Upcoming Events

Meet the Investor

This is an interactive panel discussion co-hosted by RGCF and Swinburne Maddison and is especially aimed at CEOs of businesses who are looking to scale their business and as a result, may need to prepare to secure growth capital / investment. The panel, which is made up of our industry experts, will provide insights into their experience and case studies working with high growth businesses during their careers, while also giving hints and tips on how businesses can secure funding and investment, helping you to be better prepared.

Date: Thursday, 26th June 2025

Time: 4:30pm -7:00pm

Venue: The Dakota Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne

A breakfast with Kevin Hollinrake MP

Kevin Hollinrake, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, will be talking about the opportunities and challenges in founding, growing and operating businesses including in the current environment and in York & North Yorkshire.

Date: Wednesday, 28th May 2025

Time: 8:00am -10:00am

Venue: The Merchant Taylors’ Hall, York

Attendance by invitation only

Building Value in HR Tech

RG Corporate Finance, in partnership with Mercia Ventures, is excited to be co-hosting this exclusive seminar which is designed specifically for founders and CEOs in the HR tech space.

They will explore key strategies for building value in HR tech  businesses, discuss emerging trends in the industry, and share ideas for achieving 
growth and scalability.

Date: Wednesday, 21st May 2025

Time: 8:00am -10:00am

Venue: Mercia office, 2 Stephen Street, London W1T 1AN

Land & Legacy: A Farmer’s Guide to Inheritance Tax

What we will cover:-

• Key Inheritance Tax Reforms from the Autumn Budget
• Impact on Farm Succession & Family Planning
• Actionable Strategies to Protect Your Legacy

Date: Thursday, 15th May 2025

Time:  6.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue: Morpeth Rugby Club

Recruitment sector founder/CEO networking event

RG Corporate Finance (RGCF), alongside Barclays, Ward Hadaway, Alex Arnot and TBP are teaming up to host the next in our series of networking evenings for ambitious recruitment founders / CEO’s that are looking to learn both from other founders / CEO’s as well as from our carefully selected experts.

We will be joined this quarter by high profiled founder/CEO, Anthony Goodwin, who founded Antal International c.32 years ago, and has since set up, scaled, sold and acquired a number of recruitment businesses. Carl Swansbury, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at RGCF will be interviewing Anthony, live, in front of our guests, to understand more about his journey, including the highs and the lows, the top tips he has for scaling a business into new geographic markets and end sectors, the key things he did to recruit and retain the best people, the things to get right when making an acquisition, along with the things he knows now that he wishes he knew when he first set up his business.

Date: Thursday, 8th May 2025

Time: 5:30pm – 7:15pm

Venue: Ward Hadaway, 102 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DX

Attendance by invitation only

Confessions of an Entrepreneur Panel Event

This in person event, which is an extension of RG’s highly successful Confessions of a CEO podcast series, aims to provide invaluable insights and learnings to our guests, who we believe will benefit greatly from the incredible journeys and achievements of our four panellists, along with some of the hurdles that they have had to overcome as they have scaled and developed their businesses.

Date: Thursday 6^th March

Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm

Venue: Ward Hadaway’s office, 102 Quayside, Newcastle NE1 3DX

Attendance by invitation only

Exclusive Event with Nigel Wright Group and Weightmans

The event has been arranged as a companion event to the upcoming RGCF technology publication, with a theme of “How to scale, create and protect value within the technology sector”. We are delighted that Steve Nelson, a highly respected and successful technology entrepreneur based in the North East, will join us to share his insights and real life experience.  Steve is currently the Chair for several well-known North East technology businesses including Leighton, Recite Me, SaleCycle and Workcast.

Date: Wednesday, 5th March 2025

Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm

Venue: Weightmans’ offices, St James Gate, 1 St James’ Blvd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AD

Attendance by invitation only

The Levers of Value in Recruitment Seminar

Tom Cosby, RGCF Manager, had the pleasure of speaking at this seminar, hosted by FIFTEEN WEST. Aimed at founders in the recruitment sector, Tom was joined by panellists Alex Arnot, Richard Draper and Chris Jackson who exchanged stories, strategies and key insights on how to create and improve the value of a recruitment business. 

Date: Wednesday, 12th February 2025

Location: FIFTEEN WEST, London

RG Corporate Finance 

RG Corporate Finance had the pleasure of hosting an incredible group of clients, key connections, and professional friends in the beautiful city of York for RGCF’s Q1 Away Day.

