Begbies Traynor, the UK’s leading corporate rescue and recovery practice, has successfully raised £22m via an oversubscribed placing and Primary Bid offer with Shore Capital acting as Joint Bookrunner and Joint Broker.

Begbies intends to use the net proceeds of the fundraise for a proposed acquisition of David Rubin & Partners (“DRP”),  a long-established insolvency practice with offices in London and Guernsey, and other pipeline opportunities.  The earnings enhancing acquisition of DRP represents a significant expansion of Begbies Traynor’s scale in business recovery and financial advisory.

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Shore Capital +44 (0) 20 7408 4090

Corporate Advisory: Anita Ghanekar / Mark Percy / James Thomas

Corporate Broking: Malachy McEntyre

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Adele Gilbert: +44 (0)74 8477 8331

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About Shore Capital

We are an independent securities business offering institutional and corporate clients leading investment banking, research, sales and trading services, including fixed income. We are represented across the UK enabling extensive distribution and institutional coverage. This distribution capability is complemented by our experienced corporate advisory and broking team who offer discreet, innovative and valued advice to companies on both the Main Market and AIM. Shore Capital is also the third largest market maker by number of AIM stocks covered.

Our cross-disciplinary team has deep, market leading experience in a wide range of small and mid-cap UK companies within the following sectors: Consumer, Financials, Healthcare, Insurance, Natural Resources, Real Estate, Support Services, Technology and Media. Our research on over 250 companies is distributed to an extensive institutional client base in the UK, Europe and US.

Shore Capital is a trading name of both Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited and Shore Capital and Corporate Limited.