Could a Management Buyout Be the Best Exit Strategy for Your Business?
Today’s B4 Daily comes from our B4 Corporate Finance Experts, Price Bailey, who explore why Management Buyouts (MBOs) are becoming an increasingly attractive succession...
Article by B4 Audit and Accountancy Expert, James Pitt, Partner James Cowper Kreston Global supply chain disruption remains an urgent issue, reaching its highest...
Complete Support Services Becomes Ancora: A Human-First Anchor for Businesses Charting Today’s Economy
In a climate where economic volatility is testing even the most resilient companies, having the right financial expertise is no longer a luxury; it’s...
Managing risk in a turbulent market – why trade credit insurance matters
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business, yet in today’s volatile economy, maintaining it is challenging. A robust risk management strategy that includes...
Last Chance: Claim Your COVID-19 Business Interruption Compensation Before It’s Too Late!
As the March 2026 deadline approaches, businesses that suffered losses during the COVID-19 pandemic have a final opportunity to claim compensation under Business Interruption...
Ad-hoc co-working space and meeting rooms now available at Witney Business & Innovation Centre
Witney Business & Innovation Centre (WBIC) is pleased to be providing additional social workspaces to enhance its current business space offerings to meet the...
B4 Announces Exclusive Insurance Partnership with Partners&
B4, Oxfordshire’s leading business community, is proud to announce a new exclusive partnership with Partners&, one of the UK’s most forward-thinking insurance advisory businesses....
B4 Finance Ecosystem: The specific opportunities and challenges that women encounter in the financial landscape
Charles Stanley are committed to fostering a proactive approach to investing and their goal is to empower women to make well-informed financial decisions and...
Understanding HMRC tax investigations: A guide for business owners
Simon Smith, Managing Partner at Wellers, discusses what business owners need to know about tax investigations, including whether you could be a target.
Wren Sterling named in FT Adviser Top 100 Financial Advisers list again
Wren Sterling is celebrating its eighth consecutive year of making FT Adviser's Top 100 Financial Advisers list. The awards reflect the leading firms in...
The Oxford Trust, Oxford Innovation Space and Barclays Eagle Labs’ next Exit Right event is on Oxfordshire’s Funding Matrix on Thursday 3rd October at the...
Practical advice on recovery and risk mitigation from Partners&
The recent glitch in CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor software update (which is designed to protect Microsoft Windows devices from malicious attacks) led to global IT...
Established in 1792, Charles Stanley is one of the UK’s leading wealth management firms, with a rich heritage of delivering high quality client service....
Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt's Budget 2023 revolved around the theme of back-to-work through the extension of free childcare, and the lifting of pension caps.
A BANKER’S JOURNEY: HOW EDMOND J. SAFRA BUILT A GLOBAL FINANCIAL EMPIRE
“Anyone who knew my treasured friend Edmond Safra was keenly aware that he was a remarkable person: thoughtful, welcoming, intelligent. With this definitive account...
Grant Thornton bolsters Private Tax team with Director appointment
Leading business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP have announced the promotion of Rachel Stace to Director of Private Tax. Rachel joined...
As a business providing precision engineering services to the aerospace, motorsports, and marine sectors across the globe, West Midlands-based engineering firm A&M EDM prides...
Freeths appoints Chief Financial Officer as rapid growth continues
National leading law firm has appointed Gareth Jones as Chief Financial Officer to the Group. This follows another successful year for Freeths with increased...
Leading business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP have announced the promotion of Isabel Thomas to Director of Corporate Tax. Isabel...
Leading business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP have announced the promotion of Isabel Thomas to Director of Corporate Tax. Isabel...
Leading accountancy firm Whitley Stimpson is continuing its investment in fresh talent by welcoming 14 new starters to join their offices in Banbury, Bicester,...
Darren Leigh appointed Unipart Group Chief Executive
Unipart Chief Finance Officer Darren Leigh has been appointed Unipart Group Chief Executive reporting to John M Neill who continues as full time Unipart...
OxLEP tells Oxfordshire businesses: ‘There may be a grant for you’
OxLEP Business is set to deliver around £1.2million of funding to companies across the county this autumn and is encouraging organisations to find out...
OxLEP are looking to procure consultancy support to provide an eScalate programme advisor service to the OxLEP Business 'eScalate' project, which is part-funded by...
