Ahead of a planned expansion into commercial property management, Principle Estate Management has welcomed a new service charge accountant to the team.

Kirsty Clinton has made the move from Savills, where she looked after the finances for a large commercial and mixed-use property portfolio. She is qualified with the Association of Accounting Technicians and has experience of working with the Qube PM technology, which is in full use at Principle.

Paul Richardson, finance manager at Principle, said: “We’re delighted to appoint Kirsty…she will fit into the team well as she comes with plenty of commercial and mixed-use property experience.

“This is great for us as we are expanding our offering to commercial management, having increased our portfolio by over 50 properties this year. Launched in 2018, Principle 2has since grown from what was virtually a one-man band into what is now more than 35 staff looking after a portfolio of more than 7,000 units in 250-plus developments across the UK.

Richardson added: “We now have over 250 service charge sites within the portfolio and our system is set up to be very slick for processing budgets and end of year accounts.”