New Year’s Eve may be a distant memory now, but the Champagne corks are still popping here at Castle as three of the team celebrate promotions: Alex Nursey is promoted to Senior Manager; Tom Gillen moves to Manager, and Jodie Stepney steps up the ladder to Transaction Support Executive. Stuart Stepney, Managing Director, said: “On the back of an incredibly demanding but rewarding 2023, it is with great pleasure that we announce multiple promotions within the team and duly recognise the contributions by Alex, Tom and Jodie that enabled Castle to achieve such commendable results last year. Our m ..read more

Castle is delighted to be nominated in three categories at the 2024 Insider South East Dealmakers Awards, the long-established and hotly contested event which recognises the leading finance and M&A professionals across the region. Hot on the heels of last year’s successes, including Stuart Stepney’s Dealmaker of the Year win, it has been announced that Castle has been shortlisted for the following awards: Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year (Victoria Ansell) Dealmaker of the Year (Stuart Stepney) Stuart, Castle’s Managing Director, comme ..read more

Castle has been shortlisted for seven accolades at the Insider South East Dealmakers Awards 2023  – the company’s record-breaking best performance to date. The highly regarded event, now in its seventeenth year, honours the region’s M&A professionals. The firm has been shortlisted in the Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year; two Deals of the Year (£10m+); and Deal of the Year (sub £10m) categories; along with individual nominations going to: Stuart Stepney (Dealmaker of the Year); Victoria Ansell (Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year) and Alex Nursey (Emerging Dealmaker of the ..read more

Huge congratulations go to Victoria Ansell, who has been named Dealmaker of the Year at the 2022 Insider South East Dealmakers Awards. Now in its sixteenth year, the hotly contested awards recognise the leading finance and M&A professionals in the region. Following her success at the 2021 awards where she was named Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year, Victoria went one better this time, scooping the top accolade – reward for her hard work, tenacity and dedication.   Insider said: “The judges were particularly impressed with the time Victoria invests problem-solving technical and com ..read more

Castle director, Victoria Ansell, has reason to celebrate in 2022. Here she explains the slightly unusual way she’s planning to mark her milestone birthday... Today, I hit 40! I’m not sure there are many people I know for whom this is not ‘a big thing’ – whether they dread it, or look forward to it. For some, it’s just another year, another number. For me, it’s a damned good excuse for a party (especially after the last few years) so I’m really looking forward to that! It’s also been an opportunity to reflect and think about what I want out of life – where have I come from, where am I hea ..read more

Castle is delighted to be nominated for three honours at this year’s Insider South East Dealmakers Awards, the long-established and hotly contested event which recognises the leading finance and M&A professionals in the region. Following Victoria Ansell’s success at the 2021 awards where she was named Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year, it has been revealed that Castle has been shortlisted in the following categories for 2022: Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year Emerging Dealmaker of the Year (Alex Nursey) Dealmaker of the Year (Victoria Ansell) Joining Victoria on the individ ..read more

Castle Corporate Finance is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Gillen, who joined the team late in 2021 as Corporate Finance Executive. Tom will be assisting on transactions, as well as helping to identify new business opportunities and continuing to build his professional network. Tom spent the first five years of his career working for a London practice in the audit department, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2019. He managed a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from SMEs through to large corporations, across multiple industries. ‘I’ve really enjoyed my start with Castle, a ..read more

The South-East Dealmakers awards are a prestigious event for the Corporate Finance industry and after the non-event of 2020, it was lovely to be able to get together and celebrate in person on the evening of the 2nd September 2021. Hosted at the stunning Epsom Down Racecourse and compered by the legend that is Martin Bayfield, it was a night to remember. Victoria Ansell was on the shortlist for the Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year against some stiff competition. We’re absolutely delighted to announce that Victoria was crowned WINNER on the night and presented with her award, which is very ..read more

Many organisations promote their best operatives and expect them to be good leaders. Some are; but many simply don’t know how to lead.  In these cases, the company has just lost a good operative and gained a bad leader.  Double whammy! Perhaps the answer is to train new leaders in ‘leadership’. Well, there’s nothing wrong with increasing awareness and discovering tools and techniques.  However, learning about being a leader is not BEING a leader. Too much leadership development consists of a couple of days in a 3-star hotel room, after which people are assumed to be ‘trained’ le ..read more

Here at Castle, we believe that understanding your own personality style – or ‘leadership preferences’ – along with that of your colleagues, can improve business success. That is why the second part of our Perfect Fit series assesses your business leadership and directing style and the impact this can have on you as an owner and leader. CLICK HERE TO REVEAL YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE It takes many different personalities to run a successful business. That is why in part two of our Perfect Fit series, we’re giving you the opportunity to reveal your leadership style through a high level understanding ..read more