a qualified accountant for our company was a first for us and so the dilemma was where do we go to ensure we can get applicants of the kind we want as well as use a recruiter who would try and understand the needs of our company and the sensitivities of being a SME. Our main worry was that mainstream recruiting agencies gave us the impression of numbers and costs rather than come and see us and agree our needs! Fortunately for us one of our network colleagues introduced us to Martin at Mature Accountants who was immediately able to come and see us, discuss our needs and put forward candidates all in the space of a week. What excellent service and to crown it all we were able to select and appoint someone within a fortnight! I can highly recommend Martin and Mature Accountants to companies in a similar position to us and cannot speak highly enough of the service we received. You must give them a try!"  Robert Crosthwaite - Abels Moving Services  Having arrived in an interim FD slot, I quickly realised I was going to need help – and fast. I had no time to waste with ‘traditional’ agencies and long briefings. I got a vague spec off to Martin and knew I could rely not only on a rapid response, but also on a quality of database that could match my requirements (extraordinarily well qualified, in other words). CVs came fast and I was able to make an appointment within days. I would gladly have hired more than one if could have! Many thanks again.  Nigel Chism - Eriskay02 Ltd  Mature accountants were immediately responsive to the needs of my business and within a week I had 15 applicants, 10 of whom were a perfect fit. I chose one and he got stuck in within 24 hours of having understood the brief. The quality of the work done was first class. Mature accountants exceeded my expectations by a comfortable margin. If only other B2B services were as efficient. Thank you very much.  Peter S. Detre Accelerated Growth Ltd  Bridgeman Art Library recruited their Financial Controller vacancy through Mature Accountants. A difficult role at a time in the company when extensive restructuring and developing is being configured for their whole IT systems and programs. They needed to find someone who would be able to take up the challenge that this poses by contributing in the development of the new systems, whilst keeping in consideration the specialist field and requirements that this digital international library has to contend with. Martin at Mature Accountants was from the outset very attentive to all our requirements as well as himself actively helping to further define our requirements not only verbally and in his excellent selection of a small number of candidates which he put forward very quickly, but also by writing up for us an excellent detailed job description. Martin was also very flexible with our changing requirements from a full time to a part-time role the result was that in the space of three weeks all the interviews which had been arranged and co-ordinated with Martin were completed and a candidate was in place. Martin took the stress out of the search process. Thank you so much for a most efficient and considered service.  Cherine Mekkaoui PA to Deputy Managing Director The Bridgeman Art Library Ltd  As a financial management outsourcing business, we often need staff at short notice to satisfy client situations both on a temporary and full time basis. We are delighted to work with Matureaccountants to help fulfill these opportunities as we have found them to be very responsive to our requests, happy to put together a quality advert from an outline brief, and put forward a range of candidates who can possibly meet our requirements. In addition when looking to grow our own business, Martin has been able to identify senior candidates in a geographic area to match our needs and has helped to contribute ideas as to how we might present our proposition to these candidates. We look forward to continuing to work with matureaccountants on such an open and flexible basis.  Gary Jesson Managing Director e-Financial Management Ltd  Mature Accountants could not have been more helpful. They listened carefully to want we needed, responded quickly and sent us only high-quality candidates who fitted the bill. I will definitely use them again.   Judi Geisler, Partner, Aptus Training Consultants  At last! I have finally found a source of experienced candidates and an agency that provides just the right level of service - quick to respond, proactive but not pushy. A sensible fee rate helps also! Mature Accountants have found me two staff in the last three months and they will now be my first and only port of call when I have another vacancy.  Roger Nilsson Director Nimbus PRG Limited  I have found mature accountants to be extremely responsive with a strong list of candidates. I am delighted with the candidate I took on an interim basis and have got matureaccountants.com at the top of my list of internet recruitment favourites.  David Oliver Managing Director Clear Channel UK Limited  Mature Accountants provided a quick solution to a not so easy problem; we recruited a high calibre individual that enabled us to continue with our work and have a competent person onside; highly recommended and we will certainly consider working together in the future.  Andrew G. Steel Founder/Director PATT Foundation  We used Mature Accountants to help us find a Finance Director. We were extremely satisfied with the service, both in terms of the quality of candidates and their availability for what was an almost immediate vacancy. Our initial appointment was not successful, but matureaccountants found an alternative candidate who is currently filling the role in a very satisfactory manner. We would certainly use the service again.  Peter M Brown, Director Gabbitas Educational Services Ltd  It is truly a pleasure dealing with the mature accountants team. The promptness of their response and personal attention made me feel valued and confident that their help was genuine and beyond the call of duty.  Glenn Lawrence Managing Director 8020 Financial Management