Pictured above: (l-r) Yorkshire Bank long-servers Julie
Sargent, Gary Hill, Paul Brooksbank, Richard McManus, Andy Ashton,
Pete Trueman, Paul Reeves and Katy Billings
Yorkshire Bank's Katy Billings celebrated 25 years with the
company on July 21- and it was a milestone for her boss
too.
Katy, private partner at Yorkshire Bank's Northampton Financial
Solutions Centre on Waterside Way, started life with the bank on
July 21, 1986 - six years to the day after managing partner Paul
Reeves began his rise through the company.
The duo are among eight long servers at the bank's Northampton
FSC who between them will have amassed a combined 238 years working
for Yorkshire Bank by the end of 2011.
They are joined by Paul Brooksbank (39 years) Pete Trueman (37
years), Gary Hill (28 years), Richard McManus (28 years), Andy
Ashton (27 years) and Julie Sargent (23 years).
Katy said: "I love my job and I've always said I'd never work
for a competitor as I really believe in the Yorkshire Bank ethos of
integrated banking and making decisions for local businesses
locally.
"A lot of us have worked together for a long time and really
enjoy being part of a tight knit team and for me the best part
about this job is seeing our clients grow their businesses over
time with the support of the bank."
Yorkshire Bank managing partner Paul Reeves joined the bank as
an office junior at the age of 16 and was named National Managing
Partner of the Year by Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks in 2006.
He added: "We've got a tremendous team in place in Northampton
which provides superb support to businesses across the area and it
is a pleasure working with each and every one of them."