Date: Friday, 7th February 2025

Location: York

Exclusive Roundtable Breakfast Event with Vermeer LLP

Small, intimate roundtable breakfast focussed on the topic of “Preparing Your Business for Sale and Protecting and Maximising Your Wealth Post-Sale”

Date: Tuesday, 3rd December 2024

Time: 8:00am arrival for an 8:30am start.  Proceeedings will conclude at 10:00am

Venue: Vermeer offices, 130 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 4UR 

Attendance by invitation only.

Business Leaders Breakfast co-hosted with Nigel Wright Group

We are delighted that Alex Golledge, the Yorkshire & Humber representative for the Bank of England, will join us to share his insights into the local and national economic landscape, and the event will also provide the opportunity for networking with other Business Leaders in the region.

Date: Wednesday, 13th November 2024

Time: 8:30am – 10:30am

Venue: 5th Floor, 3 Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP

Budget Seminar

We should be delighted if you would join us for our Budget presentation when we will be giving an in-depth analysis and discussing the implications of the Government’s 2024 Autumn Budget to be delivered in October.

Date: Wednesday, 6th November 2024

Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Venue: The Four Corners Suite, Level 2, St James’ Park, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4ST

York Office Launch Party

We are very much looking forward to hosting our York Office Launch Party when we will be welcoming clients and professional friends to join us for an evening of conversation and celebration.

Date: Thursday, 24th October 2024

Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Venue: York Art Gallery

Newcastle Autumn Drinks Party

We are very much looking forward to hosting our Autumn Drinks Party in Newcastle when we once again, will be welcoming our clients and professional friends to join us for an evening of conversation, entertainment and celebration.

Date: Thursday, 10th October 2024

Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm

Venue: Banyan Bar & Grill, Newcastle upon Tyne

Friday Afternoon at the Races

We are very much looking forward to co-hosting an afternoon at York Races on Friday, 11^th October 2024 alongside our friends at law firm, Knights.

We will be joined by some of our clients and professional friends for brunch at 11:30am at Impossible York, before heading to York races, for the first race at 13:30. 

It promises to be a great day of entertainment and networking.

Breakfast Briefing and Networking – Maximise the Value of your Business

This exclusive panel discussion will provide valuable insights as to how you can maximise the value of your business.

Our friends at Northern Spire, who are kindly hosting this event, have curated a panel of industry experts who specialise in enhancing business value, including our very own Partner and Head of Corporate Finance, Carl Swansbury. If you would like to join a ‘Question Time’ styled event where you can learn strategies and practical tips as to how to grow your business effectively, whilst maximising its value, be sure to register for this event today.

Date: Friday, 27th September 2024

Time: 8:30am to 10:30am

Venue: Ramside Hall Hotel

Webinar: Inheritance tax planning for business owners

Hosted by Anne Slater-Brooks, Regional Director at Triple Point, Anthony Main, Director of Business and Personal Tax Planning at Ryecroft Glenton and Peter Glenton, Investment Director at Portland Financial Management.

Date: Wednesday, 18th September

Time: 4.00pm – 5.00pm

Venue: online

If you are interested in this event, please email events@ryecroftglenton.com

London Summer Drinks Party

Following the success of our first ever RG London Summer Drinks Party in 2023, we are excited to be hosting the event again in 2024 in London when we will be welcoming our clients and professional friends to join us for an evening of conversation and celebration.

Date: Wednesday 11th September 2024

Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm

Venue: The Great Northern Hotel, Kings Cross, London

Meet the Founder/CEO

This is an interative panel discussion co-hosted by RGCF and Barclays Eagle Labs and is especially aimed at founders/CEOs of businesses who are looking to scale their business and as a result, may need to prepare to secure growth capital / investment. The panel, which is made up of our industry experts, along with 3 experienced CEO / founders who will provide an insight into their journeys to date, along with the highs and lows, whilst giving an honest and informative overview of their experiences of scaling their businesses , helping you to be better prepared.

Date: Tuesday, 2nd July 2024

Time: 4:00pm – 6:30pm

Venue:TusPark Newcastle Barclays Eagle Lab

Recruitment sector breakfast roundtable – How to evaluate and improve the value of your recruitment business

RG Corporate Finance is co-hosting alongside law firm Clarion a thought-provoking round table breakfast event tailored for owners and leaders of recruitment businesses. It will bring together industry leaders and experts to delve into their experience and insights, to empower you with the knowledge and strategies needed to enhance the value and attractiveness of your recruitment business.

