RSM Tenon September 22, 2010 SO far so good. Tenon’s buyout of RSM appears to be having the desired effect, with cost synergies on track to total more than £10m a year. Getting accountants from both companies to gel was always going to be tricky, but the business is performing well. Some government contracts will be chopped come October’s spending [...]
RSM Tenon hikes dividend as profit rises September 22, 2010 British business adviser RSM Tenon Group posted a 37 per cent increase in full-year adjusted pretax profit, boosted by acquisition of RSM Bentley Jennison and certain assets of troubled peer Vantis. The accountancy and advisory firm said it raised dividend by seven per cent to 1.6 pence per share. “Organic sales growth and margin improvements [...]
RSM Tenon hikes dividend as profit rises September 22, 2010 British business adviser RSM Tenon Group posted a 37 per cent increase in full-year adjusted pretax profit, boosted by acquisition of RSM Bentley Jennison and certain assets of troubled peer Vantis. The accountancy and advisory firm said it raised dividend by seven per cent to 1.6 pence per share. “Organic sales growth and margin improvements [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS September 16, 2010 Oppenheimer Investments Iain Morpeth, one of Clifford Chance’s most senior private equity lawyers, is joining the Swiss project financing adviser as its new chief operating officer, based in London. Morpeth has been at Clifford Chance for the past 23 years and specialises in the real estate sector. His track record includes advising on Meridian Delta [...]
Government fails business expectations September 12, 2010 THE government has failed to meet the expectations of entrepreneurs, according to a new poll. The survey of more than 390 business owners conducted by RSM Tenon reveals a ten per cent drop in the number of business owners who believe the government is supporting them. Two weeks after the general election, 52 per cent [...]
Bankruptcies fall 21pc but overstretched borrowers find other ways to go bust August 4, 2010 PERSONAL bankruptcies fell to pre-recession levels in the second quarter, but the headline drop masked a rush by troubled consumers for alternative ways to resolve their woes. Despite a 21 per cent year-on-year decline in bankruptcies, 380 people entered into insolvency every day during the three months, according to accountancy firm RSM Tenon. Debt relief [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 28, 2010 Collins Stewart The financial advisory group has appointed a new equity research, sales and corporate broking team, focused on the mining sector and headed by John McGloin (pictured). McGloin has worked as an analyst for the past eight years at Beeson Gregory and Evolution. He is joined by mining analysts Tim Dudley and Andrei Kroupnik; [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 22, 2010 DLA PIPER The law firm has poached Stephen Hoyle from Ernst & Young to join its London office as a partner and head of UK tax. Hoyle, a specialist in corporate tax and structured transactions, was a partner at E&Y’s international tax services group. Prior to that, he worked as a managing director in Deutsche [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 11, 2010 Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity The charity has appointed fund management veteran Nichola Pease as a trustee, taking on the position held by ex-Man Group chief Stanley Fink until last month. Pease is deputy chairman of JO Hambro Capital Management, which she joined in 1998 as chief executive. She also previously helped to set up [...]
RSM Tenon picks up gems from Vantis June 30, 2010 RSM Tenon, the fully listed UK accounting and business services group, yesterday bought certain business assets from its rival Vantis, which collapsed on Tuesday evening. RSM, which moved to the main market in May this year, is buying businesses worth up to £6.8m from the administrators of Vantis, taking 325 people on board. Chief executive [...]