‘You can blame us’: The firm that sparked accountancy private equity gold rush

Chief executive Nimesh Shah says Blick Rothenberg ‘killed’ the traditional partnership model a decade ago, and now the firm stands as the blueprint that every mid-tier accountancy competitor is trying to emulate. City-based Blick Rothenberg is widely recognised as the first major UK accountancy firm to receive private equity backing, after HgCapital invested in July…