Press Release
Tenon expands marketing team
Accountants and business advisers, Tenon, have expanded its marketing team in order to fully support it’s business objective of reaching £250m turnover by 2012. A number of new managers and executives have been appointed at the 9th largest Accountants and Business Advisers to support the company’s growing presence in the UK business advisers market.
Tenon made six acquisitions in 2007, making it a 39 office operation with over 1800 staff across the UK. The expansion of the marketing team reflects the commitment Tenon has in promoting its wide range of services, building it’s capabilities in direct marketing and growing its brand positioning as the leading adviser to entrepreneurs.
The marketing team is led by Bev Cook, as associate director of marketing who is responsible for marketing strategy and overseeing branding, advertising and service line marketing activities.
Bev commented, ‘I am excited about Tenon’s new marketing structure and look forward to working with the team this year to drive our business and marketing efforts across the country. My primary focus will be to continue to grow our client base, promote our Adviser to entrepreneurs positioning and to manage our brand effectively. This expanded team will help us deliver an even better proposition to the entrepreneurial market’.
In 2007 Tenon increased its marketing and PR team from 13 to 25 people. To support office marketing activity, in the North West, following the acquisitions of Unity, Bowmans and Jacksons Joliffe Cork, Christina Collins has been appointed as the senior marketing manager and will oversee the Chorley, Preston, Bolton, Manchester; Kendal and Rochdale offices. Vicky Tonge joins Tenon following the acquisition of Unity and is marketing manager responsible for managing the Rochdale and Bolton offices, and Sionny Williams has been appointed as marketing assistant for the North West. The East Midlands team has completely changed with the appointment of Julia Reid as the East Midlands marketing manager, Senita Vohra-Copley as marketing assistant and Rena Gohill as marketing executive for the Leicester office.
Further office appointments have been made in Scotland with Laura Burnett as marketing assistant and the Chiltern Street office in London has appointed Kunal Pattany as marketing executive following the promotion of Eleanor Cummings to National Tax marketing manager.
The development of four specific service line related marketing managers shows Tenon’s commitment to meet their growth targets. A service line of particular focus in 2008 will be Outsourcing and the appointment of John Stoddart as National marketing manager will help promote payroll and outsourced accounting solutions that save entrepreneurial clients time and money.
To support the recovery service line, of which Tenon is now the second largest provider in the UK with 28 offices, 385 employees and a fee income of £28million, Samantha Lynch has been appointed Recovery marketing executive for the North and Kathryn Cook as Recovery marketing executive for the South, with Sandra Smith as the marketing manager responsible for national recovery marketing.
Andy Raynor, Tenon’s Chief Executive commented, ‘As we continue to grow and diversify our revenue streams it is imperative that we build a marketing team to meet this challenge. This investment in marketing reflects our commitment to become a more marketing orientated business and to build deeper relationships with our extensive client base across the country."
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For more information, please contact:
Phillip Ward on 01257 518000/ 07800 617069 or phillip.ward
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About Tenon
Tenon is a leading provider of accounting and business advice to entrepreneurs, providing clients with expertise in Business Services, Tax, Financial Services, Corporate Finance, Recovery, Outsourcing and Forensic Accountancy. Tenon is the 9th largest UK accountancy firm with over 1800 staff UK wide. Operating through a network of 39 offices, Tenon is able to offer local expertise but with the backing of a national plc.
In 2007, Tenon sponsored a new award category at the National Business Awards - The Tenon Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit.
To learn more about the awards and Tenon's category visit www.tenongroup.com/nba or www.nationalbusinessawards.com
