Stick or twist? Sell to PE or IPO? Or neither? The Great Debate at the Rainmakers Summit
We’ve got a special offer for all readers of Rainmakers today
Hello Rainmakers,
We’ve got a special offer for all readers of Rainmakers today. Keep reading…
The Rainmakers Summit on the 25th of March will feature a debate on the future of professional services as partners consider their next strategic options.
Featuring leaders of businesses who have chosen very different paths, and an investor in one of the consolidators driving the change across the sector, the debate will throw an intense focus on the stark choices that professional services firms face.
Making the case for independence will be Helen Clayton, managing partner at accountancy firm PM&M.
Telling the story about their respective lives on the public markets will be Rakesh Shaunak, CEO of MHA, and James Sheridan, head of M&A at Knights PLC.
Explaining the investment decision behind aggregation will be Matt Nicholson, investment lead at Tenzing, the private equity backer of accountancy consolidator DJH.
As a thank you for being part of our Rainmakers community, we are pleased to offer an exclusive 20% discount for the upcoming Rainmakers Summit on March 25th.
This is a unique opportunity to engage with industry leaders, gain insights, and connect with like-minded professionals.
As you can see the agenda features keynote speakers and exclusive sessions hearing from The Beauty Tech Group, Northern Gritstone, Rem3dy Health & GM Pension Fund. With some more details below…
Event details & registration:
https://www.rainmakerssummit.co.uk/
Discount code: RAINMAKER20
Please note that this offer is available for a limited time. We encourage you to secure your place at your earliest convenience.
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Duncan Johnson, founder and chief executive of Northern Gritstone will also speak at the Rainmakers Summit.
The investment veteran, who started out in turnaround, has shaped Northern Gritstone to be a chunky life sciences and deeptech investment firm that’s now raised £362 million. The fund has close relationships with the research universities in the North, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool.
The chief executive of Northern Gritstone looks and sounds like a man having the time of his life in an interview with TheBusinessDesk.com last year, where he explained how he had completed a fresh £50 million raise from leading institutional investors including £35m from LGPS, the collective asset pool for Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire Pension Funds, alongside £15 million from new investors Fulcrum Asset Management and Aviva.
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The Beauty Tech Group has announced this month that it has smashed its targets for the current financial year, reporting surging revenues for the year ended 31 December 2025 following its IPO in October 2025.
CEO Laurence Newman will be speaking at Rainmakers Summit this March, where he will tell the extraordinary, behind-the-scenes story of the company’s IPO and rapid post-listing growth.
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The Rainmakers Summit brings together LPs, investors and advisors from across the UK tackling the opportunities and challenges reshaping regional investment.
Join 500 senior professionals and share insights from influential voices in the sector, connect with peers actively deploying capital, and identify live opportunities in the regions.
This is where insight turns into action – and where the conversations you have today shape tomorrow’s investment landscape.
25 March 2026
The Point at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
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Tickets:
£199 + VAT
