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Harlands Accountants managing
director Glyn Davison
LEADING ACCOUNTANTS LAY AYCLIFFE ROOTS By Rachel Wright
An inspiring business that
has encouraged hundreds of
companies to grow has become
a success in its own right as
it stabilises its roots firmly on
Aycliffe Business Park.
Harlands Accountants, who can be found in
The HUB at Parson’s Court, Welbury Way,
have an established and impressive 30 years
in the business operating from their Consett
office.
They have an established team of experts
in their field who collectively have over 100
years of experience and knowledge
as qualified accountants.
Harlands’ specialism is in encouraging
growth in companies to help them achieve
a better business and ultimately improve
their lives. They work with business owners
throughout Northumberland, County
Durham, Tyne and Wear and Teesside
and currently look after no less than 300
companies.
Managing director Glynn Davison said:
“Accountancy is just the start for us!!
“For our team, a tax and business advisory
service is the natural next step in our working
relationship. Our accountancy compliance
work tells us so much about a client’s
strengths and challenges, their opportunities
and limitations.
“We are therefore ideally placed to help
businesses identify openings and release
potential and knowing that the finances are
straight gives business owners the control
they need to take on everything else.
region which is also growing from strength to
strength. With the added excitement of the
arrival of Hitachi it is the ideal place to be and
there are a lot of businesses on the park we
would love to work with.
”
“We deal with all kinds of businesses large
and small from all kinds of sectors, every
business is different and it is really important
to us that we tailor a financial system to suit
them that they can work with.
”
Harlands specialise in working with
companies at all stages of their development.
This includes pre start-up companies who are
not trading yet and just thinking about their
business plan. Start-up businesses who have
been trading less than two years and finally
established companies from two years plus
from £200k turnover to £26m.
Harlands are also part of the ‘Growth
Accelerator’ programme which is a unique
service led by some of the country's most
successful growth specialists. It enables
companies so they can find new routes to
investment, explore new ideas and develop
the strategies needed for their business to
achieve its full potential.
Harlands currently have four registered
approved coaches on the scheme and plan to
grow this over the coming year.
Glynn explains: “We worked with Craig
Peterson from the Carlton & Co group on
the park and he was our growth accelerator
coach. Craig has helped us develop an
effective marketing strategy for growth that
we are looking to implement in 2014/15.
”
Other companies that Harlands work with
on the park include The Workplace, HUB
Workspace, Au Fait Marketing, Temp Team
and The Vocational Learning Trust.
Glynn said: “We are now looking at
stabilising our roots in the area because we
see the business park as a very interesting
“Whatever the size of the business is we
are here to help, added Glynn.
”
“The most important thing is that we listen
to our clients and we encourage them to
be engaged with us and talk about their
business. We are interested in all businesses
and we like to share ideas and be proactive
in what we do.