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Sleepless nights? We get it.

Buying or selling a business can be one of life’s most difficult yet defining moments for any owner or entrepreneur.

The key to your success (and sleep) is a Corporate Finance team you can trust. A team that will guide you through the maze of M&A, creating a successful path to whatever future you want.

Working at HURST

Advise courageously

We’ll tell you what others won’t.

Invest emotionally

We’ll get attached. You will matter.

Commit totally

We’ll never walk away from your deal.

Deliver successfully

We’ll realise the result you need.

Your future. Our focus.

HURST Corporate Finance is made for transactions between £5m and £30m. Often in Manchester. Usually in the North West. Sometimes our reputation draws us much further afield.

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Find out why our clients choose to work with HURST Corporate Finance.

Blending process with passion

Quality, not quantity

We complete 6-8 deals a year, so every deal has to succeed. We’re aligned with shareholders to maximise value.

Boutique, but bigger

We are 8 corporate finance experts. Supported by over 100 colleagues in our Business Services, Tax and Digital teams.

Focused, but broad

We focus on partnering business owners in transactions between £5m and £30m. Across a diverse sectoral spread.

Proud to be part of HURST

We’re a specialist corporate finance boutique within one of the UK’s leading regional accountancy and advisory firms. That means we can blend a unique depth of M&A expertise with a hundreds-strong team of financial and strategic advisors.

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Careers

We think you’ll find something different in your career with HURST Corporate Finance. You’ll uncover a proudly empowered feeling that comes with being part of an independent boutique.

Careers with HURST

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Insights, news and events

HURST Corporate Finance dealmaker Isabelle Bennett

HURST Corporate Finance helped lay the foundations for Wilkinson Cowan’s next chapter with its sale to Roger Hannah.

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Partner Ben Bradley has been appointed head of HURST Corporate Finance, succeeding long-serving Nigel Barratt in a planned transition.

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Pictured: Abigail Kelly

Abigail Kelly has joined us as a manager from investment bank and advisory firm Cavendish, where she was an associate director in the corporate finance team based in London.

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