It is with the greatest sadness and the deepest shock that the team at Castle Square Corporate Finance announce the devastating loss of our colleague, team member and most of all friend, Maria Howarth.

Maria was taken to hospital after an incident on Sunday 6th of September and sadly passed away on Tuesday 8th September.

Maria was a beautiful, caring and larger than life individual known and loved by everyone who met her.

Maria has been an integral member of the Castle Square team since 2014. Her dedication to the firm and enthusiasm, energy and commitment made her an important factor in the firm’s continued success.

On a personal level, we all remember Maria’s joy for life, her kindness and generosity, her support for the Blades, her willingness to go that extra step for anyone and most importantly her love and devotion to her 10 year old Daughter, Chloe.

The Office will be a much quieter place without you, Maria.

So many of you who knew Maria through her role at Castle Square have already contacted us to ask about making donations and also if we were planning anything to remember Maria by.

Having discussed the matter with the family, we have set up a just giving page so that anyone who wishes can make a donation to a fundraising for Chloe, which will be given to her when she is older, or used if she needs anything before then.

In terms of remembering Maria, we will also be setting up an online book of condolence which you can access via the following link or copy and pasting the link into your internet search bar http://www.tolbc.com/RememberingMaria, for you to leave your thoughts on how you remembered Maria. In a few months’ time we plan to give this to Chloe and Maria’s family, so they can see how you all remembered her.