Midlands’ accountants and business advisors Smith Cooper are headline sponsor of the Midlands Family Business Awards for the fourth consecutive year.
Smith Cooper predominantly works with owner managed businesses, with over half of its client base being family businesses. It has been headline sponsor of the not-for-profit Awards, the region’s only independent awards initiative for family run and owned businesses, since 2010.
The firm has one of the Midlands’ largest teams of advisors specialising in supporting family businesses and their owners, operating from a network of offices across the East and West Midlands, providing guidance on issues such as succession planning, finance for growth, and shareholder agreements.
The Smith Cooper family business team is led in the East Midlands by Chris Taylor, Partner in Nottingham who said that the Midlands Family Business Awards are a perfect fit for the firm:
“As leading advisors to family businesses, our role is to help the owners identify their long-term goals and take the actions required to achieve them. Whilst each family business is unique, and the challenges they face are different to one another, our vast experience within the sector means we are well versed to deal with any issues business owners come across.
“It is this clear link to family businesses that has encouraged us to pledge our support for The Midlands Family Business Awards. The Awards play a vital role in both recognising and celebrating the work of those who have excelled in difficult times and we are proud to announce Smith Cooper is headline sponsors for the Awards for the fourth year running!”
Since pledging its support to the Midlands’ family business sector as headline sponsor of the Awards, the firm has added ninety members to its team, and been voted The Corporate Advisory Firm of the Year in England for two years running, Midlands Tax Planning Firm of the Year and a British Accountancy Awards finalist.
The East Midlands is home to approximately 240,000 family businesses, which accounts for 77 percent of all businesses in the region and eight percent nationally, according to figures released by Families in Business (FiB), of which Smith Cooper is an Exclusive Partner in Birmingham.
Chris Taylor added: “The Midlands Family Business Awards give the region’s family businesses the rare but fitting opportunity to showcase and shout-about their incredible work, and shine a light on the significant contribution this sector makes to the Midlands’ economy both in terms of revenues and jobs.”