The High Potential Business Awards shortlist

The High Potential Business Awards follows the ten-year legacy of the M&A Awards, and aims to celebrate the UK’s most promising businesses and the finance and advisory firms that support them|The High Potential Business Awards follows the ten-year legacy of the M&A Awards, and aims to celebrate the UK’s most promising businesses and the finance and advisory firms that support them

The High Potential Business Awards follows the ten-year legacy of the M&A Awards, and aims to celebrate the UK’s most promising businesses and the finance and advisory firms that support them

On the evening of 22 June 2016, the UK’s high potential businesses and the financiers and advisors that have made the most impact on the SME community will be celebrated at the High Potential Business Awards.

The awards continue the legacy of the long-standing M&A Awards, which has been recognising corporate finance and dealmaking excellence for ten years now. The rebrand of the event not only celebrates this exciting milestone, but comes with the introduction of several new categories that focus on businesses that have displayed impressive organic growth.

The shortlist

START-UP OF THE YEAR

Laundrapp

Mindful Chef

MyCognition

Ormsby Street

Pooch & Mutt

WheyHey

SME OF THE YEAR

Bloom & Wild

Fairsail

Neva Consultants

Rant & Rave

Reevoo

Union Hand-roasted Coffee

MID-MARKET COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Brompton Bikes

Flowgroup

graze.com

The Bread Factory

Ticketbis

World First

FAST-GROWTH CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Crunch Accounting

durhamlane

Gold-i

Headbox

minicabit

OakNorth Bank

ACCOUNTANCY FIRM OF THE YEAR

BDO

Crowe Clark Whitehill

Kingston Smith

Mazars

MHA Macintyre Hudson

Price Bailey

Saffery Champness

taylorcocks

UHY Hacker Young

BROKER OF THE YEAR

Allenby Capital

Cantor Fitzgerald

Cenkos Securities

finnCap

N+1 Singer

Numis Securities

Peterhouse Corporate Finance

Zeus Capital

CORPORATE FINANCE BOUTIQUE OF THE YEAR

About Corporate Finance

Catalyst Corporate Finance

Cavendish Corporate Finance

Clearwater International

EMC Corporate Finance

HW Corporate Finance

Knight Corporate Finance

Metis Partners

Spayne Lindsay & Co.

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

Charles Russell Speechlys

Hill Dickinson

Joelson Wilson

Kerman & Co

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Shoosmiths

Squire Patton Boggs

Taylor Wessing

PRIVATE EQUITY HOUSE OF THE YEAR

H.I.G. Capital

LDC

Livingbridge

Maven Capital Partners

Mobeus Capital

NBGI

NVM Private Equity

Palatine Private Equity

FINANCE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Barclays

BLME

Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks

HSBC

Investec

Lloyds Bank

RBS

ASSET-BASED LENDER OF THE YEAR

ABN Amro Commercial Finance

Bibby Financial Services

Leumi Asset Based Lending

Lloyds Commercial

PNC Business Credit

Shawbrook Capital

Wells Fargo Capital Finance

ALTERNATIVE FINANCE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Boost Capital

Crowdcube

Funding Circle

Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance

MarketInvoice

Nucleus Commercial Finance

Seedrs

SyndicateRoom

The winners will be announced at the awards on the 22nd of June 2016 at The Savoy.


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