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Practice News: KPMG acquires Boxwood

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23rd Jun 2015
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A round-up of the latest news, appointments, executive moves and acquisitions from the world of practice during June 2015.

Baldwins hires new corporate finance director

22 June - Martin Poole has been appointed Corporate Finance Director at Baldwins Accountants. He will focus on the SME market, primarily covering the West Midlands and Shropshire.

Poole trained as a CA in Birmingham with Robson Rhodes, which later merged with Grant Thornton, before moving into its corporate finance department after qualifying as an accountant.

“Baldwins is a growing business and it has a great reputation in the region with excellent customers and there are many opportunities within the group,” said Poole. “I have worked in corporate finance for the majority of my working life not only in terms of giving advice but in lending money for management buy-outs.”

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KPMG acquires Boxwood

19 June - KPMG in the UK today announces that it has acquired Boxwood, an award winning management consultancy which specialises in the delivery of business and operational transformation.

Boxwood works with CEOs and their teams on transformation programmes that drive profitable growth.

The acquisition of Boxwood will accent KPMG’s existing management consultancy offering. “This is a truly significant deal for KPMG as we seek to expand and enhance the range of consultancy services we provide, particularly to middle-market companies up and down the UK,” said  Richard Fleming, Head of Advisory at KPMG.

Boxwood’s straightforward and hands-on approach to projects ensures that it consistently drives growth, improves profitability and unlocks value for its clients.  Additionally, its track-record in providing post-deal transformation advice, particularly to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, complements our existing integration advisory offering – something that is increasingly in demand as the M&A market continues to improve.”

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Not-for-profit partners join PKF Littlejohn

10 June - Specialist not-for-profit audit partners, Ian Mathieson and Karen Thompson, have joined PKF Littlejohn.

Mathieson brings 25 years of specialist not for profit experience to the firm. His specific interests are within the charity sector and he also works closely with membership bodies, with national and international operations. He qualified with Littlejohn Frazer before moving directly into the charity sector to work as a financial accountant. He then joined PKF’s not for profit team for 14 years, which he headed from 2010 to 2013, fulfilling the same role at BDO LLP after his firm’s merger with BDO.

Thompson was also a partner in the not for profit teams of both PKF and BDO, working closely with Mathieson. Previously she worked directly in International Development as director of finance at War on Want and latterly as chief operating officer and director of resources at FARM-Africa.

Carmine Papa, managing partner of PKF Littlejohn, said: “Ian and Karen bring an incredible depth and breadth of experience of the challenges and opportunities that are currently facing the not for profit sector and will bring invaluable insights and benefits to our not for profit clients.”

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ForrestBrown hires HMRC specialist

3 June - R&D tax consultancy ForrestBrown has hired a former HMRC inspector to the role of R&D technical specialist.

Malcolm Henderson has worked in various HMRC roles for more than 25 years, the last 10 of which as a tax inspector in Portsmouth Incentives & Reliefs (I&R) Unit, where he acted as point of expertise on tax enquiries relating to R&D tax credits.

His work at ForrestBrown will see him continue this educational role, in addition to acting in a quality-assurance capacity for all claims before they are submitted to HMRC.

MD Simon Brown said: “Malcolm is a highly-respected tax specialist both internally at HMRC and among the many external clients he worked with during his time there. He was a familiar voice at the end of the phone for my team – a real voice of expertise.”

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