Grant Thornton appoints tax partner to support thriving M&A market
Leading business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP has promoted Martin Verrall to transaction tax partner in its South region. Martin has...
Oxfordshire’s green champions unite to host inaugural OX to ZERO conference
OxLEP joined forces with the leading Oxfordshire voices of the University of Oxford, Harwell Campus and the Culham Science Centre-based UKAEA to host the...
Thames Valley business ‘keeps the faith’ on Levelling Up agenda
The new Prime Minister’s inbox may well overflow with priorities, but the Thames Valley business community has once again shown its faith in Levelling...
Oxford Brookes University awarded a £1.4M grant to develop tools to answer fundamental genetics questions
A new £1.4M grant will fund a five-year research project by scientists at Oxford Brookes University. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences...
Customers pay the price as volatile supply chains pressure mid-market
Research from Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business Outlook Tracker research, which looks specifically at 370 leaders of businesses with a supply chain, shows...
Grant Thornton UK LLP’s Thames Valley Corporate Finance team has completed on three transactions to US private equity-backed companies within the first quarter of...
Grant Thornton grows specialist transfer pricing team
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has promoted Dan Zaidman to Director within its expanding South England transfer pricing team. The appointment...
Spring statement reaction from Nigel Tipple, OxLEP chief executive
Yesterday’s spring statement (23 March) from the Chancellor Rishi Sunak saw a number of new measures that the Government hopes will provide some much-needed...
Financial accounting expert Pinkesh Patel promoted to Partner at Grant Thornton
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has bolstered its Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team by appointing Pinkesh Patel to Partner....
THAMES VALLEY DEALS TEAM UPBEAT AFTER ‘GREAT YEAR’
The Thames Valley region’s credentials as the ideal location for dynamic and ambitious companies to thrive will mean it will continue to attract investor...
£2.6 million pre-seed funding for next generation virus diagnostic company OxDX
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised OxDX on the completion of its spin-out from Oxford University and its £2.6 million pre-seed...
Penningtons Manches Cooper advises medtech business Orthox on $12.5 million Series A financing round
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Oxford University spin-out Orthox Limited on the completion of a further $4.3 million (£3.2 million)...
Apprenticeship use increases in the Thames Valley as fight for talent intensifies
As National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February) gets underway, new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP shows that the Thames Valley’s mid-market is increasingly making...
Grants of up to £25k available for Oxfordshire charities encouraging healthier hearts
Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s Healthy Hearts grants aim to improve cardiovascular health by funding charitable organisations that are promoting positive behaviour, such as increased physical...
Latest Figures show Severe Impact of Covid-19 on Oxfordshire’s Visitor Economy
The Economic Impact Report for Tourism in Oxfordshire, a report commissioned by Experience Oxfordshire, shows a staggering 59% decline in the value of tourism...
Thames Valley businesses fear HMRC clamp down on IR35 compliance
With HMRC’s ‘light touch’ approach to IR35 compliance enforcement set to end in April 2022, new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business...
Corporate VCs have South East innovators in their sights as investment levels reach new heights across the UK
Businesses in the South attracted £808k in Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) investment in Q3 of 2021, according to KPMG UK’s Global Venture Pulse Survey.
Oxbury Bank, the new tech-driven agriculture bank, announces additional investment from leading technology investor Hambro Perks
Oxbury Bank, the new tech-driven agriculture bank, announces additional investment from leading technology investor Hambro Perks, and sees strong lending and deposit growth in...
£21m announced for Digital Skills Bootcamps in the West Midlands
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has launched its next round of digital bootcamps to improve the digital capabilities of residents across the region.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented the 2021 Autumn Budget on 27th October 2021, though the number of policies announced in advance made many commentators wonder...
Investment in research and innovation can unlock new opportunities, says NCUB
The Chancellor should be commended for investing in both research and innovation says the National Centre for Universities and Business, the collective voice of...
Perfect storm of supply chain issues threatens a winter of discontent, says UK mid-market
As major disruption to supply chains continues across the country, Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business Outlook Tracker* finds that a perfect storm of...
TP Health completes management buyout and strengthens senior team to capitalise on growing occupational health market
Leading occupational health provider TP Health has recorded stellar growth and announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director, following the completion of a...
