BDO is proud to provide accounting and business advisory services to over 200 AIM-quoted companies. The businesses that we work with are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially spirited and high-growth organisations that fuel the economy. We help those businesses to succeed by offering honest, practical advice that is relevant to their business and this market.

Moreover, BDO LLP is a key member of the BDO global network of public accounting, tax and advisory firms. The BDO global network provides business advisory services in 166 countries, with 115,700 people working out of 1,770 offices worldwide. It has revenues of US$14 billion. Being a member of the BDO global network enables us to advise businesses which are trading and expanding internationally.

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Over 29 years on from its launch, AIM remains the largest and most vibrant growth market in Europe.

£1bn of equity has been raised on AIM so far this year, representing over a third of all equity capital raised across Europe’s growth markets, highlighting the strength and resilience of the global growth companies and investors that AIM supports.

Over 4,000 AIM companies have raised a combined £135bn, including through further capital raisings by existing AIM companies, funding their ongoing expansion and development and demonstrating the long term access to capital AIM provides. The unique global community of advisers and investors who help companies join AIM and support them once on market remains as ever, integral to its ongoing success and bringing this community together at the AIM Awards is a reminder of the breadth and vibrancy of the AIM community.

We remain committed to ensuring that our companies have access to the capital they need to grow, and to ensuring that companies can start, scale and stay in the UK throughout their growth journey. We are confident the ambitious program of regulatory reform taking place in the UK provides a real opportunity for change and will put the UK’s capital markets in a strong position to fund growth companies for future decades.

AIM continues to be a critical link in the funding continuum and we look forward to working with the AIM community to explore the opportunities to further develop the AIM Market and ensure its continued success as the globally recognised growth market of the future.

Emperor is a well-established strategic creative agency with a strong focus on helping Small Cap and AIM-listed companies communicate effectively with their stakeholders. Our expertise spans critical areas of communication, including corporate reporting, sustainability, digital media, moving image, presentations, and employee engagement. 

Our team of consultants, creatives and account managers have a deep understanding of the ever-evolving trends and regulatory landscape and prides itself on building long term relationships. Our employee-owned structure fosters a strong sense of ownership and commitment.

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Winterflood is a leader in the UK Equity market, committed to providing liquidity and flexible execution services to institutional investors, retail brokers, investment banks, and asset managers. 

Through its proprietary WRAP platform Winterflood is able to connect issuers with retail investors and we have worked with a range of issuers, including a number of AIM companies, to provide access to this unique liquidity pool.

Winterflood has been fully committed to the AIM market since AIM’s conception in 1995, when only ten companies were quoted. There are now over 725 companies quoted on this leading growth market and we cover nearly all of these stocks.

Winterflood is once again delighted to sponsor the Best Use of AIM Award and would like to congratulate all of tonight’s award winners & nominees. We hope that their success will continue to promote the vital role that AIM plays in the provision of capital for small, young, and fast-growing companies.

www.winterflood.com 

Haynes Boone is proud to provide services for more than 40 major legal practices. With more than 700 lawyers in 19 offices around the world, are among the largest firms based in the United States. Our core strengths are in corporate, debt capital markets, energy, finance, insolvency, international dispute resolution, investment management, project finance, real estate and shipping. 

With decades of experience, our lawyers provide clients with broad English law capabilities. These include an experienced litigation and international arbitration team that has handled numerous claims in the English High Court and before major arbitral bodies. Our transactional teams have guided clients through such diverse matters as mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, financing, conventional and alternative energy projects, and maritime and offshore operations and projects. Our London office links clients operating in the world’s interconnected energy, finance and real estate markets.

www.haynesboone.com

Addidat is the leading provider of ESG Data & Advice to AIM-quoted companies and their Investors. 

Addidat help clients navigate the increasingly complex Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability landscape using a data-informed approach to their Advisory Services. This ESG proprietary data is also available via the Addidat Platform, available for investors to understand ESG performance in the small cap markets. Addidat’s experts help clients navigate the challenges and opportunities that ESG presents with right-sized solutions.

Addidat is delighted to sponsor the Diversity Champion award again this year. Addidat works closely with AIM-quoted companies develop and implement their DEI strategies and ambition, including using their proprietary data to set meaningful targets, considering size and sector.

www.addidat.com

One Advisory is proud to provide its corporate services to more than 150 AIM and main market clients.

One Advisory provides PLC Corporate Governance and Compliance services to its clients as well as being AIM’s adviser of choice in delivering Financial Reporting services, including Annual/Interim Report drafting, as well as transaction support such as IFRS conversions, HFI, FPPP and PPA drafting, option valuations and IPO project management services.

One Advisory has broad and deep relationships with the AIM capital markets community built over more than 20 years and is owned and staffed by ex Nomads, corporate lawyers, reporting accountants and company secretaries.

One Advisory is once again delighted to be the sponsor of the AIM Corporate Governance Award.

www.oneadvisory.london

Octopus Investments, part of the Octopus Group, is an investment company investing in the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. We manage investments for retail and institutional investors, investing the £12.9* billion they have entrusted to us into the areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact.

Our retail investors and the financial advisers that support them, have many different goals, from supporting their families to lead better lives and effectively passing down wealth to protecting their money and directing it to places that need it. We provide a range of products that help them to achieve these aims, including Venture Capital Trusts, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Business Relief-qualifying investments, and listed UK small and medium-sized company funds.

We support our institutional investors to meet their investment mandates on behalf of their end investors, across five specialist asset classes: renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, real estate, healthcare, and venture capital.

Octopus Real Estate and Octopus Ventures are part of Octopus Investments.

Berenberg was founded in 1590 and today is one of Europe's leading private banks with its Investment Bank, Wealth and Asset Management and Corporate Banking divisions.

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