WANdisco scoops top accolade
SHEFFIELD-based WANdisco has won the Best Technology Award at the 18th annual AIM awards dinner.
According to PwC, one of the award sponsors, the awards, held in London, come as the AIM market raised €564m through company floats during the third quarter of 2013 – almost 2.5 times more than the amount raised in the same quarter in 2012.
20 IPOs raised €564m compared to 13 IPOs generating €233m in Q3 2012, a 142% increase year on year.
Arif Ahmad, office senior partner at PwC in Leeds, said: “The surge in AIM proceeds year on year is further evidence of the fair weather economic conditions which have been on the horizon for so long. With established iconic companies like ASOS and Mulberry gracing the AIM exchange alongside new trailblazers like WANdisco and Clinigen, it’s clear that entrants old and new have style and substance.
“In the past there have been occasional comments that companies on AIM suffer from poor governance. PwC research has shown this is not the case. Many companies choose to comply voluntarily with the code adhered to by plcs in the FTSE 350.
“It’s fair to say that AIM is prospering, but we need to ensure that we carry on this upward trajectory by providing the springboard for more high-growth companies- both homegrown and international- to evolve. This can only be achieved by making the UK and its capital markets as attractive as possible.”
