When the term corporate finance gets mentioned many small businesses tend to think it doesn’t apply to them and that it only relates to big companies.
In fact, corporate finance is just an umbrella term which covers many different areas which can apply to a growing small business or one which has hit difficulties but still has great products, services, staff or perhaps intellectual property.
Typical advice we provide to businesses of all types and sizes includes :-
In terms of why you might decide we can help with corporate finance, whilst this type of advice is all about skills and experience and cost should be very much secondary, for small businesses, costs are always very important. Our charge rates are a fraction of those charged by corporate finance professionals in large accountancy practices, law firms or boutique finance businesses. We are affordable for any almost all small businesses and our charges are proportionate to the value of the underlying benefit or risk.
And we are also almost completely unique in that we have in-house solicitors who can coordinate the legal due diligence alongside the financial due diligence.
So if you are considering buying or selling a business, please drop us a line to see how we can help.
Originally graduating with a degree in geography from Edinburgh University, Keir claims that he was then tricked into becoming an accountant by one of the UK's top 5 accountancy practices.The deception extended to the usual training in audit and associated activities.
Keir subsequently worked in a number of advisory roles with clients including in the energy trading, pharmaceuticals and financial services sectors.
He loves working at Accounts & Legal because of the variety of work and clients, the excellent team ethos and morale, the importance placed on genuinely helping and being useful for clients and because he believes what he does matters to clients and helps the firm.
Keir's primary role is to ensure that new clients with complex businesses or needs are on-boarded in the best way and he is a "trouble shooter" both for clients and where complex issues arise internally. He also helps the accounting teams strive to improve what we do for clients, whether processes or services.
When not debiting or crediting, Keir has a penchant for fixing old buildings, skiing, surfing and cycling.