Pictured above: John Kelly, Regional Managing Partner and National Head of Banking at Begbies Traynor, Larry Morris of Mesirow Financial Consulting, and Jon Moulton of Better Capital

Leading professional services consultancy Begbies Traynor Group held its first major Banking Conference at the Hotel du Vin in Birmingham, where keynote speakers Jon Moulton of Better Capital and Larry Morris of Mesirow Financial Consulting, the firm's New York joint venture partner, addressed an invited audience of more than 80 senior bankers and staff.

Other speakers included partners John Kelly, who chaired the event, Nigel Price on the work of Law of Property Act Receivers, Martin Long on offshore advantages, David Abbott on the mutual benefits of a secondment, Adam Deeley on the need for early taxation planning, Paul Keyton on fraud issues and Iain Lownes on corporate finance.

John Kelly, the firm's National Head of Banking and Regional Managing Partner, said "We were delighted to welcome so many of our valued banking contacts. The event was very well received and we will be replicating it across our regions as part of our National Banking Conference programme for 2010."