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25 January 2021 17:16

“Agricultural Transition Plan - The biggest shake up in agricultural policy for decades” says Head of Agricultural division at Midlands leading accounting firm

The Head of Agriculture at Smith Cooper, Bruce Montgomery, has said that 2021 will be a big year for agricultural and farming policy following the introduction of The Agriculture Act 2020 which sets the framework around which the Government intends to build its future policy for agriculture following our exit from the European Union on 31st December 2020.
Bruce Montgomery comments: “The Govern

14 January 2021 17:00

Farm equipment specialist acquires industry counterpart, doubling its operations to become AGCO’s largest UK dealership

Chandlers Farm Equipment Ltd. (Chandlers), a third-generation family business selling agricultural equipment, operating primarily across the Midlands and Lincolnshire, has acquired the AGCO division of Lister Wilder, doubling the size of its operations, and expanding its territory significantly across the UK to become AGCO’s largest UK dealership.
A global leader in the design, manufacture and

13 January 2021 16:55

Award-winning Sage 200 business partner, Smith Cooper System Partners (SCSP), part of the national accountancy firm Smith Cooper Group, is celebrating a period of continued growth, including an expansion of their team and multiple new clients coming

Despite the ongoing fluidity of the business climate in the UK, the news comes on the back of a successful period of growth for SCSP who has recently been named a Top 3 overall Sage 200 Business partner and the Sicon Partner of the year 2020.
The company services clients all over the UK from their offices around the country and head office in Derby. SCSP has grown rapidly since its launch in 20

14 December 2020 07:00

MBO completed at Worcestershire based recruitment firm

Worcester based finance and accounting recruitment firm CY Executive Resourcing has completed a management buyout (MBO), a move led by founder and former CEO Cynthia Parker.
Cynthia has amassed more than 30 years of experience in the financial recruitment sector, launching her own business, CY Executive Resourcing, back in 1999. She comments "This was a great opportunity for me to take a step

9 December 2020 12:02

Smith Cooper strengthens its Birmingham team with string of new appointments

Smith Cooper’s Birmingham team has continued to go from strength to strength in recent months, bolstering its Tax, Corporate Finance and Audit divisions, to enable continued growth within the region.
The new starters join at an exciting point, as the firm refocuses its strategic development following a challenging year. Those joining include:
Adam Rollason - Tax Advisor (Head of Tax in Bir

30 October 2020 16:44

One of the UK’s most highly rated agencies completes share sale, welcoming new directors as shareholders

Hallam, the multi-award-winning digital marketing agency based in Nottingham welcomed two new company directors to the board following their acquisition of minority shareholdings.
The move will see Jake Third, Managing Director, and Ben Wood, Strategy Director, acquire shares of the company, joining CEO Julio Taylor and Technical Director Jon Martin as majority shareholders.
Founded in 1999

7 October 2020 15:56

Family owned East Midlands building contractor enters administration

J A Ball Ltd, a family owned building contractor based in the East Midlands has entered administration. The company officially ceased trading on Friday 25th September with 18 employees being made redundant.
Recognised as one of the region’s most efficient turn-key contractors, the Leicestershire based company, worked directly with private developers, public sector organisations and businesses t

30 September 2020 07:00

Lincolnshire-based cyber security firm secures half a million-pound investment from private equity investor Foresight Group

Lincolnshire-based cyber security firm KryptoKloud has received a £500,000 funding boost investment from private equity investor Foresight Group to propel its growth plans, using finance from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
The investment will allow KryptoKloud’s co-founders Allison and Paul Burrows to launch a new Security Operations Centre in Lincoln, enabling the creation of new

14 September 2020 12:42

Future of Burton-on-Trent children’s day care nursery secured

Future of Burton-on-Trent children’s day care nursery secured

11 September 2020 13:33

Retail and hospitality – changes in consumer trends post-lockdown

A few months after lockdown restrictions were eased and the retail and hospitality sector began to reopen, research conducted by Startle showed that half of regular consumers do not intend to visit shops, restaurants and pubs with the same frequency as pre-lockdown. The research questions whether some elements of the retail and hospitality sectors may be forced to adapt their long-term strategy as

26 August 2020 12:14

Financial leaders join together for Smith Cooper’s roundtable discussion to appraise the current and future funding market place

Experts from key financial institutions gathered last week for Smith Cooper’s inaugural digital roundtable event, to discuss the current funding market place.
Led by Darren Hodson, Corporate Finance Partner at Smith Cooper, the intention was to truly challenge the experts on lending appetite and how they assess trading risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also wanted to understand if there are

13 August 2020 16:07

Midlands based IT services ranked in top 70 of Managed Service providers globally

Midlands based IT Managed Services Provider, Infuse Technology, have been ranked amongst the world’s elite in the 2020 Channel Futures SMB Hot 101 list which champions the world best-in-class when it comes to global Managed Service Providers.