A NEW business partner has been appointed to Yorkshire Bank’s Calderdale and Kirklees business banking team.

Charlotte Grace (pictured) joins the 13-strong team led by senior partner Kevin Newson, which operates from Yorkshire Bank’s West Yorkshire Financial Solutions Centre in Bradford.

Ms Grace, who lives in Halifax, has expertise in relationship management and business development in the SME market and will be working with trading businesses throughout Calderdale and Kirklees.

She joined Yorkshire Bank in 1990 and has worked in retail branches, business banking in Bradford and Shipley, corporate banking in Manchester, as a credit trainer and as a business partner at Watford FSC.

Her appointment comes as Yorkshire Bank launches its Investing for Growth initiative this spring which allows businesses to restructure existing loans to free up funds to invest in growth opportunities such as recruitment, technological investment or upgrading premises.