Guest speakers: Alex Arnot, an experience non-executive director and Mike Ames, who has built and sold 2 recruitment businesses, alongside RGs very own Partner and Head of CF, Carl Swansbury, who has significant experience in advising on the sale of many recruitment businesses, including the sale of ARC and Home Recruitment to Bluestone Group, the sale of M2 Education to Humly, the sale of Gap to Be-Next and the sale of Crimson to Harvey Nash Plc, to name a few.

Date: Wednesday, 17th April 2024
Time: 8am arrival, 8.30am session to start, 10am session come to a close
Venue: Clarion Solicitors, Elizabeth House, 13-19 Queen Street, Leeds, LS1 2TW

Budget Seminar

We should be delighted if you would join us for our Budget presentation when we will discuss the implications of the Government’s 2024 Spring Budget to be delivered in March.

Date: Thursday, 7th March 2024

Time: 16:00 Registration and refreshments
           16:30 Presentations and Q & A
           17:30 Drinks and networking    

Venue: The Four Corners Suite, Level 2, St James’ Park, Barrack Road,                  Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4ST

NXD and Chairperson breakfast discussion

Hosted by Ryecroft Glenton and the Nigel Wright Group, this discussion will provide an overview of the economic outlook for the UK and the North East region, using data from the previous quarters monetary report, whilst providing an insight into what NDXs and Chairpersons can do to anticipate and in turn help businesses perform well in a challenging market.

Guest speaker: Mauricio Armellini, Representative for the Bank of England

Date: Thursday, 29th February 2024
Time:  8.30am – 10.30am
Venue: Jesmond Dene House

Breakfast will be provided.

Navigating the pressures of farming in the UK

Issues: Current pressures that farmers face.
Actions: Schemes available to ease the pressures.
Opportunities: How to improve the value your farm.

Guest speaker: Tim Michie

Date: Thursday, 23rd November 2023
Time:  5.30pm – 8.00pm
Venue: Morpeth Rugby Club

Refreshments will be provided.

Webinar: VAT update and topical issues

A VAT refresher and update including when VAT is chargeable, details of taxable supplies, items outside the scope of VAT, a Partial Exemption overview including methods of apportionment and details of the annual adjustment, the new HMRC penalty regime, recent VAT announcements and news from HMRC and finally an HMRC case update.

Speaker: Hilary Bevan, Director of Bevan VAT Consultancy Ltd

Date: Tuesday, 7th November 2023
Time: 8:30am – 9.30am
Venue: online via Microsoft Teams  

Graduate Open Evening

If you would like to start a career in accountancy, come along to find out more about working for a leading regional independent firm whilst studying towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification. Pizza and drinks will be provided. 

Date: Wednesday 1 November 2023
Time:  5.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Venue: Holiday Inn, Jesmond Road, NE2 1PR

Webinar: Investing in challenging conditions – key investment themes

Hosted by James Peterson, Managing Director at Rothschild & Co Wealth Management and Peter Glenton, Investment Director at Portland Financial Management.

Date: Friday 6th October 2023
Time: 9.00 am – 10.00 am
Venue: online

London Summer Drinks Party

We are very excited to be welcoming clients and contacts to our first ever RG London Summer Drinks Party.

Date: – Thursday, 14th September 2023

Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm

Venue: The Great Northern Hotel, Kings Cross, London

Attendance by invitation only

Launch of 10th Tech Sector Quarterly Snapshot

The RG Tech Team, in conjunction with Mercia Asset Management PLC, are hosting a breakfast networking event to launch our 10th Tech Sector Quarterly Snapshot. Come along and you will be able to have a coffee and pastry and meet with other people from the Tech community in our region.

Date: – Wednesday, 13th September 2023

Time:  From 9 am

Venue: Chaophraya 

Drop- in event – no response required

Ryecroft Glenton’s Personal Tax Awareness Week

Over four days at the end of July 2023, Claire Charlton and members of her team will each take on a 90 second video challenge to share helpful tips on personal tax matters, including:

• A guide to the 60-day capital gains tax reporting requirements that apply when you sell residential property.
• The benefits of using HMRC’s Let Property Campaign to regularise your tax affairs.
• How to deal with the tax affairs of deceased individuals and their estates, including tips and reminders of the tax obligations often overlooked by executors.
• Tax tips to help owners of holiday let properties reduce their annual tax liabilities and highlight opportunities to sell or pass on the properties tax efficiently.

Date: Week commencing 24th July 2023

All videos will be available on our social media channels and YouTube channel

HMRC Basis Period Reform:  what it means to you and what you need to know

These short 20-minute sessions are for all unincorporated trading entities, including sole trader and partnership businesses and limited liability partnerships, who currently prepare annual accounts to a date other than 31 March (or 5 April).

