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Fresh off the success of the North West Rainmakers Awards, join us for our networking lunch to hear directly from this year’s winners. 📆 Thursday 22 October 📍 Manchester Hall This event will bring together the North West rainmaking community to discuss the deals market and celebrate your successes over the last 12 months. Joining us at the event is our 2026 Rainmaker of the Year – Edward Gale, Tech M&A Partner at Clearwater, Changemaker of the Year Helen Spence, International M&A Director at EY and Rising Star winner Rhys Davenport, Investor at BGF. 👇 Grab your ticket via the link in the comments. Sponsored by Codurance and Gilbanks.

Has your finance team driven exceptional growth? Enter the Growth Awards 👇 Behind every period of exceptional business growth, there’s usually a finance or deal team making the bold moves that made it possible. Celebrate your team by submitting a free entry for our Finance Team of the Year category. 👉 View the full list of categories and enter (for free) here: https://lnkd.in/eRAWupaM Backed nationally by headline sponsors Brown Shipley | A Quintet Private Bank. Yorkshire by Clarion Solicitors, North West by GM Business Growth Hub, South West by Thrings. Category sponsors include Optimising IT | B Corp™ in the South West and LDC in the East Midlands.

Looking forward to our first Scottish networking lunch in September. Join us for insightful conversation and to make some new connections.

🌤️ Just over two weeks to go until our annual Birmingham Summer Lunch at the F1® Arcade in Chamberlain Square. We'll be hearing from an athlete competing in the Invictus Games Birmingham 2027. With the city already buzzing after Prince Harry kicked off the "One Year to Go" countdown at the NEC, our speaker will give us a first-hand look at what it takes to train for a global stage and what hosting the games means for the Midlands. 📆 Thursday 13 August 📍 F1® Arcade, 2 Chamberlain Sq, Birmingham B3 3AX And if you fancy a bit of friendly competition to break the ice, you’ll also have the chance to step into the driver’s seat of a full-motion F1 racing simulator 🏁 Secure your spot 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZywVn5P Thanks to sponsors: Freeths

Behind every successful business transformation is a leader willing to challenge the status quo. Our CEO, Ruth Kennedy, will be sharing her experience as a business leader at TheBusinessDesk.com's The Bold and the Brave series. Having overseen our demerger and evolution into an independent MSP, Ruth will discuss the realities of leading through change, building resilient teams and embracing new opportunities.   If you’re interested in honest insights on leadership, business transformation and hearing from one of the region's leading CEOs, we'd love for you to join the conversation. 📅 Register your place here: https://lnkd.in/eHnA7Kqe

✨ TheBusinessDesk.com’s brand new Growth Awards 2027 will be celebrating businesses that have grown through acquisition. This award is for businesses that have created genuine value through acquisition. The deal was the beginning, not the achievement. The Growth through acquisition category is one of 12 awards, which celebrate the companies, teams and individuals driving business growth. 👉 View the full list of categories and enter (for free) here: https://lnkd.in/eRAWupaM Backed nationally by headline sponsors Brown Shipley | A Quintet Private Bank. Yorkshire by Clarion Solicitors, North West by GM Business Growth Hub. Category sponsors include Optimising IT | B Corp™ in the South West.

📣 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're bringing our networking lunch series to Scotland for the very first time. Kicking off our launch with a very special guest speaker: Ana Stewart, a technology entrepreneur and investor, who was recently appointed Chief Entrepreneur by the Scottish Government. Come along to meet and collaborate with like-minded professionals from across the Edinburgh business scene. 📅 Wednesday 30 September📍The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh 🎟️ Secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/etsQkn-G

What happens when a £17m legal firm acquisition turns into a High Court claim over "overstated profits"? ⚖️ That's just one of the stories landing in this week's edition of The Weekly Edit. Here is what else we're unpacking this week: 🔹 UK aerospace industry facing turbulence but is rising to the challenges 🔹 The Vibe Minister to ring the changes with ten year plan to remake Britain 🔹 HMRC files winding-up petition against Avison Young 🔹 Edinburgh’s tourist tax impact on hospitality 🔹 Nottingham Forest submit revised City Ground expansion plans after months of consultation 🔗 Read the full edition here: https://lnkd.in/eqPzKd6r 📩 Want this in your inbox every Friday? It's free to subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eZsP2HG5 #TheWeeklyEdit