Sponsors & Supporters

As leading recruiters of Finance Professionals, Recruit 121 is known for building long term relationships with clients and candidates.

We’re a business adviser that helps organisations navigate today’s volatile markets, has a strong focus on quality and delivers insights to succeed.

Metro Bank is the revolution in British banking.. and now we are coming to Wales! Metro Bank provides unparalleled levels of service and convenience focused on you; we deliver the best of every channel – in store and digitally. Our unique, customer-focused, retail model reinvents the rules of banking; local banking is back, and we’re here to serve you and the local community… At Metro Bank we create FANS, not customers… or should I say CEFNOGWYR nid cwsmeriad – and we can’t wait to do this in Wales!

Bibby Financial Services is the UK's leading independent invoice finance specialist, currently providing cash flow funding for nearly 7000 businesses.

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition in Wales and around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that, through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We work to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers to entry, ensuring that our qualifications and their delivery meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers. We support over 6,000 members and students in Wales and 208,000 members and 503,000 students in 179 countries worldwide, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business.

ICAEW is a world leading professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports over 178,500 chartered accountants and students worldwide.

CIMA stands for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. We’re the world’s largest professional body of management accountants with a global network of over 650,000 finance professionals.

Founded in 1919, and now part of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA), CIMA helps individuals and businesses to succeed by harnessing the full power of management accounting.

Thousands of companies around the world, from multinationals to the newest start-ups, in both the public and private sectors, train their people with us. Chances are that in any sector you can think of, there will be CGMAs driving businesses forward.

At b2b IT Services, we work closely and strategically with our clients to understand their business plan and infrastructure before we recommend bespoke, cost effective, and innovative IT and cyber security solutions.

We work with organisations like yours to provide collaborative IT Support and Services across Wales and the South West. Our IT Support is unique. Our IT professionals answer your calls and deal with your IT request. It’s as simple
as that. No call logging, no waiting. Our services include:

- Managed IT support
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Services
- Cyber Security
- IT Infrastructure & cloud services

Niche are a firm of Chartered Financial Planners, which is the gold standard in provision of financial advice. As independent financial advisers that work on a fixed fee basis, we deliver true value to our clients through financial planning. We can assist in all areas of planning including pensions, investments and inheritance tax. Our team of advisers are highly trained and qualified, with specialities in different fields. We provide a personal and tailored service to all of our clients, as we consider each and every client's circumstances to be unique.

Digital branding agency. We create bold, noticeable, original and meaningful work for clients who want to disrupt.

Grapevine Event Management delivers high quality creative and innovative events for corporate clients throughout the UK and beyond. We offer bespoke corporate event planning, management and production supported by effective marketing and communications strategies that fulfil our clients aims and objectives.

Front Door Communications is a small but mighty PR and digital agency based in Cardiff, South Wales. Launched in 2017, it offers a blend of traditional PR and journalist relations with forward thinking digital marketing, including SEO and content, social media and paid advertising, working with clients across the UK and beyond.

Based on innovation and organic growth, Admiral has grown from being a small start-up in 1993 to a multinational company with over 11,000 employees and over 7 million customers. It launched with just one brand, zero customers and 57 members of staff. The Group now operates in eight countries with a diverse product portfolio including motor, home and travel insurance, personal loans and car finance.

Admiral has won many awards for being a great employer including being named the best place to work in the UK. Its philosophy is simple yet effective: people who like what they do, do it better, and its progressive culture, core values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion has created a working environment where people share ideas, aren’t afraid to speak up and change things, and above all, feel valued.

Admiral is proud to offer opportunities across a wide-range of sectors including Tech, Finance and Actuarial, Information Security, Pricing and Analytics and Corporate Governance.

Business News Wales is a trusted B2B communications channel providing lead generation, brand awareness and thought leadership opportunities. Founded in 2015 we are an independently owned Welsh Media business, representing over 70 of the nation’s biggest brands.

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) is the UK’s leading qualification and professional body for technical accountants and bookkeepers, and has around 130,000 members in over 100 countries. We offer a range of qualifications that are open to all regardless of previous education or age, such as the AAT Accounting Qualifications that provide a non-degree route into chartered accountancy, and the AAT Bookkeeping Qualifications that can support business growth through accurate and up-to-date financial records. Students encompass a wide range from school and college leavers, to older people hoping to change their career or learn the skills to run their own business.