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HURST Corporate Finance has strengthened its senior M&A team with the appointment of James Fieldhouse as Partner. James joins from BDO, bringing more than 20 years’ experience advising entrepreneurs, corporates and private equity investors on mid-market transactions.
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With Budget Day confirmed for 28 October, speculation is already building around possible changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax and business taxation. Nigel Barratt, Partner at HURST Corporate Finance, examines the potential impact of CGT, Inheritance Tax and other tax changes and advises what UK business owners should bear in mind.
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HURST Corporate Finance advises Visible Analytics shareholders on sale to Newmarket Strategy
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HURST Corporate Finance helps secure next chapter for Organon Trustees with K3 deal
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HURST Corporate Finance helped lay the foundations for Wilkinson Cowan’s next chapter with its sale to Roger Hannah.
NewsHURST 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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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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The inheritance tax (IHT) agricultural relief U-turns have been well publicised, but the changes apply equally to business relief. Read more here.
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