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Grant Thornton sees buy-outs coming back in favour
Banking & Finance
Management buy-outs will prove a primary driver for deal making in the Midlands, according to the new regional head of corporate finance at leading mid-corporate adviser Grant Thornton.
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Three wins for Anthony Collins Solicitors at Birmingham legal awards
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Edmund Street law firm Anthony Collins Solicitors was the big winner at this year’s Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards.
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Financial redundancy counselling offer to meet increasing demand
Banking & Finance
BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management, the wealth management division of BDO, has launched a financial redundancy counselling service.
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Equity research service for smaller firms launched
Banking & Finance
A new equity research service for smaller companies has been launched.
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Halesowen accountancy firm joins Corporate Finance Network
Banking & Finance
A Halesowen accountancy firm has become the first practice in the region to join a new network of business advice firms.
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Midland firms focus on survival as downturn bites
Banking & Finance
Survival is the main priority for businesses in the West Midlands at the moment, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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HMRC cracks down on VAT scams by ‘phoenix firms’
Banking & Finance
HM Revenue & Customs is getting wise to the increase in “phoenix company” VAT scams, a Midland financial expert has said.
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Begbies leads call to end 'vicious circle' of tax penalties
Banking & Finance
Many firms could find themselves caught up in an ever increasing snowball of penalties for late VAT returns tax specialists have warned.
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Bloomer Heaven appoint new directors
Banking & Finance
Birmingham-based accountants Bloomer Heaven has appointed John Edwards and Kari Campbell as directors.
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ƵFI registers protest vote against Fred Goodwin's RBS pension
Banking & Finance
The public body which owns a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland said it would register a protest vote against Sir Fred Goodwin’s controversial £703,000 pension at the bank’s annual meeting on Friday.
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Midlands law firm in Dubai call over construction disputes
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The Ƶ should follow the example of Dubai in construction to stop disputes holding up development, a Midlands law firm has said.
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Deloitte snaps up Birmingham award-winner Deepak Parekh
Banking & Finance
Deloitte has taken on young corporate finance star Deepak Parekh, who was at the collapsed British wing of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
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Firms still glad to have floated on AIM
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Companies listed on alternative stock exchange AIM are still glad they made the decision to float, despite the downturn in the market’s fortunes recently, according to mid-tier accountants Baker Tilly.
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Worcester solicitor Mary Wathen made chairman of county young farmers
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A solicitor at Harrison Clark has been appointed chairman of Gloucestershire Federation of Young Farmers.
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New appointments at Lichfield law firm Keelys
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Lichfield law firm Keelys has made two new appointments at its Lichfield head office.
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Hammonds appoints Simon Best to planning team
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Hammonds has appointed a new senior lawyer to its planning team.
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Industrial disease specialist to give keynote speech
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Peter Lodge, an industrial disease claims specialist at Gloucestershire-based BPE Solicitors, has been invited to be a key note speaker at a national conference on the topic of noise-induced hearing loss.
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Wright Hassall keeps medics up to date on legal changes
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A Midlands law firm is helping medical professionals to stay in touch with the latest legal changes in medicine.
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'Elite' society place for Challinors partner Fiona
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Fiona Debney, Partner and head of the wills, trust and probate team at Midlands law firm Challinors, has been admitted to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
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Bradford & Bingley in £500 million mortgage write off
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Nationalised lender Bradford & Bingley said it was writing off more than £500 million in mortgage loans turned sour.
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Brown rejects critics of building society takeover
Banking & Finance
Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday branded Dunfermline Building Society an “author of its own mistakes” as the Government stepped in to lead a rescue sale and break-up of the ailing mutual.
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Jobs in financial sector cut at fastest rate since 1993
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Jobs in the financial sector have been cut at their fastest rate since 1993 – and the trend is expected to continue.
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Birmingham lawyer helps to clear firm in submarine tragedy
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A high profile Midlands lawyer has played a major role in vindicating the Ƶ company at the heart of the nuclear submarine tragedy which cost two British sailors their lives deep beneath the arctic icepack.
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Chief's fury at plan to 'sacrifice' Dunfermline
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A furious building society chief yesterday accused the Treasury of “sacrificing” his institution.
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