A host of stars and celebrities were in Liverpool on Thursday (22 July) night to celebrate the launch of a finance company’s new £1.4 million offices.

Internationally renowned DJ Gok Wan treated guests at the exclusive Sedulo event to a music set while they mingled with Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay and her husband Steve White, a musician who has worked extensively with Paul Weller and The Style Council.

Seema Malhotra from The Real Housewives of Cheshire was also in attendance for the star-studded evening and arrived at the new offices in Exchange Flags alongside her husband Sandeep Malhotra – CEO of Forever Unique – and a host of the city’s top business leaders.

Former rugby league star Greg Inglis also joined the party at Sedulo, a company which provides a suite of support to a range of clients including advice on taxes, financial planning, accountancy, wealth management and funding.

Established in 2009, the finance specialist now counts itself amongst the top 100 accountancy firms in the United Kingdom and is the only business in that sector to have strong office bases in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and London.

Sedulo’s new Liverpool lease is costing more than £1m, while the company spent a further £400,000 transforming a 7,000 sq ft space in Exchange Flags.

Attendees at the event were able to view the new offices which feature a ‘Klopp/Kendall Suite’ complete with signed shirts from Sir Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Ratcliffe plus an indoor garden, table football machine, and seats in blue and red set against Goodison Park and Anfield – a homage to the city’s two major football clubs.

Guests were also shown the main boardroom which has been designed like a military bunker, complete with sandbags and 1940’s Wrens uniforms in order to pay respects to Walker House – where the office is located – as it once housed a bomb-proof bunker in the basement as part of a military command headquarters.

A McVitie’s/Crawfords suite has also been installed – with Crawfords having been a major Liverpool confectioner producing biscuits from the late 1800’s until it merged with McVitie’s in the 1970’s.

In honour of that, Sedulo serve afternoon tea each day in its Liverpool office with a stock of Crawfords biscuits for staff to enjoy.

A podcast studio, modelled on Oprah Winfrey’s set, has been put in place too, while an outdoor Victorian terrace garden overlooking the Royal Liver Building and River Mersey was where musicians, DJs and Gok Wan delivered their performances on Thursday night.

Paul Cheetham-Karcz, Sedulo founder, says: “We’re incredibly proud of our new offices in Liverpool and delighted that so many of our clients, business leaders and celebrities were able to join us for this spectacular launch event.

“We’ve got big ambitions for Liverpool and look forward to welcoming more people into our offices in the coming weeks and months.”

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