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Please find below the latest news from Financial Leeds and our members and stakeholders.

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Merger & Relocation drive £20M fee income at Baker Tilly Yorkshire

17 June 10
Baker Tilly’s Yorkshire practice has announced that fee income reached £20m for the year to 31 March 2010.

Survey shows SME businesses neglected by Government

9 June 10
A survey of owner managed and SME businesses by accountancy firm Haines Watts has revealed major disillusionment with the previous government whose initiatives during the recession failed to help them.

Walker Morris advises on £778m acquisition of Netto by Asda

3 June 10
Walker Morris has advised Danish Group Dansk Supermarked A/S on the sale of its subsidiary Netto Foodstores Limited to Asda.

Yorkshire buyout market shows signs of recovery

28 May 10
The overall value of buyouts in Yorkshire and Humber increased by 85% to £287.1m in this year’s first quarter compared with £155m in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to today's figures from the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR), sponsored by Barclays Private Equity.

Leeds Building Society Announces Chief Executive Succession Plan

27 May 10
Leeds Building Society has today announced that Ian Ward will be retiring from his position as Chief Executive at the end of this year, but will remain a director during the first quarter of next year until the Society’s 2011 AGM. Ian has held the Chief Executive role for almost 15 years.

Financial Leeds assists with the launch of Print Yorkshire’s print portal

26 May 10
Print Yorkshire‘s partnership with Garnett Dickinson Global sees the launch of a unique web portal that brings print purchasers and suppliers together throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Print Yorkshire and Garnett Dickinson unveil printers portal

21 May 10
Print Yorkshire has formed a partnership with Garnett Dickinson Global to launch a web portal that will bring buyers and suppliers of print in the Yorkshire and Humber region together.

Young Finance Professionals honoured at inaugural awards ceremony

20 May 10
Up-and-coming finance professionals from across the region have been honoured at the inaugural Yorkshire Rising Star Awards sponsored by Grant Thornton and Cobbetts.

Private equity favours healthcare sector, says Grant Thornton survey

13 May 10
Private equity investors rank healthcare companies their top choice for deal activity in the next 12 months, says a new survey by accountants and business advisors, Grant Thornton.

Leeds finance and business community risk a soaking for charity

7 May 10
One of the most spectacular and entertaining competitive events in aid of charity in Leeds is getting the backing of some of the biggest names in the city’s financial and business community.