Services and contacts

Audit & Assurance

Our audit, whether for statutory or other regulatory purpose, is carried out by industry specialists and tailored to suit the size and complexity of each of our clients' organisations. It is aligned to our clients' business functions, not just their financial processes. Our deep understanding of regulation and legislation means we can help with complex reporting requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Operational and Financial Review (OFR).

Contacts:
Stuart Watson
Mark Gill
David Beer

Risk Assurance Services

Risk Assurance helps management to make well informed decisions. The insight and independent assurance we bring provides an invaluable safeguard in today's complex operating environment. We work with our clients in their boardrooms and their back offices, delivering business control to help them to protect and strengthen every aspect of their business from people to performance, systems to strategy, business plans to business resilience.

We draw proudly on our auditing heritage as well as our commercial experience, to rigorously evaluate our clients' governance procedures, processes, information and controls and, where necessary, recommend the best way to fix them.

Contact:
Marco Amitrano

Transaction Services

Supports both buyers and sellers across the deal continuum - from initial strategic assessments to pre-deal due diligence, through preparation for and issues around completion, concluding with post-deal transition and implementation support. 

Contacts:
Lisa Hooker 
Geoff Eversfield

Valuations

Delivers valuation and financial, economic and strategic advice to companies on their brands, products, services, customers and markets. Our retail and consumer goods specialists provide advice on valuation issues including independent expert valuations, impairment reviews, fairness opinions and valuations for tax purposes.

Contact:
Romil Radia

Corporate Finance

Provides creative solutions for disposals, fund raising, IPOs, private equity and M&A deals. Within our corporate finance practice, we have a team of experts focused exclusively on the retail and consumer sectors, with sub-sector specialisms in food; retail and branded goods; and drinks, hospitality and leisure. 

Contacts:
Stuart McKee - Retail 
Tom Howard - Retail 
Neil Sutton - Food 
Sean Williams - Drinks / Leisure

Business Recovery Services

Delivers solutions for complex underperformance issues in retail and consumer companies. Our specialists in the sectors work with management and stakeholders to stabilise crisis situations through; enhancing operational efficiency through supply chain improvement; reducing working capital quickly when cash is at a premium and the realisation of distressed property portfolios and/or disposals.

Contacts:
Richard Boys-Stones
Heather Swanston
Deborah Parker

Forensic Services

Advises retail and consumer clients on how to tackle the major financial and reputational risks associated with economic crime. Our forensic experts work with clients to identify financial irregularities, recover stolen assets and implement controls to mitigate the future risk of fraud. Forensic Services also support clients in their dealings with regulators and has a long-established litigation support practice, helping businesses resolve complex financial disputes arising from corporate transactions, insurance claims, licensing contracts, and construction projects.

Contacts:
Jon Hayton
Derek Howard

Consulting

Provides specific solutions to support retail and consumer goods companies in optimising their corporate performance, including advice on store operations and staffing, financial management, obtaining value from technology, supply chain effectiveness and outsourcing. Current focus areas include shrinkage analysis, product recall, RFID, promotions effectiveness and retail health check services.

Contacts:
Joel Segal
Nick Jarman
Steve Sinclair
Ian Midgley

Tax

We work in partnership with each of our retail and consumer clients to ensure that their tax strategy fits their overall business plan, improves cash flow and ensures tax-efficient growth. We can provide advice on managing tax risk and the impact of changing regulation on your business, and help with key issues around transfer pricing, supply chain effectiveness, indirect tax and customs and excise duties.

Contacts:
Paul Davies - Corporate Tax
Panny Loucas - Corporate Tax
Nicola Freeman - Corporate Tax
Dawn Ellis - Indirect Tax

Human Resource Services

Human Resource Services advises retail and consumer good companies on all aspects of people management including: pensions and reward, people costs and risks, employment tax and legal, managing your people globally and executive advisory.

At PwC we understand that managing employees can be one of your biggest challenges but also your greatest asset. In order to meet your global issues, our team of more than 1000 specialists in the UK and a global network of 6000 in 80 other countries, can help you to align your business interests.

Contact:
Michael Rendell