Sci-Tech Daresbury has announced partner professional firms and organisations which will offer business support services for firms based on the site. Dow Schofield Watts has been providing advice to businesses based at Sci-Tech, Daresbury since 2011. Dave Graham and Philip Sarthou continue to drive our support to the businesses sited at Sci-Tech. DWF, Dow Schofield … Continued
North west based specialist agricultural and distribution business NWF has made a bolt-on acquisition which will see growth in its fuel business. The Nantwich, Cheshire headquartered group has acquired Staffordshire Fuels, a 32 million litres per year fuel distribution business operating in Staffordshire and the West Midlands. This acquisition will increase NWF Fuel’s annual volume … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP (“DSW TS”), the financial due diligence experts based in Cheshire and Leeds, have strengthened their due diligence team with the appointment of Rob Parker as a Transaction Services Executive, with effect from 26th October 2015. Rob is the latest recruit to the firm, which also has expanding teams who … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance has been awarded the title of Mid-Market Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year at the Insider Dealmakers Awards 2015 dinner. Insider Dealmakers Awards reward the efforts of people in the corporate finance field who are at the very top of their game. The annual dinner is a celebration of … Continued
New Director appointment to the Yorkshire & North East Transaction Services team of Dow Schofield Watts Dow Schofield Watts (“DSW”), the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeff Gardner as a Director in its Transaction Services team. He will be based in the Yorkshire & North East office. … Continued
New office for expanding Dow Schofield Watts team The North West office of Dow Schofield Watts has moved into striking new office space on one of the largest business parks in the North West, Daresbury Park. Dow Schofield Watts purchased the two-story office block at the end of 2014, in a £1.25 million deal and … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services recently assisted mobile telecoms provider WHP Group in its bolt-on acquisition of Paragon Telecoms Limited. The acquisition comes swiftly after WHP’s secondary buyout by Palatine Private Equity in May 2015. Paragon, based in St Helens, was founded by Terry Flanagan and Paul Barrow in 2013, and specialises in telecoms, engineering … Continued
East Lancashire-based Bell Trailers has agreed to sell to one of Europe’s leading equipment services providers, TIP Trailer Services, for an undisclosed sum. The management team of Bell Trailers will remain with the business and will continue to develop complementary business opportunities with Tip Trailer Services. Nelson-based articulated trailer and rental sales firm, Bell Trailers, … Continued
A recent decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) should mean that taxpayers will now be in a stronger position to support the recovery of VAT on M&A transactions, despite HMRC’s attempts to challenge deal fee VAT recovery. The risk of HMRC challenging Holding Company VAT recovery more generally has also diminished. Background Over … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts (“DSW”), the specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm based in Cheshire and Leeds, has expanded its Cheshire office with the appointment of Callum Sellar as a Corporate Finance Executive. He will support DSW’s corporate finance team in the delivery of a full range of advisory service to clients across the North. … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm based in Cheshire and Leeds, have strengthened their Corporate Finance team with the appointment of Peter Barkley as a Corporate Finance Executive in Daresbury, with effect from 29th June 2015. Peter is the latest specialist to join the firm, which also has expanding teams … Continued
RSK Group Plc, the UK’s largest privately owned environmental consultancy, has secured a £33m long-term investment loan provided by a fund advised by Permira Debt Managers (“PDM”), the debt management and advisory arm of Permira and one of Europe’s leading specialist debt investors. PDM’s direct lending fund Permira Credit Solutions II (PCS2) will act as … Continued
With teams covering the North West, Yorkshire and the North East, DSW TS has enjoyed a fantastic start to 2015, particularly in the private equity market. This follows on from recent mid-market adviser statistics showing the DSW TS was the second most active PE due diligence provider in the North West over the last year*. … Continued
The financial due diligence experts, Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP, has expanded its North West team with the appointment Ros Jones Ros joins after spending a number of years gaining significant practical industry experience as a group financial accountant for Air Energi, a major global recruiter engaged in the oil and gas industry. Ros … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts (“DSW”), the leading specialist professional advisory firm and equity finance firm, has expanded its VAT Services business with the appointment of Jacki Wells, as a partner who will be based in the Yorkshire & North East office. Jacki joins DSW from Ernst & Young, where she headed up their Leeds Indirect Tax … Continued