FD Capital's Podcast.

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about Agricultural Finance Directors, the sector contributes around £10billion each year to the economy and employs around 476,000 people so it remains a very significant part of the economy.  Despite skilled farmers, advanced technology, fertile soil and subsidies, farm earnings are relatively low, mainly due to low prices at the farm gate. Low earnings, h...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence FCA talks about being a Finance Director for a Transport and Logistics business, having worked for two years in that role he is familiar with the challenges it involves. The industry has traditionally recruited drivers from a 5 mile radius around its depots, but with the change in the economy to a low inflation model, unemployment fell which made the industry muc...

In todays episode Adrian Lawrence FCA talks about the Biotechnology sector in the UK and how it contributes to the economy in very positive ways.  FD Capital Recruitment has some excellent candidates with backgrounds in both PE funding and biotechnology and is therefore ideally placed to provide first rate candidates to any business operating in the biotech sector. To learn more about how FD Capit...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the Aerospace industry and how its a very significant contributor to the UK economy, notable players in the market include BAe and Rolls Royce.  Having previous sector experience is all important, and at FD Capital Recruitment we have a number of high calibre candidates from these leading companies or from their supply chain. To learn about how FD Cap...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital now have a presence in Aberdeen, we have operated in Scotland since 2020 and now have a team available locally together with our existing FD's in Edinburgh and Glasgow. If you are a business operating in the Aberdeen area, whether its Technology, Manufacturing or the Oil and Gas industry then we have experienced candidates available wit...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the even greater coverage now achieved by FD Capital Recruitment.   The business started initially servicing the London areas, but has since expanded and now offers a near full national coverage. Wales , Dudley and Edinburgh to name just a few. We now have a dedicated page showcasing these recently added locations, which you can find here - FD Capital...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the wide range of UK Industry experience that our candidates have.  We cover nearly all of the UK geographically and offer similar comprehensive industry sector experience.  We cover sectors as diverse as Automotive through to the Public Sector. A great USP of FD Capital is our experience within the Private Equity and Venture Capital sectors so if you...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about FD and CFO roles on the channel islands, FD Capital have picked up our first opportunity in Jersey this week and are looking for candidates who are available either currently within the Jersey or are open to a relocation.  The tax rates are lower than on the mainland and the quality and standard of life is really first rate. If you are a business look...

In todays episode Adrian Lawrence FCA talks about how FD Capital have rapidly expanded over the last 18 months and now has candidates in pretty much the whole of the UK.  Adrian commented "It really is impressive to see the growth of the business particularly when you consider we have been in lockdown for much of 2020 and 2021.  FD Capital now has candidates available and opportunities in Northern...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital are now offering a broader range of C-Suite Executive recruitment through their execcapital brand.   It makes sense to use our contacts and expertise to find the perfect senior team, CEO, COO as well as CFO's.  Additionally the FD Capital team now offer Non-Executive Director and Chairman recruitment as a service.   This makes perfect s...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about FD Capital Recruitment, and how we operate as a boutique service focussed on Senior Finance Recruitment within the London area, we cover anywhere within the M25.  Our team are made up of FD's, CFO's and Recruitment Professionals plus Directors of Digital. We offer, Part-Time, Interim and Full-Time FD's and CFO's.  If you are looking for a FD or CFO fo...

In todays episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the launch today of two Google Apps for FD Capital Recruitment.  Our Google Play store apps went live today and our candidates and FD/CFO network can now more easily search for opportunities within our network using it.  It's a great way to access our network, and we are hopeful that this extra sales channel will attract new users and interest at the s...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the launch of new FD Capital Website which went live a few week's ago.  It really is a step forward from the old site, which had become dated looking, a big thanks to Marko and Ronnie our web designers and developers.   The new site has the same blog content as before, but is getting more views and longer time on page, due to the new look and feel. We...

In todays episode Adrian Lawrence talks about FD Capital Recruitment the Great Portland Street, London FD and CFO recruitment boutique.  We are focussed on the London market and cater for all types of Finance Director, Part-Time, Interim and Full Time.  At the moment we are pushing with Interim FD roles as our network has capacity and a number of team members are available for an immediate start....

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital started out specialising in Part-Time FD's but has since branched out to offer interim and full-time roles and now together with our sister brand Exec Capital we now offer C-Suite roles and Non-Executive Directors and board chairs. It's been a natural progression as the skill sets of our team include both private and public sector roles...

In todays' episode Adrian Lawrence one of our in-house CFO's talks about how FD Capital Recruitment is rapidly becoming one of the leading boutiques for CFO recruitment.  We offer the full range of CFO Services Part-Time CFO's Interim CFO's Full-Time CFO's Specialists such as E-Commerce and Turnarounds. Whatever your requirements make sure to visit our website at h ttps://www.fdcapital.co.uk or ca...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital Recruitment has specialist Finance Directors available with expertise in Turnaround situations.   When a business goes through a period of distress it takes a combination of skills and experience to turn things around.   Our team have just this combination of experience :- Experience of previous turnarounds. Great communication skills....

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about how FD Capital through their Exec Capital team are now able to offer a full range of executive and C-Suite Appointments Executive recruitment includes:- CEO (Chief Executive Officer) CIO (Chief Information Officer) COO (Chief Operating Officer) CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) CFO (Chief Financial Officer) GM (General Manager) VP (Vice President) MD (Man...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about Non-executive Directors and how FC Capital Recruitment can help you source the perfect candidate for your board.   We offer experienced Chairs and non-executives, from either the public or private sectors and sometimes both. Our team are qualified accountants so are ideal if your need specialist skills for an audit committees or to challenge your fina...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the exciting new service launch from FD Capital Recruitment the London based senior finance recruitment boutique, who today are launching their Director of Digital service.  They are offering SEO/Search Marketing professionals on Part-Time, Interim and Full-time basis, Candidates are available in London and the West Midlands, and if you are open to ho...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the Digital marketing directors that are available from FD Capital Recruitment, we are a leading London based senior finance boutique specialising in FDs and CFO's working as a network.  Within our team are highly skilled Search Marketing professionals who have run their own online businesses and now are available as Finance Directors and Directors of...

In todays episode Adrian Lawrence talks about the forthcoming Google algorithm update known as Web Core Vitals, this will be a challenge for webmasters as sites that don't meet the criteria will be pushed down in the rankings whilst those that do will be rewarded with better results. The challenge is that the criteria are very tough to achieve because it means re-writing code to work much faster t...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about FD Capitals new website which has been launched today.  The team have been working hard over the last 6 weeks and have improved on the old websites look and feel and at the same time, kept the speed of the new website to within the important new criteria from Google, known as web core vitals.  These are very tough criteria to achieve particular for a...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about Interim FD Recruitment and how FD Capital as a network of Finance Directors and CFO's can help to find the perfect candidate for your interim assignment.   Our team includes FD's and recruitment professionals so you can be sure that we will undertake a professional and first class search for your business. Many of our team are focussed on interim assi...

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about Finance Directors with experience of working with PE houses and venture capitalists, and the value of a proven track record of success.   PE houses are investing with an expectation of an exit typically within in four to eight years and need to ensure they get management information in a timely manner and have a professional who can support them to ke...