The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 38: Aug/Sept 2018 | Page 8

APPOINTED SENIOR ACCOUNTANT JOINS Double promotion at SWINDON PRACTICE Royds Withy King Accountant Nathan Pound has joined the team at Haines Watts Swindon as an accounts senior. The 25-year-old has recently started at the Old Town firm of chartered accountants and business advisors to expand his skills and experience after working with another practice in the town. Nathan said: “It’s been great to join such a supportive and welcoming team. I’ve spent a lot of time previously looking at personal tax and now I’m looking forward to broadening my skills and experience across a whole range of financial support for successful SMEs in Swindon and elsewhere.” Mike Lloyd, managing partner of Haines Watts Swindon, added: “We can already see that Nathan is going to be a great asset to our team and through the experience he gains here together with the study support he will receive, I have no doubts that he is going to shine .” RSM welcomes new partner in Swindon 8 Malcolm Gregory, lead partner in the Swindon office of Royds Withy King, said: “We are delighted to announce Samantha’s and Greg’s promotions to partner which is a well-deserved recognition of their hard work and dedication to their clients, colleagues and the wider firm.” in Swindon. The town is currently THRINGS’ TRAINEE BECOMES JUNIOR LAW SOCIETY CHAIR seeing investment and growth virtually unprecedented since the original arrival of the railway. This is opening up huge possibilities for the region’s businesses as well as for the entrepreneurs and investors behind them. Helping those businesses to capitalise on these new opportunities provides an ideal challenge for the next stage of my career.” Scott Robins, a trainee solicitor at local law firm Thrings has been appointed chair of the Junior Lawyer Division of the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Law Society (GWILS). Scott will be responsible for engaging higher numbers of junior legal practitioners in the regional organisation. GWILS provides academic and practical support to solicitors, trainees, paralegals, legal secretaries and legal executives, offering a packed agenda of high-value events designed to share industry know-how and build links with legal professionals. Members also benefit from the society’s online forum where legal updates, job opportunities and details of local events are shared. THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE 2018 Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has announced the appointment of experienced partner Paul Baldwin. Paul joins the Swindon team as a corporation tax professional, having worked in senior roles within the Big Four and specialist firms for over 20 years. Paul has advised businesses on financing, restructuring and investment, as well as compliance, since 1996. In his new role, Paul will have responsibility for building and developing RSM’s corporate tax team and growing the firm’s corporate tax business locally, in addition to supporting clients to achieve their business goals. Paul said: “This is a very exciting time to be joining RSM’s practice Law firm Royds Withy King has announced its annual promotions with two of its solicitors being made up to partner in the Swindon office. The new partners are Samantha O’Sullivan who is a private client lawyer and heads up the firm’s Charities & Not-For-Profit sector group, and Greg Callard, a real estate specialist.