Sponsors & Supporters

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

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

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.

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.

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) provides support and services to assist you with constantly changing payroll, pensions and reward legislation.

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.

Time Finance provides the funding support businesses need to help bring their ambitions to life – whether that’s through innovation, investment or expansion. We support over 20,000 UK business owners each year through asset finance, invoice finance, commercial loans, property finance and vehicle finance solutions. Through this experience, we have developed a wealth of knowledge that allow us to work closely with you to help navigate businesses towards their goals.

BOD (Barford Owen Davies) is a multi-award-winning team of outsourced finance experts helping privately owned businesses grow. We provide flexible, tailored services to meet the specific financial management and planning needs of a business at each stage of its lifecycle.

Our services include:
- Bespoke management accounts
- Integrated financial models & forecasts
- Budget cycle support
- Fundraising and transaction support
- Project & stakeholder management
- Finance training & team building
- Part-time, interim and project FD support
- Transaction readiness & valuations
- Business plans & strategy sessions
- Board & NED support

Formed in 1860, Principality is Wales’s largest building society. The Society is committed to supporting the communities of Wales, with 53 branches and 17 agencies in Wales and the borders. Principality is the 6th largest building society in the UK. The Society has assets of £10 billion. Principality is committed to remaining a mutual organisation.

Based on innovation and organic growth, Admiral is proud to be Wales' only FTSE 100 company. The Group has a global presence operating in eight countries with a diverse product portfolio, including its most successful product; motor insurance, in which it holds the highest market share in the UK. New ventures such as Admiral Pioneer are exploring wider opportunities to improve its product offering and continue the evolution towards Admiral 2.0 - an agile and truly digital-first world.

Admiral has consistently been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK. 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 truly feel valued. Above all else, Admiral is committed to helping more people to look after their future, always striving for better together.

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

Menzies LLP is a full service accountancy firm delivering the complete range of accounting and tax compliance services, combined with strategic commercial thinking. We are headquartered out of London with regional offices in Surrey, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Cardiff with a global reach through our HLB network. Our services include – audit & accounts advisory, business tax, private client, corporate finance, business recovery, forensics, strategic advisory, outsourced services. Whether it be profit growth, minimising risk, rapid expansion, long-term stability, grooming for exit or any other vision, our approach is uniquely tailored to every client. We work in partnership with you to develop a streamlined, profitable business that works as hard as you do. We passionately believe that every business needs an advisor who really understands their goals. Our team has vast experience of working with businesses of all sizes from large corporates to SMEs and privately managed businesses.

Specialising in ten core UK and international business sectors, Menzies is located in London, Surrey, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Cardiff, and all offices offer our #BrighterThinking approach. 

At ACT, we’re all extremely passionate about making a positive difference to people’s lives by providing excellent learning programmes and opportunities. We provide a long list of training programmes and qualifications that really help people reach their full potential. From Jobs Growth Wales+, Apprenticeship and Higher Apprenticeships across 30 different sectors, to employability training and short commercial courses, we have something for everyone and, this is the good bit, most of our training is fully-funded.