MANAGEMENT advice group Business Doctors has appointed Neil Kendall as head of its new West Yorkshire operation.

Mr Kendall will lead a team offering hands-on expert advice to businesses across Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford.

Mr Kendall has 15 years’ business experience, including 10 years of interim and project management for major financial companies. He has also experience as managing director of a manufacturing and engineering company.

He said: "I am very passionate about helping the local economy to grow and firmly believe that helping small and medium-sized companies implement change by putting in place strategies and offering practical, down-to-earth, common sense advice from a position of experience is the way to get the local economy back to where it should be."

Business Doctors, established in 2004, offers advice to SMEs on topics such as sales and profit growth, human resources, finance, training and development as well as helping businesses access funding and financial support.