The sessions will explain the changes being proposed, how these impact on tax payments due (and the HMRC 5 year spread available), whether you should consider changing your year end in future, what impact that might have, and the continuing implications for business owners or new start-ups after the introduction of basis period reform.

Dates and times:
Wednesday, 19th July at 12:00pm
Friday, 21st July at 1:00pm
Tuesday, 25th July at 12:30pm

Webinar: online via Microsoft Teams

Newcastle Summer Drinks Party

Following on from the success of previous years’ parties and in celebration of Tony Glenton’s 80th birthday, we are looking forward to hosting our annual RG, Summer Drinks Party in Newcastle when we will be welcoming clients and contacts.

Date: Thursday 22nd June 2023

Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm

Venue: Banyan Bar & Grill, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance by invitation only

Understanding the recessionary environment and what you can do to help the Boards you advise and the Businesses you work with prepare for an unpredictable 2023.

Will the UK go into a recession and what can businesses do to prepare for it? Understanding the economic environment has never been more important as businesses look to successfully navigate through a challenging period. Ryecroft Glenton Corporate Finance and Cazenove Capital, in partnership with the Experience Bank, are delighted to be hosting an exclusive, interactive seminar for non-executive directors, chair persons and investors of Northeast based businesses, with keynote speaker Chris Lewis, Investment Director at Cazenove, providing an insight into the key economic risks that are likely to impact businesses in the region , whilst talking through how such risks can be minimised and mitigated.

Date: Wednesday, 21st June 2023

Time: 08:00 – 10:00am

Venue: Jesmond Dene House, Jesmond Dene Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

How to maximise the value and attractiveness of YOUR recruitment business prior to its sale

RGCF will be joined by a panel of entrepreneurs and leading business figures to deliver an interactive masterclass on how to maximise the value and attractiveness of YOUR recruitment business and the options available to realise that value tax efficiently, whether it be through the sale of the business to a strategic trade buyer, certain members of your existing management team or to all of your employees, via an “Employee Ownership Trust” 

Date: Wednesday 7th June 2023

Time: 12:30 – 2:00pm

Webinar: via Zoom

angelgroups Newcastle

Join us for our physical pitching session, offering an opportunity for investors to consider a number of investment opportunities in a relaxed and informative environment and in a way that allows the investors to find out more about each of the businesses seeking investment, whilst allowing the potential investors to share their own invaluable knowledge and experience of how best to scale businesses, after securing growth capital / investment.

Date: Wednesday, 26th April 2023

Time: 2:00pm – 6:00pm

Venue: Crowne Plaza Newcastle, Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3SA

How effective funding in the tech sector can unlock opportunities for growth

Please join us for a thought provoking seminar exploring how effective funding can optimise growth opportunities in the technology sector, with the following key note speakers: Nick Johnson (Partner and technology lead) from Ryecroft Glenton, Ian Wilson (Fund principal) from Mercia Asset Management in the North East, and Richard Brown, our guest speaker from Melius, a successful North East based cyber security business.

Date: Thursday, 23rd March 2023

Time:  08:00 – 08:30am Breakfast and networking
            08:30 – 10:00am Seminar and discussion

Venue: The Crowne Plaza, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3SA

St Patrick’s Day Eve Budget Seminar

We should be delighted if you would join us for our Budget presentation when we will discuss the implications of the Government’s 2023 Spring Budget to be delivered in March.

Date: Thursday, 16th March 2023

Time: 16:00 Registration and refreshments
           16:30 Presentations and Q & A
           17:30 Drinks, networking and prize draw

Venue: The Crowne Plaza, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3SA

Hot Topics for Finance Directors

A concise update for Finance Directors, providing a “whistle stop” tour of recent developments in the areas of Financial Reporting, Audit and Financial Due Diligence.

Speakers: Grahame Maughan, Andrew Cameron, Jonathan Delaney and Jon Routledge

Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022 
Time: 10.00 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Online 

Exiting your business: what do you need to know?

Join us for the third webinar in our three part ‘Business Lifecycle’ series, in collaboration with ICAEW and WardHadaway.

Speakers: Connor McBride (Ryecroft Glenton) and Tom Pollard (WardHadaway)

Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022 
Time: 8.00 am – 9.00 am
Venue: ICAEW virtual meeting

Webinar: Understanding the current macro-economic environment & how this affects your business

Peter Glenton, Partner at Ryecroft Glenton, and Christopher Lewis, Investment Director at Cazenove Capital, will discuss the key macro-economic trends that business owners need to understand to navigate through today’s challenging environment, including currency trends and the impact of de-globalisation.

