Last Month in Accounting, Accountech & Finance - 2025 Edition #3

A quick market roundup of all the key news story from the last month or so.

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Practice & Accounting

• Fortus acquires Charles Stewart and CoAccountancy, a firm located in central Leeds Here

• Paperchase Accountancy secures BGF investment to fund expansion. Here

• Deloitte is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion programming for its private and public practices. Here

• Gravita expands into the South West, acquiring offices from Haines Watts . Here

• Dains Accountants & Advisors acquires Consilium Chartered Accountants accountants. Here

• Blick Rothenberg has secured a deal for fellow London accountant Greenback Alan LLP. Here

• Duncan & Toplis acquires ALG in North London. Here

• TaxAssist Accountants and Intuit QuickBooks forge Strategic Alliance. Here

• DFK UK & Ireland launches a new website! https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300468907243433984

Software

• Penneo A/S is joining forces with Visma https://www.visma.com/news/vismas-offer-for-penneo-accepted-by-more-than-90-percent-of-shareholders

• Red Flag Alert gains £4m investment for UK Accountancy market entry https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/red-flag-alert-lands-ps4m-investment-to-fund-accounting-market-push

• IRIS Software Group to shutter Tax Filer in April https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/accounting-software/iris-confirms-taxfiler-sunset-set-for-april-2025#

• GoCardless cutting 20% of staff as it aims to reach profitability after halving its losses in 2024.

• Adfin launches a Intuit QuickBooks integration https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adfin-fs_adfin-quickbooks-payments-activity-7290781127953293312-wT82/

• Visma buys Link My Books https://linkmybooks.com/blog/link-my-books-joins-visma

• Adfin lands €8m to fix ‘broken’ business payment market

• Chaser launches a Sage 200 integration

Reports & Whitepapers

• UK fintech investment drops to $9.9bn in 2024 https://www.accountancytoday.co.uk/2025/02/19/uk-fintech-investment-drops-to-9-9bn-in-2024

Finance & Banking

• Lloyds Banking Group has partnered with financial knowledge app Doshi to launch a new app for students.

• Open banking platform TrueLayer announced it has reached 10 million consumers using its services.

Other

• Silverfin has launched the 'Silver Linings Podcast'... with guests from Visma Sage Starling Bank and more! Check out teh first few episodes here: https://ow.ly/1gME50V1jz8

• #Accountaxe is back! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/accountaxe-2025-london-tickets-1235998257059

Upcoming Events

• Festival of Accounting & Bookkeeping 12-13th March, Birmingham

• Elite Business Live 12-13th March, London

• Digital Accountancy Show 1-2nd April, London

• Digital Disruptors Accountaxe 13th May

• Accountex 14-15th May, London

• Accountex Manchester 23rd September, Manchester

I'll be back next month for more news and updates!

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Sources include: BBC AccountingWEB.co.uk Croner-i FinTech Insider Accountech Forum Silverfin

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