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Lovey Appoints A New CTO To Strengthen Leadership Team



Lovey (formerly Love Finance), the UK’s fastest-growing SME lender and broker, has announced the appointment of its new Chief Technology Officer, Mario Husha, to expand the company’s c-suite and support the next phase of the company’s growth.

Mario brings to Lovey over 15 years of experience building, scaling, and securing platforms across fintech, regtech, payroll, and embedded finance, focusing on startup and growth-stage businesses operating in regulated environments. Most recently, Mario served as Chief Technology Officer at Level Financial Technology, where he led engineering, security, and supported the company’s expansion into embedded finance and enterprise partnerships within the Earned Wage Access market.

Throughout his role, Mario will lead Lovey’s tech strategy, drive sprint-based delivery, and own data integrity across its lending platforms. Reporting directly to Alex O’Malley, Chief Commercial Officer of Lovey, he will be shaping the direction of both Lovey’s B2B and B2C tech products. His appointment further strengthens Lovey’s executive leadership team as the business scales its technology infrastructure. He has a proven track record of delivering resilient, high-growth platforms in complex, regulated sectors, expertise that will underpin Lovey’s next stage of innovation.

Mario Husha, Chief Technology Officer at Lovey comments,

“I’m excited to help drive Lovey’s continued growth, with a focus on advancing our technology, developing new solutions for SMEs, and strengthening our platform for long-term growth. Everything we do will be guided by Lovey’s mission to make business lending simple, fast, and tailored to our customers. Building technology that genuinely meets customer needs and keeps pace with market demands has always been a priority for me, and I’m looking forward to bringing that focus to Lovey.”

Alex O’Malley, Chief Commercial Officer at Lovey comments,

“Mario’s appointment is a pivotal step in taking our products and technology to the next level. We’re committed to innovating at pace while continuing to deliver the reliability and service our customers expect. His expertise will be crucial in helping us achieve our mission and support the growth of the thousands of SMEs we serve.”

This new appointment compliments the company’s recent rename to Lovey and marks another important milestone in its mission to provide fast, flexible and tailored funding solutions to thousands of UK businesses.

To learn more about the company or to apply for a fast, flexible business loan, visit here.

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Swinton’s Station Steet Co-op has relaunched following an 11-week programme of improvements to transform the store throughout.


The new-look store includes a range of added services including Costa Coffee Express, and self-service laundromat, the store also offers a photo booth, rug doctor plus the convenient out-of-home collection of parcels through DPD, with an InPost Locker coming soon.


The store also provides online grocery delivery - with orders picked fresh in the local store and delivered quickly and conveniently in the community. Online orders are available via Just Eat, Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Co-op’s own online shop – shop.coop.co.uk


New refrigeration enhances the fresh, chilled and frozen range, and also supports Co-op’s work to further cut its carbon footprint. This sits alongside a bakery and hot food, plus Co-op’s focus on food-to-go and meal deals; Fairtrade products, pizzas, flowers; ready meals, award winning beers and wines and, everyday essentials.


Committed to backing British agriculture, all of Co-op’s own meat, poultry and dairy is 100% British – including in its pies, ready meals and sandwiches.


Member price savings create additional value for Co-op members, with personalised offers for members and lower prices on the products shoppers buy most.


Beth Coddington, Co-op’s Area Operations Manager, said: “The whole team is delighted to have the opportunity to invest in our Station Street store – the works really have been transformative, with a fresh new look and layout it looks fantastic. We would really like to thank the community for their support during the works, and now that the works have concluded we are really enjoying their positive response and reaction."


"We are proud to be part of the local community, and with a focus on delivering the quality, choice, value and added services which can be enjoyed by everyone - we’re here to contribute to local life and conveniently serve and support Swinton.”

Soft plastic recycling is also available in the store, making it easier for shoppers to return harder to recycle materials such as crisp packets and bread bags, lids from ready meals, biscuit wrappers and, pet food pouches.


Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with its history dating back more than 180 years. Co-op exists to create value for its membership and communities, its 6.5m members own the business and play an intrinsic part in the governance of the organisation.

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