Updated 3:47pm 27 May 2012

AIM firms face ‘a year of consolidation’

NORTH-WEST firms listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) face “a year of consolidation and mergers”, say leading accountants.

Baker Tilly, which specialises in dealing with AIM firms, says that in 2008 there were 115 AIM admissions, constituting 38 IPOs raising average funds of £24m, 24 introductions, 10 companies transferred from the main market and 43 re-admissions.

In 2007, there were 284 admissions constituting 182 IPOs raising funds of £34m, 35 introductions, six firms transferred from the main market and 61 re-admissions.

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