Pictured: Dr Clive Hickman (left) with BDO's Tom Lawton at
MTC
The Birmingham office of BDO LLP 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.
Tom Lawton commented on the appointment saying: "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."
CEO of MTC, Dr Clive Hickman, said: "We are driving forward our
business strategy and are committed to making the MTC the place to
be for manufacturing innovation. BDO's experience in the
manufacturing sector is second to none and the firm's knowledge and
connections will help support our future success."