Bluestone Mortgages has announced the expansion of its sales team in Sheffield.

Nik Sukara has been appointed as senior business development manager and Laurel Johnson as business development manager.

The specialist lender has strategy to increase sales volumes and better support brokers and end-customers across the country and these appointments support this.

Following a year at Bluestone, Sukara has been promoted to his new role and will be relocating to Sheffield. He will be responsible for developing key account relationships, as well as assisting with the development of the Sheffield BDM team.

Johnson, who previously worked in the broker support team, has been promoted to business development manager. In her new role, she will be responsible for managing broker relationships in Scotland and the North East and brings with her over 12 years of telephony sales account management experience.

Reece Beddall, sales & marketing director at Bluestone Mortgages, said: “These appointments and the expansion of our sales team are testament to our ongoing commitment to better support brokers and their customers achieve their homeownership dreams.

“Over the last year, Nik and Laurel have been crucial to the success and growth of Bluestone. Both bring with them a wealth of experience which will allow us to continue to expand our proposition and provide financial support to a growing number of disenfranchised customers.”