Opinion: the independent start-up

For a long time the traffic has been going in the other
direction. Independent brokers were selling up, accepting the
inevitable march of consolidation.
First City. Heath Lambert. Windsor. Newman Martin Buchan. And,
more latterly, Miller's deal with Willis Towers Watson and RK
Harrison's sale to Hyperion. Tysers may be next.
But there are signs that the tide of consolidation is starting
to produce a counter-current of company formation.
Former Cooper Gay CEO Toby Esser has returned to the market