Derby Announce Smith Cooper Extension

Smith Cooper has become the naming rights partner of the North Stand at the iPro Stadium.

Derby County Football Club are delighted to announce that Smith Cooper have extended their partnership with the Rams.

As a result of the extension to their existing agreement with the Club, Smith Cooper has become the naming rights partner of the North Stand at the iPro Stadium which will now be re-named and known as the Smith Cooper Stand.

Smith Cooper have been a partner of Derby County since the start of the 2013/14 season and stressed a desire to continue their partnership with the Club for 2014/15 campaign.

Over the past 28 years, Smith Cooper has become one of the largest independently owned and preferred accountancy and business advisory firms for owner managed businesses across the Midlands.

The firm specialises in providing bespoke advisory services to both corporate and individual clients wanting a long term relationship and have recently won a number of Awards including the prestigious Midlands Based Tax Planning Firm of The Year, Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of The Year in England and Regional Accountancy Firm of The Year for the second year running.

Derby County’s President & Chief Executive Sam Rush said: “We are extremely pleased that Smith Cooper has chosen to extend its relationship with Derby County.

“It is great news that they have opted to increase their commitment by becoming the sponsor of the North Stand.”

He added: “We thank Smith Cooper for their continued support and look forward to long and healthy relationship between the two parties.”

Andrew Delve, Managing Partner of Smith Cooper commented: “As a firm, we are dedicated to supporting local businesses and sports teams and with all of us based in the Derby office being such huge Rams fans, having the North Stand named after our firm really is a dream come true.”

To find out more about Smith Cooper, visit: http://www.smithcooper.co.uk/info/about.