Yorkshire and District

Kirsty has been working in the Revenues and Benefits world for over 30 years and is currently working at Hammersmith & Fulham Council as Head of Benefits.  This role also includes responsibility for the Borough's Blue Badge Scheme, Freedom Passes, Taxi Cards and their Local Support Service.

Kirsty began her career back in 1988 at Scarborough Borough Council as a Housing Benefits Officer, where she first joined the IRRV and gained her IRRV Technician qualification.

She moved south in 1992 and after a short stint at Wandsworth Borough Council, joined Reading Borough Council as a Customer Service Advisor.  She worked at Reading for 18 years, becoming the Head of Revenues and Benefits for the latter 8 years.  The service was re-organised many times where she took on services such as Corporate Debt, a Cash and Post Office, as well as Residential Care and Non-Residential Charging Assessments.

In December 2018 Kirsty decided on a change and moved to London to become the Head of Benefits for Hammersmith and Fulham.  When the pandemic hit, like many others she was fortunate to be given the chance to work from home on a permanent basis.  As Kirsty is a proud Northern lass, she decided it was time to move back to Yorkshire and moved back to Scarborough with her husband George in July 2022.

Kirsty was an active member of the Thames Valley Executive for over 10 years, and was their President in 2017.  Being based in the North she thought it was the right thing to do to join the Yorkshire & District Association Executive.

When not at work Kirsty enjoys spending time with her family and friends and walking her two border terriers, Flash and Pickles.  She is also known to partake in a drink or two with our other IRRV Executive Members across the country.

Email: Kirsty.Brooksmith@lbhf.gov.uk

Telephone: 07785531091

Alan has been employed at Scarborough Borough Council for over 32 years, having joined in 1990.  Whilst retaining the post of Borough Council Certificated Enforcement Officer, he is currently working in the Legal Section, primarily addressing Licensing enforcement/offences/prosecutions etc.

In2007 he moved over internally from the Finance Section (where he had been managing the Council's self financing 'Internal Bailiff Unit') to bolster the enforcement aspects of Licencing Services.

Local Government has several major revenue raising services that are all now required to become self-financing wherever possible.  Alan has lead a project to assess and streamline the Council’s fee charging structure in this area.

He continues to lecture for the IRRV Yorkshire and District Association on debt recovery and enforcement related topics including vulnerability aspects as required.  Alan has continuously served the Association for 23 years, since being first elected to the Association's Executive Committee in 1999.  He was previoulsy elected as Association President for 2007/8 and also served as Association Secretary from 2002 to 2010.

On 17 June 2022 Alan was elected again as Association President, this time for a 2 year period, setting out his key aims of working with colleagues to support students, resume face to face meetings/lectures (post Covid) and to raise the Association profile for new members particularly as LGR/Unitary Status plans are progressing at great pace in the Yorkshire region, driving enhanced joined up working practices.

He can be contacted on: Tel: 01723 232323

Daniel is a Client Solutions Manager for Bristow & Sutor and looks after clients located in the East of England, East Midlands, London as well as the Yorkshire and Humber region.  He started his career within the Enforcement Industry in July 2021 and has over 15 years experience in Revenues and Benefits having previously worked in Local Government, the Private Sector and a Social Housing provider.

Email address: danielmoore@bristowsutor.co.uk

Telephone number: 07714330413

Andrew starting working within Revenues in January 1990 starting at South Norfolk Council as a Rating Assistant, moving to Richmondshire District Council in October 1998 as Senior Rating Assistant leading a small team responsible for the collection and recovery of National Non-Domestic Rates (Business Rate).  In 2002 he took the post of Senior Local Taxation Officer responsible for the collection and recovery of Council Tax and Business Rates of over £75 million each year at Selby District Council.

In April 2009 Andrew started working for Civica UK Limited as Revenues Business Analyst on their Authority Revenues product.  In May 2012 moved to Civica’s Electronic Document (EDM) and Workflow solution (now Civica 360) and then from  May 2015 worked as a Technical Consultant in Civica’s Education Resource products, including an accountancy software package.  From November 2020 Andrew moved to Civica's OPENRevenues product as Product Analyst.

Andrew obtained the full IRRV Qualification in 2003 and became an executive member of the IRRV Yorkshire and District Association in 2008 and served as the Association’s Secretary for 2013/14 and was elected Association President for 2015/16.

He took up Modern Jive dancing over 10 years ago.  He is undertaking a dance teaching qualification and is currently teaching Leroc Modern Jive.

E-mail:andrew.murphy@civica.co.uk

Tel: 07583 524289

Sam is the Senior Account Manager for Marston Holdings in the North East & West of England.

She began her journey with Marston Holdings in 2007 and has been in the Enforcement Agent Profession ever since. Sam is an IRRV member and past President of the Yorkshire & District Association.

Senior Account Manager

Marston Holdings

Tel: 07515606805

Email:Samantha.Smith@marstongroup.co.uk

Julie is a Senior Account Manager at Marston Holdings and has been with the company since 2006.  During this time she has worked with a variety of clients and debt streams, gaining an abundance of knowledge and experience covering both Local and Central Government.  Julie's clients are in the North East, the Midlands and London.

In her spare time Julie enjoys running, watching her daughter play football and walking her dogs.

Darren has over 23 years experience in the private debt collection sector working on behalf of collection agencies in specialist areas, including high volume low value consumer debt, commercial debt, tracing, debt purchase, field operations and out sourcing. He has held main Board positions at Rossendales and UK Search Limited for over 10 years.

In March 2016 Darren set up Ascendant Solutions Limited to deliver bespoke data platforms for commercial and consumer collections/risk and analytical solutions to the Public Sector.

He has delivered bespoke training packages to well over 10,000 delegates over the last 13 years and has spoken at the National and local IRRV and Housing Network Conferences.

Within the last few years he completed his UEFA A Licence, the highest ranked qualification in world football, as well as his Advanced Youth qualifiation designed for professional clubs. 

He has worked in professional football for the last 17 years and is currently working part time at Barnsley FC as assistant coach for the Under 16’s.