Leading audit, tax and consulting firm聽 has partnered with聽Sunderland Software City to make it easier for businesses to access the advice they need to scale up and compete聽globally.
The new partnership is designed to provide support and guidance to the region鈥檚 growing technology sector.
Sunderland Software City (SSC) offers business support and skills training to help tech businesses of all sizes in the聽North East start and grow.
As a partner, RSM will draw on extensive experience working with聽tech businesses聽to deliver strategic accountancy and business advisory services ranging from聽tax,聽financial reporting聽and funding options, to聽transactions, fraud聽and key聽consultancy聽support – helping to improve profitability, mitigate risk and enable growth.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an exciting time for the tech sector in the North East, having seen a 78 per cent uplift in聽start-ups in the last year,鈥� said聽 partner Richard Urron.
鈥淓ntrepreneurs are attracted to the North East due to a combination of the region鈥檚 universities playing a key role in developing and nurturing talent, an increase in聽access to finance following the launch of the North East Fund and a strong, growing tech ecosystem.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to be working with Sunderland Software City. It brings together a range of public, private and educational sectors and through regional collaboration we can spearhead growth and encourage inward investment to deliver a sustainable outlook for the software industry in the region.
鈥淲e look forward to helping facilitate further growth in the sector as part of our partnership.鈥�
Jeni Banks, business support specialist at SSC, said: 鈥淩SM works with businesses looking to scale-up on a day-to-day basis, so it is a perfect fit to support local ambitious firms as they grow.
鈥淭hey not only have the expertise and capabilities to offer a range of services, but RSM has the scale to help businesses across the UK or internationally to support each step of the business lifecycle.
鈥淲e believe this partnership will complement our existing suite of business support services – ultimately providing more opportunities for tech start-ups to access specialist advice at the point that they need it.鈥