Award-winning entrepreneur joins Patch team

Joycelyn Neve, the former managing director of Seafood Pub Company, has been appointed chief operating officer of Patch App UK.

Patch, an app for finding, booking and paying window cleaners, was co-founded by Paul White, formerly of the Modern Milkman, and Young Innovator of the Year, Conor Walsh.

The company secured £200,000 investment last year and will shortly complete another raise, having secured investment from more than 50 individuals. 

The app currently covers over 100,000 houses across Lancashire and Yorkshire, and will roll out across the UK over coming months.

Joycelyn Neve founded the Seafood Pub Company in 2011, which now has 11 sites across the UK, and has been recognised with multiple awards, such as the Cateys Pub and Bar Award, Lancashire Life Food Hero and Start Up Entrepreneur of the Year.

The Seafood Pub Company won multiple national awards under her tenure including the Publican’s Best Food Concept three times and Restaurant Magazines Pub Company of the year twice.

Paul White, CEO of Patch App UK, said: “I am pleased that Joycelyn will be joining us at a time of high growth in the full-time role of COO and will also sit on our board.

"I have worked with Joycelyn in various guises over the past ten years and we both felt that the time was right for us to do something together. She has significant experience in scaling start-ups, scaling operations and implementing growth strategies.

"It’s part of my job to make sure that we’re building a team that has the experience to grow at pace. Her knowledge and experience is almost unrivalled."

Neve, who remains a shareholder and director of Seafood Pub Company, said: "I’ve been excited about Patch App UK since the beginning, when Paul told me about it, which led me to become one of it’s first investors.

“They’re an incredibly talented and creative team, and I’m thrilled to be joining to help to lead the rollout across the UK. It’s great to be coming home to Lancashire, a place I love so much, too. There’s a real sense of a growing tech scene here, and I can’t wait to be part of it."