Your passion is our business The Sports Business Group at Deloitte is a unique team of full-time sports business specialists, based in the UK, advising a range of organisations operating in the sports business throughout the world. We offer a range of services covering Assurance & Governance, Consulting, Corporate Development, Venues & Major Events and Tax.

Key stakeholder groups in the sports industry are; Clubs, Leagues & Competitions, Major Events, Governing Bodies, Central & Local Government, Financiers & Investors and Sports Marketing companies.

When it comes to providing Assurance and Governance services to sports organisations, no other firm has a specialist Sports Business Group with the wealth of experience and reputation of our people. You do not want to have to educate your advisers – or pay for them to learn at your expense. You want them to generate ideas, value for money and unearth opportunities for you. You do not want your advisers to get lost in technical detail, you want relevant and commercial advice.

Given our track record, we are confident that we will already have dealt with just about any sports related business issue you may have. We understand the role of sports business organisations, their unique culture, the requirements of good governance within a complex stakeholder map and the commercial and political demands placed upon you. We have, in our expertise and our network within sport, a great deal of value to bring to you.

Our specialists have a breadth of expertise in the sports industry:

• Robust accounting and tax advice for particular transactions
• Balance commercial requirements with accounting/tax requirements
• Implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards Fulfilment of ad hoc statutory or regulatory reporting requirements
• Advice to management on implementing best practice, good corporate governance and complying with regulatory requirements
• Improving communication with shareholders/members/stakeholders
• Helping you understand fast-evolving requirements in corporate governance, achieve compliance within specified timeframes, and keep your response aligned with your broader corporate goals and strategies

Our specialists have a breadth of expertise in the sports industry:

• Deliver supporting evidence regarding sports business issues for any organisation facing sports related regulatory or legal challenge
• Provide support to management in the face of regulatory or legal challenges
• Market analysis for Competition Authority cases
• Expert participation in all forms of Dispute Resolution with deep understanding and experience of the legal process
• Business interruption assessment and quantification