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How Forvis Mazars got started with Science-Based Targets
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- 13 Feb 2025
Senior management buy-in is an essential starting point for embarking on a net-zero pathway validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, according to the firm.
Insider dealing: Alpine Fire Engineers MBO
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- 10 Feb 2025
What happens when an MBO hits targets well ahead of schedule? Jason Sinclair speaks to WestBridge about how Alpine Fire Engineers went back to the drawing board and added M&A to its plan.
Succession planning: could an ESOT be the answer?
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- 28 Jan 2025
Practice owner Peter Hollis decided on an Employee Share Ownership Trust when thinking about succession planning for his practice. He explains the process and the lessons he’s learned.
Interviews and profiles
- Listing
- 30 Oct 2024
Read about the movers and shakers in the world of private equity.
Insight: asset-based lending
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- 06 Jun 2024
Asset-based lending has now become mainstream funding for UK M&A. Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending’s Andrew Rutherford explains the appeal of ABL to private equity firms.
Insider dealing: August Equity’s MBO of StarTraq
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- 10 May 2024
Carefully studying the opportunity in a niche sector has paid dividends for August Equity in the past. Investment partner Mickey Patel discusses the firm’s latest move into public sector software-as-a-service.
Making apprenticeships work for your company
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- 10 Apr 2024
Apprenticeship programmes are a valuable part of any workforce training strategy and certainly not just for manual jobs. But they must be underpinned by sound workforce planning, strong training provision and management buy-in.
Trendwatch: dealmaking in the travel industry
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- 06 Dec 2023
The travel industry has rallied strongly after COVID-19 lockdowns and, despite concerns over cost-of-living pressures, the sector is firmly on the private equity deal radar.
On my CV: Kevin Paget, Menzies
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- 06 Dec 2023
When cultural fit is key to a vendor, much due diligence on potential buyers is needed before a shortlist for approach is settled on, says Kevin Paget of Menzies.
Insider dealing: ECI investment in Commify
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- 06 Dec 2023
In a fast-moving tech world, business messaging expert Commify has adapted to stay the distance. New investment from ECI will help take it to the next level.
Insider dealing: APEM secures £50m+ funding
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- 11 Sep 2023
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is on the agenda of all businesses now, and it’s the E in ESG that APEM, which in June took on another round of funding, is focused on. Jason Sinclair reports.
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Call-up Capital
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- 22 Sep 2022
Mobeus Equity Partners’ investment in telesales company Gungho Marketing was really all about pulling together. David Prosser speaks to the investor and its advisers on the management buy-out
ECI Partners
- Company profile
- 06 Sep 2022
ECI is the UK’s leading growth-focused private equity firm.
Mobeus Equity Partners
- Company profile
- 06 Sep 2022
Mobeus Equity Partners is a leading provider of finance to SMEs for management buyouts and growth capital.
HaysMac
- Company profile
- 06 Sep 2022
HaysMac is an award winning firm of chartered accountants and tax advisers.
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WN VTech a leader in sustainable vehicle technology
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- 04 Aug 2022
Turning a specialist vehicle business into a cleaner version of the same needs management drive and determination. David Prosser gets under the bonnet of Rutland’s investment in WN VTech
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Corporate Financier 2022 issues
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- 03 Dec 2021
The award-winning Corporate Financier magazine is published ten times a year for members, stakeholders and key associates of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
Gary Partridge of Lexington Corporate Finance and the MBO of Improve International
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- 22 Nov 2021
Gary Partridge, managing director of Lexington Corporate Finance, had to keep his nerve when advising on the carve-out and MBO of Improve International.
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Public to private transactions (Best practice guideline 68)
- Helpsheets and support
- 01 Oct 2021
- PDF (2,482kb)
Devised and commissioned by ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty and published with PwC and Travers Smith, this guidance looks at an important type of corporate transaction.
Public to Private Transactions Best-Practice Guideline 68
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- 29 Sep 2021
- PDF (2,482kb)
This best-practice guideline, devised and commissioned by ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty and published with PwC and Travers Smith, looks at a hugely important type of corporate transaction. Public to private (‘PTP’) deals have continued to grow in significance in recent years as a vibrant part of the M&A market.
Valerie Kendall of WestBridge talks about the MBO of Channel 3 Consulting
- Article
- 04 May 2021
Healthcare and tech are investment hotspots. Valerie Kendall, one of the founding partners of WestBridge, talks about the MBO of Channel 3 Consulting.
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High tech acquisitions
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- 18 Mar 2021
Six acquisitions in three years proved part of a successful growth strategy for LDC-backed communications provider Babble. In November 2020, a controlling stake was sold to Graphite Capital, valuing the communications business at £90m. Alice Murray finds out about a deal during lockdown, and where the high-tech company is going next.
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Corporate Financier 2021 issues
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- 10 Feb 2021
The award-winning Corporate Financier magazine is published ten times a year for members, stakeholders and key associates of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
staying in line CORPDec2020Jan2021 12-15
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- 30 Dec 2020
- PDF (264kb)
Independent Growth Finance, an asset-based lender, has grown rapidly since its own buy-out in 2016. Marc Mullen spoke to CEO John Onslow and commercial director Matt Shepherd about the market and outlook given the times we are in, touching upon how IGF has coped with the COVID-19 crisis, Brexit and a breakdown of the team.
