Accountancy practice merges with expanding financial services group
Leeds-based accountancy practice, BCL Accountants Ltd, has merged into the SMH Group, allowing the firm to offer an increased level of service to its clients backed by the strength of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire-based group. The merger took place on 1 November 2022, with the firm continuing to operate from its office on Pavilion Business […]
Advice for selling an accounting practice
Selling an accounting practice can be a complex business. It’ll take planning and preparation. The accounting practice marketplace is heating up With many accounting firm owners reaching retirement age, there could be a glut of accounting firms hitting the market – but there are only so many buyers. If you’re looking to sell your accounting […]
Acquisitive Armstrong Watson makes move for North Yorkshire accountancy firm
Armstrong Watson has acquired the long-standing North Yorkshire practice Haworths Chartered Accountants. The acquisition saw four Haworths staff join the firm from the firm’s Town Hall location in Settle’s Market Place. Armstrong Watson will continue to provide a personalised service to Haworths’ clients, with Armstrong Watson accounting partner Rodger Hill taking the office lead role. […]
Streets chartered accountants expands with merger
Streets Chartered Accountants, which operates from 19 offices across the UK, has expanded its footprint through a merger. The group has merged with the Colchester and Mersea island practice of Whittles, launching Streets Whittles Chartered Accountants in the process. With Streets’ existing offices across the East of England, including Cambridge and Newmarket and further south […]
Sell your accountancy practice
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Best Plan for Selling an Accountancy Practice
Plan for Selling an Accountancy Practice If you are thinking of selling an Accountancy practice in the next three to five years, you need to make a perfect plan for selling an accountancy practice. Have you paused to consider why you’re selling? Many sole practitioners love the day-to-day activities of their business. They enjoy working […]
HMRC and SME’s Tax in 2018
Are SMEs ready for Making Tax Digital? With MTD (Making Tax Digital) representing “the single most significant change to the UK’s system of taxation in recent times”, Knill James partner Nick Rawson assesses the readiness of SMEs for digital tax reporting HMRC is planning for the majority of businesses in the UK to maintain their […]
Chancellor Philip Hammond Builds For Brexit
Philip Hammond “builds for Brexit” with a £27bn “shock absorber”, but the papers also raised major concerns about higher borrowing. The Financial Times stated that the chancellor created a £27bn fiscal “shock absorber”, in terms of investment to protect the economy against Brexit uncertainty. It also pointed out the borrowing over the next five years […]
Rise in Accountancy Mergers Report
Accountancy Practices For Sale In the UK Increases. Continued consolidation has driven down the number of accountancy firms in the UK from 6,962 to 6,622, new research has revealed. The rate of consolidation – down 41% since 2002 – is now beginning to accelerate again following a slowdown since 2010, says LDF, an independent finance […]