Our Sponsors
A huge thank you to all of our fantastic sponsors for their support.
Bathgate Business Finance are a business to business finance provider based in West Kirby, Wirral.
The aim at Bathgate is to give their customers access to the best advice and funding they can using the vast industry experience found across the team.
Founded in 1991, Bathgate cover all forms of business finance, having proudly assisted a wide range of different business sizes and sectors over the years to help find the funding solution that’s right for them.
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Bibby Financial Services is a leading independent financial services partner to over 9,000 businesses worldwide.
They provide specialist and adaptable trade, asset and working capital finance, and FX services helping businesses to grow in domestic and international markets.
Their range of services includes Invoice Discounting, Factoring, Lease Finance, Export Finance, Trade Finance, Stock Finance, ABL, Specialist finance for the construction and recruitment sectors and Foreign exchange.
Freeths is a top 50 commercial law firm. Relied on by private and public sector clients including Aldi, Tarmac, Experian, and Lloyds Bank – alongside many charities and universities. Freeths were recently awarded B Corporation (B Corp) certification, demonstrating its dedication to complying with high standards of environmental and social impact and governance.
Milestone achievements:
- Commended for Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024
- Recognised in The Legal 500 Green Guide 2024
- Listed in The Times Best Law Firms, 2024
- Ranked in the top tiers of Legal 500 and Chambers legal guides
- Ranked 44 in The Lawyer’s Top 100 UK law firms
- ‘Diversity Champion’ for Stonewall – a charity supporting LGBTQ+ rights

DTM Legal are a regional firm of solicitors with national expertise that takes pride in their legal excellence and down-to-earth friendly culture.
Located in Liverpool and Chester they work closely with clients to become their trusted partner.
They provide expert legal advice by combining commercial acumen, passion and can do approach to deliver an outstanding service.
Accountable Recruitment combine deep sector knowledge and experience with best in class recruitment and consultancy to enrich the lives of clients, and candidates.
Established in 2010 by Simon Massey, Accountable Recruitment is proud to support a wide range of businesses. They can assist with all aspects of recruitment from Executive, Accountancy and Practice, both interim and permanent.
With unrivalled access to some of the brightest and best talent, we also uniquely host a regional Executive and FD Club, HRD Club and the prestigious Finance Director of the Year Awards alongside Partners KPMG, Brabners and HSBC Bank.www.accountablerecruitment.com
Langtons is a leading independent firm of chartered accountants with one sole aim: to help you achieve your financial ambitions, whatever they may be.
Based in Liverpool, we have been offering high quality advice to businesses and individuals for over 150 years. Our experience, expertise and desire to go the extra mile ensures we have long lasting relationships with our clients. Our in-house expertise covers audit & accounting, corporate finance, specialist tax, payroll and cloud accounting.
NatWest Group is a relationship bank for a digital world. We champion potential; breaking down barriers and building financial confidence so the people, families and businesses we serve can thrive.
We support one in every four UK businesses, from start-ups and entrepreneurs all the way through to large corporate organisations and multi-nationals, providing the product solutions and expertise our customers need at the right time. In doing so, we help our customers manage their day-to-day business activity, supporting them through good and challenging times, and working with them to help them plan for the future.
In the increasingly consolidated and often undifferentiated world of insurance broking, Griffiths & Armour are a leading independent insurance broker with a single, unwavering focus; putting your best interests first. Always.
They believe in building great client relationships.
By taking a long term view and investing time to understand the bigger picture, they develop mutually beneficial, trusted partnerships to manage and transfer your risk effectively, to protect and support the wider success of your business.

Get the personal attention your business deserves from legal experts who treat you like their most important client. As "small giants" in corporate and commercial law, Primas Law delivers the expertise of a full-service firm with the dedicated, senior-level service that larger practices can't match.
When complex, high-value disputes threaten your business, you need a legal team who combine corporate and commercial insight with solutions-focused strategy. Led by senior lawyers, we cut through the complexity to deliver clear and straight-forward advice and strong representation that protects your business interests.
Whether you're navigating corporate and commercial transactions, employment challenges, or regulatory issues, you'll work directly with experienced solicitors who understand your business. From our Liverpool office in the iconic Royal Liver Building, and our additional offices in Manchester, Cheshire and London, we provide comprehensive expertise across corporate and commercial law, litigation, corporate law, commercial property, employment law, intellectual property, regulatory law, business crime and insolvency.
Quality as the priority.







