Updated 7:40pm 27 May 2012

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RSM Tenon suspends tax products after avoidance clampdown

Accountancy firm RSM Tenon has suspended a line of specialist tax products after a government clampdown on tax avoidance.Read

club cricket

Warwickshire Taverners Trophy: Clement Keys edge past Gateleys

Rain has continued to play havoc with the Warwickshire Taverners corporate cricket tournament.Read

Mark Smith, regional chairman at PwC takes delivery of the all-electric car

PwC trials all-electric pool car in Birmingham office

Employees at PwC’s Birmingham office are being encouraged to go down the green motoring road after the firm took delivery of an electric pool car.Read

Triple triumph for asset finance firm

A Birmingham-based independent asset finance company has celebrated a triple triumph after brokering £18.3 million in a year.Read

New accountancy site established

A new mobile enabled website has been launched by Haines Watts for business owners, FDs and financial controllers, giving instant and continuous access to the latest accountancy, tax and business information on their smartphones.Read

Investigative business set up at Adams Moore

A unique investigative business service to help companies and business individuals bring reckless company directors to book has been launched.Read

MBO at recruitment specialist

Financial recruitment specialist Greenwell Gleeson has undergone a management buy-out.Read

Family-owned practice appoints partner

Family-owned accountancy practice Baldwins has promoted Zoe Walsh to partner.Read

Freeth Cartwright expands as deal market picks up

After a universally slow start to corporate finance activity in 2012, the Midlands deal market appears to be picking up pace with news of three high profile transactions and an expanding corporate finance team at the Birmingham office of Midlands law firm Freeth Cartwright.Read

Get Me Staff Recruitment Services collapses into administration

Stourbridge-based Get Me Staff Recruitment Services has gone into administration.Read

Wesleyan

Sales grow as Wesleyan Assurance Society profits from pension shake-up

Uncertainty with public sector pensions and changes to pension tax legislation have helped a Birmingham-based mutual to increase sales in the first quarter.Read

Birmingham Post

Catalyst Corporate Finance oversees management buyout

Birmingham based Catalyst Corporate Finance has advised on the management buy-out of the geotechnics division of an international business.Read

Birmingham Post

Applications flood in for Birmingham Post Business Growth Fund

Applications have been flooding in following the launch of the Birmingham Post Business Growth Fund.Read

LaSer UK appoints risk director

Credit and loyalty services firm LaSer UK has appointed Jet Uppal as risk director.Read

PPI claim hit Lloyds

Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group has revealed lower-than-expected profits after it took an additional £375 million hit to cover payment protection insurance (PPI) claims.Read

Director promotion at Barclays

Ben Gulliford has been promoted to the role of director in the wealth and investment management division of Barclays’ Birmingham office.Read

Promotions at JW Hinks

Birmingham-based chartered accountantcy firm JW Hinks have promoted two members of staff.Read

Aldermore Bank appoints lending manager

Aldermore Bank has strengthened its Midlands based commercial mortgage team with the appointment of Caroline Luxmore as lending manager.Read

Accolade for Central Finance

A Midland alternative funding consultancy has received an accolade for helping businesses in the region raise more than £30 million.Read

New team at Clearwater Corporate Finance

Corporate advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance has set up a dedicated team to work on the expected surge in M&A activity between China and the UK.Read