Volunteers paint sensory room for The Joshua Tree Nicole and Cath, Finance Director and Recruitment Manager at Dow Schofield Watts, spent their free time painting the sensory room at the Joshua Tree’s new family support center this week. The room will now be ready for the new Rhino UK sensory equipment to be installed! Thank … Continued
Tax specialist joins Dow Schofield Watts to launch new service Dow Schofield Watts has expanded its services with the launch of a new tax consultancy arm. DSW Tax Advisory will be led by Dave Waddington, who joins from Haines Watts in Liverpool where he was tax partner. A qualified accountant and former head of finance … Continued
British Engineering Services strengthens non-destructive testing services with acquisition of AWL Warrington-based British Engineering Services, with backing from Inflexion, has made its latest acquisition AWL. Ed Brentnall, Rebecca Smith and Rob Parker of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services provided financial due diligence for British Engineering Services for the second time in the past year. Established … Continued
BCN Group strengthens its Microsoft capabilities with the acquisition of data analytics and process automation specialist Cloud2 BCN Group, the managed IT, cloud and digital transformation specialist, has expanded its data analytics and process automation capabilities with the acquisition of Cloud2. Ed Brentnall and Tomos Edwards of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services provided financial due … Continued
Former Chancellor predicts ‘growth bounce’ as UK exits lockdown With the UK economy exiting from lockdown, Dow Schofield Watts clients were given an insight into its future prospects in a private briefing with the former Chancellor, Lord Philip Hammond. During the online event, which was hosted by DSW and organised by OakNorth Bank, Lord Hammond … Continued
Supply chain solutions specialist raises PE funding for growth Bis Henderson, a leading provider of professional services into the supply chain sector, has secured investment from London-based private equity firm TPA Capital. Dow Schofield Watts advised Bis Henderson on the deal, which will help accelerate its growth ambitions. Established by Andy Kaye in 2000 and … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services has announced promotions in its North West team. Rob Parker has been promoted to Director and Rebecca Smith to Manager. Rob joined Dow Schofield Watts in 2015, having previously worked at Grant Thornton, while Rebecca joined in 2019 from PWC. Ed Brentnall, who heads the transaction services team, says: “The … Continued
Supply chain solutions specialist raises PE funding for growth Bis Henderson, a leading provider of professional services into the supply chain sector, has secured investment from London-based private equity firm TPA Capital. Dow Schofield Watts advised Bis Henderson on the deal, which will help accelerate its growth ambitions. Established by Andy Kaye in 2000 and … Continued
Corporate finance team announces three promotions Dow Schofield Watts is pleased to announce three promotions in its corporate finance team in the North West. Dan Walker and Tom Dutton have been promoted to Associate Directors, and Ross Thomas to Manager. Dan and Tom joined the firm in 2017 from KPMG, while Ross joined in 2019 … Continued
DSW Employees Shortlisted for Young Professionals Awards Congratulations to Thomas Dutton, Callum Sellar and all our young professionals at Dow Schofield Watts on being shortlisted for Insider’s North West Young Professionals Awards 2021! Thomas Dutton is shortlisted for Young Accountant of the Year Callum Sellar is shortlisted for Young Financier of the Year Dow Schofield Watts is … Continued
James Dow speaks with the Business Desk about the buoyancy of the deals market In a fireside chat at Invest North, James Dow, founder of Dow Schofield Watts and Stewart Haworth, director of debt finance at OakNorth Bank, spoke about the buoyancy of the deals market through the economic recovery and how they have been supporting … Continued
dormakaba UK & Ireland acquires RTR Services Ltd Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services has provided financial due diligence to dormakaba UK & Ireland in respect of its acquisition of RTR Services Ltd. Ed Brentnall and Matt Jones of DSW advised dormakaba. RTR Services is based in Essex, with additional operations in Lichfield, and is a … Continued
Women in accountancy: Interview with Jill Jones Jill Jones is the former North West Regional Managing Partner of RSM where she was also a main board director and acting COO until her departure in June 2020. She is now a Non-Executive Director at Dow Schofield Watts and a number of other organisations. Here she talks … Continued
International Women’s Day 2021 On this International Women’s Day some of our female team members would like to share their experiences of lockdown, the challenge’s of work colliding with life, and how they’re coping in this new set of circumstances! We are proud that our team feels empowered to challenge the status quo when it … Continued
Inspired Energy completes bolt-on acquisition Procurement consultancy Inspired Energy has continued its buy and build strategy with the acquisition of energy consultancy Businesswise Solutions. Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services advised on the deal. The Lancashire company has funded the acquisition from the group’s successful £31.3m placing and open offer completed in July last year. It … Continued