Date: Thursday, 13 October 2022 

angelgroups Newcastle

Join us for our second physical pitching session, offering an opportunity for investors to consider a number of investment opportunities in a relaxed and informative environment and in a way that allows the investors to find out more about each of the businesses seeking investment, whilst allowing the potential investors to share their own invaluable knowledge and experience of how best to scale businesses, after securing growth capital / investment.

Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 
Time: 2.00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza, Newcastle upon Tyne

Scaling up your business: what do you need to know?

Join us for the second webinar in our three part ‘Business Lifecycle’ series, in collaboration with ICAEW and Mercia Asset Management.

Speakers: Dan Cooper (Ryecroft Glenton) and Alex Simpson (Mercia Asset Management)

Date: Tuesday, 20 September 2022 
Time: 8.00 am – 9.00 am
Venue: ICAEW virtual meeting

Starting up in business: what do you need to know?

Join us for the first webinar in our three part ‘Business Lifecycle’ series, in collaboration with ICAEW and Barclays Eagle Labs.

Speakers: Peter Glenton, Deborah Graham and Michael Parry (Ryecroft Glenton) and David Summerbell (Barclays Eagle Labs)

Date: Wednesday, 14 September 2022 
Time: 8.00 am – 9.00 am
Venue: ICAEW virtual meeting

Webinar: How to invest in inflationary times?

Christopher Lewis, Investment Director at Cazenove Capital, will explain the background to the current wave of inflation, help you understand what the future inflation trajectory might look like and explain how portfolio asset allocation changes depending on the prevailing inflationary environment.

Speaker: Christopher Lewis, Investment Director at Cazenove Capital

Date: Thursday, 5 May 2022 
Time: 8.30 am – 10.00 am
Venue: Zoom: 

To listen to the recording, please click here

Recruitment Leaders 2022 – an event by Atlas Cloud

A virtual event on building the successful recruitment firm of tomorrow…today!

Our speakers will discuss how your recruitment business can:

• Assess and improve current value and realise potential.
• Establish benchmarkable competitive insight.
• Drive employee engagement and productivity.
• Assess and manage Cyber Security threats.

Plus, ask the experts about your challenges in our live Q&A.

Speakers will include Carl Swansbury, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance, Ryecroft Glenton; Ben Tomlinson, Marketing Manager, Atlas Cloud; Andy Lewis, Managed Services Manager, Atlas Cloud and James Thompson, Network & Security Manager, Atlas Cloud.

Date: Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 pm

Venue: Online event

angelgroups Newcastle

Along with our partners Barclays and Ward Hadaway, please join us for the launch of angelgroups Newcastle. This physical pitching session offers an opportunity for investors to consider high growth business opportunities in a relaxed and informative environment and in a way that allows the investors to share their own invaluable knowledge and experience, whilst making their own investment decisions.

Find out more

Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022 
Time: 1:30 pm – 6.00 pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza, Newcastle upon Tyne

Significantly improve the pound note value of YOUR business

In association with RTC North and Scaleup North East, please join us for this special online event where we will discuss how to realise the current value of your business, what levers to pull to ensure significant improvements and find out what the essential considerations are when assessing the many financial options available.

Speakers: Carl Swansbury, Partner, and Tom Cosby, Executive, of Ryecroft Glenton Corporate Finance

Date: Tuesday, 1 March  2022 
Time: 1.00 pm  – 2.30 pm
Venue: online event

Cascade Cash Management bring you Rapid Networking – a “Masterclass in Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.”

Hosted by:
Carl Swansbury, Partner, Ryecroft Glenton Corporate Finance 
Chris Hughes, Partner, Mincoffs Solicitors

Date: Friday, 18 February 2022 
Time: 10.00 am – 11.30 am 
Venue: online event

Building and Maintaining a Highly Effective Board- A webinar exploring the fundamentals of board effectiveness

Chair: Carl Swansbury, Ryecroft Glenton, Partner

Speakers:
Peter Neal – The Experience Bank Group, 
Andrew Marsh – The Experience Bank Group

Date: Wednesday, 14th July 2021 
Time: Interactive Discussion 08:00am – 09:30am 
Venue: online event via Zoom

Creating Value Within YOUR Business and Preparing It for Sale

Speakers: Carl Swansbury and Rhiannon Nightingale, Ryecroft Glenton
Date: Friday, 25th June 2021 
Time: 09:00am – 12:30pm 
Venue: Online Event