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From CFO to CEO - A Leadership Journey
Victoria Woodings shares her journey from CFO to CEO, reflecting on how financial insight, curiosity, and collaborative leadership have shaped her approach to guiding businesses through growth and change.

From CFO to CEO - A Leadership Journey
Victoria Woodings shares her journey from CFO to CEO, reflecting on how financial insight, curiosity, and collaborative leadership have shaped her approach to guiding businesses through growth and change.
Quarterly Insights: The People Agenda Across Yorkshire And The East Midlands
Our network of CPOs, HR Directors and Talent Leaders is one of our most important client communities. Our Quarterly Update shares insights on people trends, challenges, and opportunities for employers across our region.
Quarterly Insights: The People Agenda Across Yorkshire And The East Midlands
Our network of CPOs, HR Directors and Talent Leaders is one of our most important client communities. Our Quarterly Update shares insights on people trends, challenges, and opportunities for employers across our region.

From CPO to CEO: Shaping Culture, Quality and Growth at Hesley Group
Under the leadership of Virginia Perkins, Hesley Group continues to champion values-led, people-centred care at scale. As CEO, she brings a distinctive HR-to-chief-executive perspective, combining cultural clarity, regulatory excellence and strategic growth to deliver meaningful impact for some of the UK’s most vulnerable adults.

From CPO to CEO: Shaping Culture, Quality and Growth at Hesley Group
Under the leadership of Virginia Perkins, Hesley Group continues to champion values-led, people-centred care at scale. As CEO, she brings a distinctive HR-to-chief-executive perspective, combining cultural clarity, regulatory excellence and strategic growth to deliver meaningful impact for some of the UK’s most vulnerable adults.

Beyond the Bottom Line - Why Leadership Ownership is the Secret Sauce for Growing SMEs
Gavin Scott, author of Finding Gold Dust, explores why leadership ownership - not just accountability - is the key to building confident, impactful teams. Alongside Nik Pratap, he highlights how combining leadership development with strategic executive search drives real business results.

Beyond the Bottom Line - Why Leadership Ownership is the Secret Sauce for Growing SMEs
Gavin Scott, author of Finding Gold Dust, explores why leadership ownership - not just accountability - is the key to building confident, impactful teams. Alongside Nik Pratap, he highlights how combining leadership development with strategic executive search drives real business results.
Navigating Today’s Deal Landscape: A Private Equity Perspective
Jon Duffy, Investment Director at Endless, shares his perspective on the current private equity landscape, explaining how the market has evolved in recent years and outlining the key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping dealmaking through a private equity lens.
Navigating Today’s Deal Landscape: A Private Equity Perspective
Jon Duffy, Investment Director at Endless, shares his perspective on the current private equity landscape, explaining how the market has evolved in recent years and outlining the key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping dealmaking through a private equity lens.

What It Really Takes to Be a Top Decile Finance Director
The article explores what sets top-decile Finance Directors apart, focusing on their judgment, commercial insight, and leadership influence. It highlights the behaviours and mindsets that enable them to shape decisions, guide businesses, and earn the trust of boards, CEOs, and investors.

What It Really Takes to Be a Top Decile Finance Director
The article explores what sets top-decile Finance Directors apart, focusing on their judgment, commercial insight, and leadership influence. It highlights the behaviours and mindsets that enable them to shape decisions, guide businesses, and earn the trust of boards, CEOs, and investors.

Authenticity: Why Being Real Still Matters in Leadership
Modern leadership is talked about constantly, but lived less often. As expectations of leaders continue to shift, one quality stands out as both timeless and increasingly tested: authenticity.

Authenticity: Why Being Real Still Matters in Leadership
Modern leadership is talked about constantly, but lived less often. As expectations of leaders continue to shift, one quality stands out as both timeless and increasingly tested: authenticity.

Quarterly Job Market Overview - February 2026
This quarter’s review combines national labour market data with our regional insight to give a clear, practical view of current hiring conditions and what they mean for workforce strategy.

Quarterly Job Market Overview - February 2026
This quarter’s review combines national labour market data with our regional insight to give a clear, practical view of current hiring conditions and what they mean for workforce strategy.
Richard Goldsack: Yorkshire’s Dealmaker of the Year on Value, Strategy, and 2026 Opportunities
Richard Goldsack, twice crowned Yorkshire Insider Dealmaker of the Year, shares his insights on the current dealmaking landscape, how SMEs can create real value, and what founders should focus on to achieve strong exits in 2026.
Richard Goldsack: Yorkshire’s Dealmaker of the Year on Value, Strategy, and 2026 Opportunities
Richard Goldsack, twice crowned Yorkshire Insider Dealmaker of the Year, shares his insights on the current dealmaking landscape, how SMEs can create real value, and what founders should focus on to achieve strong exits in 2026.

Scaling SaaS Success: The CFO Insights of Tom Webb
Tom Webb, a leading SaaS CFO in Yorkshire, shares insights on driving growth, balancing profitability, and evolving as a modern finance leader, with a glimpse into how his personal pursuits shape his approach.

Scaling SaaS Success: The CFO Insights of Tom Webb
Tom Webb, a leading SaaS CFO in Yorkshire, shares insights on driving growth, balancing profitability, and evolving as a modern finance leader, with a glimpse into how his personal pursuits shape his approach.

The Hidden Cost of “Good Enough” Finance
Strong leadership, loyal customers, and solid performance do not always tell the full story. Many growing £20–£100m businesses discover that their finance function has not kept pace - quietly slowing decisions and limiting growth. The key question is not whether finance works today, but whether it is truly fit for what comes next.

The Hidden Cost of “Good Enough” Finance
Strong leadership, loyal customers, and solid performance do not always tell the full story. Many growing £20–£100m businesses discover that their finance function has not kept pace - quietly slowing decisions and limiting growth. The key question is not whether finance works today, but whether it is truly fit for what comes next.
Interim CFO Market Outlook 2026
As we enter 2026, the interim CFO and Finance Director market in Yorkshire and the East Midlands has matured from a reactive stopgap into a strategic tool. Boards, investors, and leadership teams are increasingly turning to interim finance leaders to drive growth, manage transactions, and deliver complex change - making interim appointments a deliberate, high-impact choice rather than a temporary fix.
Interim CFO Market Outlook 2026
As we enter 2026, the interim CFO and Finance Director market in Yorkshire and the East Midlands has matured from a reactive stopgap into a strategic tool. Boards, investors, and leadership teams are increasingly turning to interim finance leaders to drive growth, manage transactions, and deliver complex change - making interim appointments a deliberate, high-impact choice rather than a temporary fix.
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