EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is a regional, national and international annual award programme which identifies and recognises the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs within successful growing dynamic businesses.
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EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. With over 400 employees in our Cambridge and Luton offices, our teams provide a range of services to a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, life sciences, consumer products and retail, technology, real estate and construction, health, and the public sector. The broad array of companies across the East allows us to bring real, relevant and key insights to our clients.
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Supporting entrepreneurship
We are strong supporters of entrepreneurship as evidenced by our Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards programme. Founded and championed by the firm, this annual programme identifies and celebrates the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs who head growing, dynamic businesses.

EY's Global Government & Public Sector (GPS) Center is the hub of a network of highly skilled professionals from our assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, dedicated to serving government and public sector organisations and institutions.

In today's globally integrated, tightly regulated and increasingly competitive capital market, one critical success factor stands out above all others: people.

In today's connected business world, staying competitive means making decisions fast.

Ernst & Young's Transaction Advisory Services practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the global firm.

'We use our unique perspective on clients' organisations, coupled with our sophisticated technology and industry knowledge, to provide a reliable and respected opinion on the quality of financial information.

For more than a decade, Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurial Growth Markets practice have helped hundreds of fast-growing companies go from start-up to success.

Market expectations include continued economic uncertainty and a commitment to increased connectivity with customers, suppliers and other third parties.

We provide global services in four main areas: Assurance, Tax, Transactions and Advisory. Through these services, we can help you retain the confidence of investors, manage your risk, strengthen your controls and achieve your potential.

Competition for investment is set to intensify after the UK markets closed last year with a flourish of activity, which is predicted to continue in 2021, according to EY’s latest market tracker IPO Eye.
East of England, 17 December 2020 - Following a strong performance over the first nine months of its financial year, pre COVID-19, EY has reported 5% UK revenue growth and hired over 3,000 people as the firm continues to invest in talent, technology and audit quality.

The economic growth of England’s cities and the South is on track to outpace towns, the North and the Midlands as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to EY’s latest Regional Economic Forecast.
“The scale of the challenge facing the Chancellor to restore the public finances to a sustainable position over the medium term has been highlighted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts," says Howard Archer, chief economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club.

The importance to UK growth of investment in the health and wellbeing sector, which includes Life Sciences, a key economic driver in the East of England, has increased against a backdrop of COVID-19 uncertainty and a shift in investor priorities, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey, which tracks the UK’s appeal as a destination for foreign direct investment.

During the first three quarters of 2020, East of England listed businesses recorded an 86% increase in profit warnings, when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest EY quarterly analysis of UK profit warnings.

EY has welcomed Associate Partner Carolyn Norfolk to its East of England Indirect Tax team, to lead growth in the function in the Cambridge office and the wider region.

The UK economy’s initial recovery from recession has been much faster than expected, according to the EY ITEM Club’s Autumn Forecast, but future growth prospects have been downgraded.

After a quiet second quarter on the London Markets, there has been a resumption of IPO activity as both the Main Market and AIM have adapted to operating in a predominantly virtual environment as a result of Covid-19, according to EY’s latest market tracker IPO Eye.
Pictured: Scott McCubbin, EY's IPO Leader

EY’s Cambridge office has increased its graduate and apprentice intake in 2020, welcoming 20% more new joiners this September, compared to last year.

Despite the September CBI industrial trends survey, the EY ITEM Club believes that GDP growth in the third quarter is likely to be at least 15% up quarter-on-quarter as the economy benefited from reduced lockdown restrictions and the release of pent-up demand. However, it is increasingly evident that the fourth quarter will be more challenging for the UK economy.

The UK economy started Q3 on the front foot with robust month-on-month GDP growth of 6.6% in July. This built on the economy’s increasing signs of recovery at the end of Q2.

As largely expected, the Bank of England sat tight on monetary policy at the August Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, with unanimous 9-0 votes for both keeping interest rates at 0.10% and the planned stock of asset purchases at £750 billion.

The EY ITEM Club expects the Bank of England to adopt a “wait and see” approach on the UK economy and that it will sit tight on monetary policy at the August meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

The EY ITEM Club Summer Forecast has significantly downgraded the near-term economic outlook for the UK, with GDP now expected to contract by 11.5% over the course of 2020.

The number of profit warnings issued by East of England listed businesses in the first half of 2020 (H1 2020) increased four-fold year-on-year, with 75% citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report.

The London markets may have felt the absence of new issuers in Q2 2020, but those already listed flocked to the market to raise capital amid the COVID-19 lockdown, according to EY’s latest market tracker IPO Eye.

Tax less, spend more – Stuart Wilkinson, EY’s Head of Tax in the East of England, comments on the Chancellor’s Economic Statement.

EY has welcomed partner Adrian Bennett to its East of England assurance team, to help support growth in the Cambridge office and across the wider region.

EY ITEM Club comments on the June “flash” purchasing managers’ survey for the UK manufacturing and services sectors.
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