Eight Advisory, a leading financial and operational consultancy firm specialising in transactions, restructuring and transformation, has hired two senior partners in its UK office. Tim Wainwright and Dean Lake join from EY to develop the operational due diligence and transaction tax practices respectively.

Rimilia, a leading global intelligent financial automation software provider, has announced a collaboration with Microsoft after being accepted onto the current cohort of the select Microsoft ScaleUp programme. 

Imperial College Business School has entered the world’s top ten for the first time in today’s Financial Times Masters in Finance rankings. Imperial ranked in 9th place, moving up three places from 12th position last year and is the highest ranked UK-based business school in the world.

Eight Advisory, a leading financial and operational consultancy firm specialising in transactions, restructuring and transformation, has hired former EY senior partner, Steve Taylor to expand its valuation practice in the UK.

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the appointment of Nicolas Debock as Investment Director in the Venture Capital team.

deVere Group has announced it is expanding its deVere Italia brand by opening offices for the first time in the Italian capital.  The base is located in the heart of the city, near the Termini Station.  deVere also has hub offices in Milan from where it has been serving expats and international investors all over Italy.

The University of Surrey’s S100 Club – the evolution of the Surrey 100 Club angel investment network – announces significant developments to attract more investors and technology businesses seeking investment.

Kreston Reeves has strengthened its Corporate Finance practice and announces its merger with Surrey-based corporate finance boutique SamCorp and the appointment of Jack Clipsham as Corporate Finance Partner.

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has hired telecommunication industry veteran Bill Versen to the newly created position of Chief Product Officer. 

Hammersmith and Fulham is taking on the likes of Old Street, King’s Cross and Croydon as it establishes itself as London’s leading hub for tech, science and creative industries.

SEI has announced the newest group of start-ups joining Codify, its London-based RegTech incubator.