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Continued growth for leading Swindon accountancy firm Haines Watts
by Mike Lloyd , Managing Partner at Haines Watts Swindon
Well , it has been a lively time at Haines Watts here in Swindon over the last couple of years and that is showing no sign of changing any time soon .
As we all emerge out of the pandemic , clients have been coming to us to help them plan for growth in 2022 and beyond . Business acquisitions and sales are all very much back on the table and we have been working with our clients to turn their dreams and aspirations into reality on both sides of that coin .
I am delighted that two of our clients have completed transactions in the last few weeks , one selling their business and the other acquiring an additional one .
Our client base continues to expand by recommendation , client acquisitions , strong ties with private equity and our friends in the Corporate Law and Banking and Finance world . In addition we acquired the Philip Nickson and Co practice in October 2020 which was re-branded as Haines Watts Cirencester Limited .
We are delighted to see two of our clients represented in the Top 100 Companies for Swindon & Wiltshire .
Inevitably additional work means the requirement for additional human resource and like pretty much the whole of UK business we are finding that challenging . Qualified accountants with practice experience are hard to find and good ones even harder .
Over the last six months we have added nine additional team members including a new client manager and three audit and accounts seniors plus two additional administrators bringing our total numbers of partners staff and consultants to 26 with at least two more new arrivals across the summer .
Also during this period , we have seen several promotions with Emma Skinner becoming an associate director , Anna- Marie Healy moving to a full time marketing manager role , Michael Webb promoted to assistant tax manager and Maddie Moorman moving from administration to our tax department .
It is a joy to see our team grow allowing us to serve more clients , in both the business and not-for-profit sectors .
If you would like to explore the expertise that we can bring to you and your business , then please get in touch .
Email : swindon @ hwca . com Call : 01793 533838
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