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What is the outlook for lenders during difficult times
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- 29 Dec 2020
Independent Growth Finance, an asset-based lender, has grown rapidly since its own buy-out in 2016. Marc Mullen spoke to CEO John Onslow and commercial director Matt Shepherd about the market and outlook given the times we are in, touching upon how IGF has coped with the COVID-19 crisis, Brexit and a breakdown of the team.
Buy! Build! Buy!
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- 24 Nov 2020
- PDF (262kb)
Buy-and-builds have always been popular private equity strategies. Done well, they provide a shortcut to growth and increasing value on exit. But there will be new reasons for turning to buy-and-build platforms as businesses get through the COVID-19 crisis, reports Marc Mullen.
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Darren Miller explores the management buyout of GHG
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- 18 Nov 2020
Darren Miller, Spectrum Corporate Finance, explores the YFM Equity Partners-backed £17m management buy-out of GHG, the challenges and lessons learned, concluding that building a network helps clients and maintains deal flow.
COVID19 buyout Bespoke Health and Social Care
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- 15 Oct 2020
Completing an investment in a health sector business during lockdown is no mean feat. Jason Sinclair looks at how WestBridge Capital – advised by KPMG – persevered through hard times to back the Bespoke Health & Social Care management buy-out, completed in June this year
When the price is right
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- 15 Oct 2020
- PDF (129kb)
Completing an investment in a health sector business during lockdown is no mean feat. Jason Sinclair looks at how WestBridge Capital – advised by KPMG – persevered through hard times to back the Bespoke Health & Social Care management buy-out, completed in June this year
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Corporate Financier 2020 issues
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- 05 Oct 2020
The award-winning Corporate Financier magazine is published ten times a year for members, stakeholders and key associates of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
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Corporate Financier magazine archive
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- 30 Mar 2020
The highly respected Corporate Financier magazine is published 10 times a year for members, stakeholders and key associates of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
Frontier Development Capital
- Promotional material
- 02 Sep 2019
Frontier Development Capital believes it is essential to invest in its trainees. With the help of the ICAEW Level 7 Apprenticeship, their employees are realising their full potential.
AI in Corporate Advisory
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- 28 Jun 2019
- PDF (2,199kb)
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on finance and business will be profound. The Corporate Finance Faculty has been tracking the application of AI to ‘big data’ in corporate transactions.
Debt for deals, Issue 67
- Helpsheets and support
- 05 Nov 2018
- PDF (1,358kb)
Debt for deals outlines the main features of the UK’s debt market, explores how it has developed since the start of the financial crisis in 2008 and offers guidance to corporate finance advisers and company executives on how to access the right debt finance for deals.
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Corporate Financier July/August 2018
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- 16 Jul 2018
- PDF (3,051kb)
How private equity portfolio managers see investments through to successful exits
The Business Finance Guide: Large format edition
- Helpsheets and support
- 27 Apr 2018
- DOCX (3,845kb)
ICAEW has worked with the RNIB to provide a Word version of the Business Finance Guide in a larger font for those with visual impairments or require larger text.
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Corporate Financier February 2018
- Article
- 08 Feb 2018
- PDF (6,726kb)
Corporate Financier Magazine February 2018
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Corporate Financier July/August 2017
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- 24 Aug 2017
- PDF (13,149kb)
The July/August 2017 edition of Corporate Financier, the monthly magazine of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
Growth - Best-Practice Guideline 65
- Helpsheets and support
- 10 May 2017
- PDF (565kb)
Asset based finance is increasingly being used as a source of funding by high growth companies - from small businesses to those owned by private equity, to innovate businesses and subsidiaries of the worlds largest companies. A thorough and up-to-date understanding of this form of funding is therefore important for anyone involved with finance and company funding.
Growth through asset based finance, Issue 65
- Helpsheets and support
- 09 May 2017
- PDF (574kb)
Asset based finance (ABF) is increasingly being used as a source of funding by high growth companies – from small businesses, to those owned by private equity, to innovative businesses and subsidiaries of some of the world’s largest companies.
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Corporate Financier May 2017
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- 02 May 2017
- PDF (8,288kb)
The May 2017 edition of Corporate Financier, the monthly magazine of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
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Corporate Financier April 2017
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- 25 Apr 2017
- PDF (12,771kb)
The April 2017 edition of Corporate Financier, the monthly magazine of the Corporate Finance Faculty.
The Business Finance Guide
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- 19 May 2016
- PDF (2,442kb)
Alongside the online and interactive version, the Business Finance Guide can be downloaded as a single PDF document containing all of the explanations of the different finance options available, as well as information on how to approach a financing decision, the questions to ask and how to treat it as a business process.
Creative industries: Routes to finance
- Helpsheets and support
- 17 Nov 2015
- PDF (2,221kb)
The first comprehensive and bespoke guide for Britain’s creative industries. A guide to sources of funding and investment for arts, cultural and creative organisations
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Special Report 46: Growing your business
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- 10 Sep 2014
- PDF (1,487kb)
This report is primarily aimed at smaller businesses seeking to grow and develop and to achieve their full potential through practical guidance and advice.
What is corporate finance?
- Hub page
- 29 Mar 2011
The terms "corporate finance" and "corporate financier" tend to be associated with transactions in which capital is raised in order to create, develop, grow or acquire businesses.
What is corporate finance?
- Hub page
- 29 Mar 2011
The terms "corporate finance" and "corporate financier" tend to be associated with transactions in which capital is raised in order to create, develop, grow or acquire businesses.
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