2013 Sponsors
Bureau van Dijk
Award Sponsor: Corporate Finance Boutique of the Year
We have unrivalled coverage of public and private companies with detailed financials, M&A deals plus corporate structures.
Fame, our UK database, is the definitive company research tool and ideal for corporate finance, benchmark analyses, advisory services and business development. International databases include Amadeus for Europe and Orbis for global coverage.
Zephyr contains information on M&A, IPO, private equity, venture capital, deals and rumours. Zephyr is extremely comprehensive, has global coverage, includes company financial data and is updated hourly.
Hitachi Capital
Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance provides cash-flow solutions to SME’s across a wide range of sectors in the UK. The three core products are Factoring, Invoice Discounting and the innovative Inspired Cashflow, all providing working capital to help client's businesses grow. Each client has one dedicated Client Manager who works on an average of 18 clients, which ensures they have the time to focus on each and every client.
Inspired Cashflow is our new, ground breaking simple product that allows all SME's to use invoice finance with just one, low fee, with no extra or hidden costs (including no set-up fee).
www.hitachicapital.co.uk/factoring
Award Sponsor: Accountancy Firm of the Year
IQE
Integrity, quality and expertise are at the core of our organisation and central to IQE providing exceptional levels of service. Our extensive experience, knowledge and industry insight enables us to consistently exceed the expectations of our international corporate clients.
We manage structures covering a wide range of activities and sectors, including real estate, distressed assets, renewable energy and private equity invested international companies.
Our dedicated corporate team have the expertise to assist companies with admissions and corporate transactions on recognised stock exchanges including AIM and the Official List, providing on-going corporate governance, administration and company secretary services.
With an active global client base and a fully operational office in Mauritius, the key focus for IQE in 2013 will be to continue to provide expert administration support for clients investing in India, Africa and the Far East.
Licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission.
Walbrook PR - Official PR firm
Walbrook PR provides Financial Public Relations and Investor Relations to Small Cap. and AIM Listed Companies. Walbrook focuses on communicating to four key groups: the Financial Media; Sell-side research analysts; Private Client Investment Managers and Smaller Institutional Fund Managers. Walbrook has a strong reputation for working with smaller growth companies and has clients ranging from £3m market cap to £200m market cap covering a wide variety of sectors. For more information please visit: www.walbrookpr.com
2012 Sponsors
The companies who sponsored the 2012 M&A Awards were as follows:
Bircham Dyson Bell
The Corporate Team at BDB has considerable experience and expertise in a wide range of corporate transactions, including public company work, takeovers, schemes and other processes requiring Court approval and capital markets work, particularly AIM. Our clients know that they can rely on us to deliver reliable solutions to complex problems.
As a firm, we are over 250 people, 45 of whom are partners. We work across all major practice areas: Corporate, Commercial, Employment, Real Estate Planning and Government & Infrastructure, backed up by a highly skilled Litigation team.
Bureau van Dijk
We have unrivalled coverage of public and private companies with detailed financials, M&A deals plus corporate structures.
Fame, our UK database, is the definitive company research tool and ideal for corporate finance, benchmark analyses, advisory services and business development. International databases include Amadeus for Europe and Orbis for global coverage.
Zephyr contains information on M&A, IPO, private equity, venture capital, deals and rumours. Zephyr is extremely comprehensive, has global coverage, includes company financial data and is updated hourly.
Business XL
Vitesse Media Plc is an award-winning and AIM-listed multi-platform media business boasting an array of market-leading magazines, websites and events. The company's focus is on the entrepreneurial sector and it has a wealth of in-depth information on AIM, collated by a team of experts. Vitesse's websites include SmallBusiness.co.uk, GrowthBusiness.co.uk, GrowthCompany.co.uk, WhatInvestment.co.uk and MandAdeals.co.uk. Its magazine stable includes Business XL, Growth Company Investor, Information Age and What Investment. The high-profile Vitesse Events division produces the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards, Investor AllStars, Rosenblatt New Energy Awards, Media Magnate Awards and the Growth Company Investor Show. Every month, Vitesse Media reaches a target audience of around 1.1 million CEOs, entrepreneurs, professional advisers, venture capitalists and other investors, both institutional and private.
IQE
Integrity, quality and expertise are at the core of our organisation and central to IQE providing exceptional levels of service. Our extensive experience, knowledge and industry insight enables us to consistently exceed the expectations of our international corporate clients. We manage structures covering a wide range of activities and sectors, including real estate, distressed assets, renewable energy and private equity invested international companies. Our dedicated corporate team have the expertise to assist companies with admissions and corporate transactions on recognised stock exchanges including AIM and the Official List, providing on-going corporate governance, administration and company secretary services. With an active global client base and a fully operational office in Mauritius, the key focus for IQE in 2013 will be to continue to provide expert administration support for clients investing in India, Africa and the Far East. Licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission.
Leumi ABL
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Millnet Financial
Millnet is the UK's leading provider of electronic and paper document production and review for the financial and legal sectors. The range of services offered extends from digital print and distribution, scanning and e-bibles to leading- edge solutions for virtual data rooms and electronic document review. Millnet has a demonstrable track record of producing essential time-critical documents in circumstances that are generally very demanding. In the financial markets, Millnet is the financial document specialist of choice.
PLUS Markets
PLUS Stock Exchange (PLUS-SX) is a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) providing UK and international companies with straightforward and cost-effective access to European capital through its markets for fully listed and growth companies.
PLUS-SX helps growth companies to achieve their ambitions. It is a proven source of equity finance for companies coming to the public market for the first time as well as being an established venue for existing issuers to raise further funds. It provides wide exposure for companies within a dedicated smaller companies marketplace. The clear and simple admission process does not impose specific eligibility criteria but requires companies to meet certain basic standards to ensure investor confidence and protection. The regulatory environment allows management to devote its energy to what it does best - generating value for shareholders.