The Corporate Finance Network consists of some of the most proactive and commercially astute regional, independent accountancy firms in the UK. In addition they specialise in advising upon corporate finance advice for owner-managed businesses. Whether you are looking for advice on buying a company, selling your business/exit planning, or raising finance, they are best placed to understand your market and the technical requirements of the transaction.
The CFN was founded by Kirsty McGregor who has worked in corporate finance for both national and regional firms. More details about Kirsty can be found further down this page.
Click on your nearest member firm using the map below, for further details from their own website.
Scotland
Ireland
North East
North West
Yorkshire
Nicholsons
East Midlands
Nicholsons
Whiting & Partners
West Midlands
Wales
Bevan Buckland
East
Nicholsons
Whiting & Partners
South East
TWP Accounting
South West
Our member firms are supported by the Executive Team of The Corporate Finance Network – see their profiles below.
If you would like more information about us, please contact us.
Executive Team
Kirsty is a chartered accountant and has advised SME clients on corporate finance matters & transactions for around 25 years, including having set up several corporate finance departments for regional firms of accountants, founding a training and consultancy practice presenting corporate finance courses to SME advisors, lawyers, banks and directors, before creating the concept of The Corporate Finance Network in 2007. Respected as a thought-leader within her profession, Kirsty is regularly required to provide opinion to the national media in respect of issues around business and finance, having been recently published in The Times, The Telegraph, The Financial Times and various nationwide accountancy and business publications and interviewed on The One Show and BBC Look North. She was named as one to watch in ‘The Crowd behind the Crowd’ and she has been a volunteer mentor for Virgin Startups, Northern Regional Manager for Angels Den and shared her expertise in the RBS/Natwest initiative E-spark, at Leeds Beckett University and at national industry events Accountex & Business Startups. In creating and leading the crowdfunding campaign “Calderdale Rising” on behalf of Calderdale Community Foundation for Calderdale, she supported over 100 businesses in the Calder Valley after the floods of Boxing Day 2015, raising funds and unlocking further match funding from the UK government. These funds ensured these businesses could recover and re-open and the campaign was runner-up in the ‘turnaround’ category of the Yorkshire Post Business Awards in November 2016. She has been on various local and national committees of ICAEW and assisted ICAEW and BPP on developing and running the first courses of the Advanced Diploma in Corporate Finance, offering some advice from an industry perspective. As a Young Enterprise voluntary advisor her team went on to win the local finals. She has been involved in Scouting as a Leader and later as Group Chairman for almost 30 years. She now analyses the market, shares the opportunities for the industry, creating the tools necessary for accountants to develop this work with their clients and is a regular commentator in the media. She also worked with the funding and capital advisory platform, Capitalise.com as their Accountant-in-Residence. Examples of Kirsty's work can be found here. Jack is the Researcher for The Corporate Finance Network and is known to provide market-leading intelligence and data to all our firms who use his services. Having worked previously in both small cap and mid-market, he has the perfect breadth of experience to produce critical information to assist in the early stage of M&A transactions, as well as maximising the post-deal marketing activities.
Executive Team
Executive Team
