Freelance Professional Services (FPS Group) has announced that Matt Parsons has been appointed to their board of directors alongside existing directors Matthew Huddleston and David Dean.

“I am delighted to congratulate and welcome Matt to the Board of FPS Group” said Matthew Huddleston. “Matt has made an enormous personal contribution to the substantial success that FPS has enjoyed in recent years. His boundless enthusiasm and analytical approach to the sales pipeline have delivered consistent business growth. His involvement at a board level and experience in the recruitment industry will serve to enhance the group’s performance as we set our sights on delivery of ever improving results for our stakeholders.”

Matt joined FPS Group in 2009 as part of a distinguished career within sales and the recruitment industry. He initially held the position of Sales Manager before being promoted to Associate Sales Director in 2013. Further to his board appointment he will now hold the position of Sales Director with responsibility for overall strategy, planning and performance of the FPS Group sales and marketing functions.

"Striving to improve the sales performance of FPS Group over the last six years has been my primary focus." said Matthew Parsons. "It has been a constant challenge, due to the ever changing legislative landscape we find ourselves in. This task has been made significantly easier by the speed at which our Board of Directors has been willing to listen to ideas, adapt our offering and where necessary, invest in order to remain at the forefront of compliant payroll service providers. It is a huge honour for me to be invited to join the Board as Sales Director. I am very grateful for the opportunity and excited to meet future challenges head on."

Matt’s appointment continues a successful tradition of promoting staff from within the business and forms part of the group’s long term development and growth strategy. Established in 1994, FPS Group have a long and successful history of providing payroll solutions for UK contractors and temporary staff.

Based in Ramsey, the group is a major contributor to the economy of the North of the island and currently employs over 80 people FPS Group benefits from staff with exceptional experience in the provision of payroll services, the majority of them having been with the company for more than 5 years. FPS Group is licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission and is therefore the only government regulated administrator of UK umbrella companies.