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		<title>EY expands North Corporate Finance team with two senior hires</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[EY has appointed two new senior hires in its Corporate Finance team in the North of England, reinforcing the firm’s continued investment in its regional business. Richard Pulford joins EY from DC Advisory, where he spent 13 years growing and leading the firm’s North West team. Prior to that, Richard spent 11 years in PwC’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Record-breaking IPO activity in Q3 as year-to-date funds raised exceed 2020 total</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Listing activity on the London markets has maintained the momentum witnessed during the first half of the year, with a record-breaking quarterly performance on both the Main Market and Alternative Investment Market (AIM), according to EY’s, IPO Eye.   Across the North West, AIM Activity raised £28mn in funds, with listings including Bivictrix Therapeutics plc, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EY Entrepreneur Of The Year&#x2122; 2021 regional winners from the North West announced</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[EY has announced its EY Entrepreneur Of The Year&#x2122; UK regional winners, with two North West businesses making the shortlist. They will join 24 other entrepreneurs, representing 19 businesses, from across the country in the UK finals in November.     This year’s finalists highlight two brilliant companies from the North West’s strong entrepreneurial landscape, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Listed businesses issue the lowest number of profit warnings in over 22 years – only eight were issued by North-listed businesses in Q2 2021</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[North-based quoted companies issued eight profit warnings in Q2 2021, a 69% reduction on the number of warnings issued in the same quarter in 2020, according to the latest EY-Parthenon report. In the UK, just 32 profit warnings were issued, the lowest quarterly total EY has recorded in over 22 years of profit warnings analysis. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Listing momentum continues into Q2 2021 as AIM activity returns to historic levels</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Listing activity on the London markets has maintained the momentum witnessed in the previous two quarters with another strong quarterly performance on both the Main Market and AIM, according to EY’s latest market tracker IPO Eye. The Main market hosted 10 IPOs, raising £3.1bn and a further 13 companies were admitted to AIM raising £664m. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EY appoints nine Partners and Associate Partners in the North West</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[EY has appointed one equity Partner and eight Associate Partners in the North West from within EY, reinforcing the firm’s continued investment in its regional business and commitment to nurturing homegrown talent. Julia Lewis is a Partner in the firm’s Consulting team in Manchester. She focuses on delivering large change programmes including Finance Transformation. Julia [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Free employability workshops and paid work experience for young people in the North West</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The EY Foundation, EY’s independent charity in the UK, is offering students aged 16 and 17 in the North West the chance to unlock their career potential through a series of free employability workshops and paid work experience this summer. The EY Foundation’s Tech Smart Futures programme is aimed at Year 12 students from lower [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>UK remains Europe’s most attractive destination for financial services investment, but the gap with France has narrowed</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The UK continues to be Europe’s most attractive location for international investment into financial services, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey for Financial Services, attracting 56 projects in 2020. However, this was 43 projects lower than in 2019 and the gap with the second largest recipient of investment – now France – has narrowed. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>North West businesses announced as EY Entrepreneur Of The Year&#x2122; 2021 North finalists</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[EY has announced its EY Entrepreneur Of The Year North finalists, with 20 entrepreneurs from 15 businesses across the North West making the shortlist. The programme celebrates ‘unstoppable entrepreneurs’ from across the country. This year’s finalists represent some of the North West’s most inspiring business leaders, who are making a positive impact on the economy. In the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>North West in the UK’s top three regions for foreign direct investment projects in 2020</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The North West’s attractiveness as an investment destination has grown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is now one of the UK’s top three locations for attracting inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey.  With 85 projects in 2020, the North West overtook the South East (72) to become [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Low quarterly profit warnings disguise challenging outlook for Northern businesses</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 16:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Listed companies based in the North of England issued seven profit warnings in Q1 2021, an 89% decrease from the 62 warnings recorded in Q1 2020, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report. The figure is also a 30% fall on the previous quarter when 10 profit warnings were issued across the North and is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>UK growth prospects significantly brighter in 2021 as EY ITEM Club publishes upgraded economic forecast</title>
		<link>https://nwconnected.co.uk/uk-growth-prospects-significantly-brighter-in-2021-as-ey-item-club-publishes-upgraded-economic-forecast/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=uk-growth-prospects-significantly-brighter-in-2021-as-ey-item-club-publishes-upgraded-economic-forecast</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The UK’s economic growth prospects for 2021 have been significantly upgraded in the EY ITEM Club’s Spring Forecast, published today. The EY ITEM Club now expects the economy to grow 6.8% this year rather than the 5.0% growth expected in January. The improved near-term outlook means the UK economy is expected to regain its pre-COVID-19 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EY’s North dealmakers upbeat after a strong first quarter of activity</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[North transactions teams advised on around £1bn of deals in first quarter of 2021. EY’s North Strategy and Transactions teams acted on 15 completed deals worth a total of around £1bn in the first three months of 2021. North West highlights among the deals included private equity firm NorthEdge’s investment in cyber distributor Distology, Radius’ acquisition [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses shun litigation for conciliation amid pandemic – but a rise in legal claims in 2021 is likely, finds EY research</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Almost two-thirds of corporate respondents (63%) to EY survey have adopted a conciliatory approach to business disputes since start of pandemic Finding follows May 2020 Cabinet Office call for business community to avoid litigation while COVID-19 pandemic ongoing But 59% of corporate respondents expect claims to be higher than normal in 2021 as economic restrictions [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EY Partner, Victoria Price, named one of UK’s top ‘power part-timers’</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[EY Tax Partner and UK Private Client Service Leader, Victoria Price, has been recognised in the 2021 Timewise Power List: a roll call of 25 of the most successful senior-level executives in the UK, who work part-time. Social consultants, Timewise, publish a new ‘Power List’ annually &#8211; and have done since 2012 &#8211; in order [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>North West profit warnings up 45% in 2020</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The number of profit warnings issued by North West-listed companies increased significantly to 48 in 2020, compared with 33 in 2019, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report. The figure is a 45% increase on 2019 and is significantly higher than the peak of the financial crisis in 2008, when 33 warnings were recorded in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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