BDO wins Manufacturing Technology Centre appointment
THE Birmingham office of accountancy firm BDO has been appointed audit and tax advisers to the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).
The firm’s team will be led by Tom Lawton, Birmingham partner and national head of manufacturing at BDO, and tax partner David Pooler.
MTC, the new research centre based at Ansty Park near Coventry, received £40m investment from Advantage West Midlands and the East Midlands Development Agency. Aimed at developing innovative ideas and converting them into commercial solutions for businesses, the MTC is looking to support some of the world’s most innovative and progressive organisations.
Lawton said: “The Manufacturing Technology Centre is a superb facility, where industry and academia meet to develop the technologies and products that will help support the success of UK manufacturing in the future.
“MTC is a centre of excellence for high value manufacturing and puts the West Midlands firmly on the map, once again, for being the home of science, technology and innovation in the sector. We are delighted to have been appointed as advisors by the management team and are excited to be working with them going forward.”
Dr Clive Hickman, CEO of the MTC, said: “BDO’s experience in the manufacturing sector is second to none and the firm’s knowledge and connections will help support our future success.”
