Emess, the UK lighting company, has dropped WestLB Panmure as its financial adviser and corporate broker in favour of SG Hambros Corporate Finance and SG Securities.

Liz Richardson, company secretary at Emess, said that the company reviews its advisers from time to time. She added that WestLB Panmure had been working for the company for some years and that the relationship had &quotrun the course&quot.