A YORK finance broker has won a top award for the third consecutive year.

Acorn Finance was awarded the UK Commercial Broker of the Year title in the Corporate LiveWire 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Awards.

The awards recognise the achievements of deal makers, management teams, financiers and professional

advisors who, over the past 12 months, have demonstrated excellence in their deal-making.

This year’s winners included RBS Invoice Finance, Bureau van Dijk, iMedX, MoneySoft Inc and Grant

Thornton.

Acorn Finance was one of the smaller entrants and was pleased to be 'making waves' against some much larger players.

Partner Paul Thompson said: “It’s been a fantastic year for small business finance, the banks are once again starting to lend to good-quality businesses and the challenger banks are shaking up the lending market with some fantastic and innovative commercial finance tools.

"We’re looking forward to enhancing our offering with new lenders, products and employees during the second half of 2016.”

Elizabeth Moore, awards director, said: “We were delighted with the volume of nominations received for this year’s M&A awards.

"It is always a proud time to see how firms all over the world have developed and grown. And it is with great confidence to publish the 2016 M&A Award Winners Guide. I look forward to see growth in the winners for many years to come.”