Now is the time to invest research and development if we are to level up, says NCUB
The Prime Minister’s focus on levelling up is admirable, but actions speak louder than words, says the National Centre for Universities and Business, the...
Sortlist, the B2B scale-up, which focuses on bringing together high-quality marketing agencies from around the world with corresponding projects, is committed to shining a...
Global energy crisis is a wake-up call for investors: deVere CEO
The deepening global energy crisis underscores for investors the undeniable value, necessity and rewards of sustainable investing, says the CEO of one of the...
UK consumers nationwide are being offered complimentary personal financial planning sessions by qualified financial planners including CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM (CFP TM) professionals. The aim...
M&A tax specialist promoted to head up Grant Thornton South Private Tax group
Leading financial and business advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP has promoted private tax director, Richard Marsh, to partner. Richard, who joined the firm...
JBR Capital enjoys record business period, lending £100M since 1 March enabling customers to fund their automotive passion
Leading automotive finance provider JBR Capital has enjoyed its most successful business period to date. Driven by the post-pandemic pent-up demand for high-end vehicles,...
The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA) has been delayed to April 2024, giving businesses and landlords breathing room...
Business owners cautioned to protect their personal assets as insolvencies reach 18 month high
Following news of an 18 month high in registered company insolvencies , Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance, the UK’s only provider of personal guarantee insurance...
Quant Insight expands with $10m funding to empower investors with world-first trading analytics
Quant Insight (Qi), a new quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, today announces a major scale up after four years of research...
Businesses Digitising at a faster rate post lockdown
Accounting software provider has launched Dext Commerce to help simplify sales data for a growing number of digital businesses selling through ecommerce platforms.
Thames Valley businesses at increased risk of National Minimum Wage fines as HMRC enforcement rises
Businesses in the Thames Valley area are facing an increased risk of being exposed to heavy fines for unintentional national minimum wage (NMW) breaches,...
Insight into the challenges of attracting and retaining qualified staff
Chief Executive of accountancy training firm First Intuition, Gareth John, shares insight into the challenges of attracting and retaining qualified staff. The biggest issue...
Bird & Blend Tea Co. the UK’s leading independent tea mixologists launches its EquiTEA crowdfunding
– Raising funding to support its local high street expansion, investment in the wider development of its innovative range of flavours, and build its...
Zoho to make Zoho Invoice Free of Charge to Empower SMEs to Rebuild and Grow
The company's decision reinforces its support for the SME community and will allow business owners to simplify billing and payment processes, helping companies receive...
Thames Valley feels the post-Brexit ‘Brand Britain’ boost
Six months on from Brexit, new research* from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP shows that Thames Valley businesses are finding...
Post-pandemic economic recovery is likely to push inflation above 3% "for a temporary period", the Bank of England's monetary policy committee predicts.
Innovative UK Businesses Encouraged to Apply for Multi-Billion Pound EU Funding Scheme
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is urging businesses and researchers to apply for access to new markets, capabilities and technologies as well as billions...
Paul Holland steps up as Grant Thornton invests in South
LEADING business advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP has promoted Paul Holland to partner in its audit practice covering the Thames Valley and Southampton...
£0.5 million Headington life science laboratory development at The Oxford Trust’s Innovation Centre supported by funding secured by OxLEP
The Oxford Trust, the local charity encouraging the pursuit of science and enterprise, is to undertake a half million-pound project to install life science...
Ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement tomorrow, please see below expert commentary from tech industry leaders including: Rod Flavell, CEO, FDM Group, Sridhar...
BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growth economy businesses, has successfully exited its investment in Renal Services, an independent provider of dialysis services,...
Grant Thornton continues to invest in Thames Valley and Southampton
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP continues its commitment to develop and retain the very best talent across the Thames Valley...
Grant Thornton appoints new Corporate Finance lead for Thames Valley region
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has appointed Peter Jennings to lead its corporate finance team in the Thames Valley region,...
Self-employed fear unaffordable tax bills as a result of coronavirus
Accountancy and business advisors Whitley Stimpson reports that as many as one million self-employed people could soon be facing tax bills bigger than their...
Grant Process and Panel Requirements: Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) have created a business resilience fund to help support businesses impacted by the COVID-19...
How to make your child a pension millionaire through stakeholder pension investment
Parents and grandparents can create a substantial nest egg for their children, with minimal effort, by being clever with their tax planning. By starting...
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