Accountancy Awards

Johnston Carmichael appoints Newcastle tax director

Johnston Carmichael has announced the appointment of Adrienne Paterson as tax director in its Newcastle office, strengthening its presence in the North East. Paterson, one of the region’s most experienced transaction tax specialists, began her career at KPMG in the early 1990s and later worked at EY before joining a…

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Clive Owen appoints new head of tax amid continued growth

Clive Owen LLP has appointed partner David Baggaley as its new head of tax as the firm expands its advisory team following a year of growth. Baggaley will lead the tax division across the firm’s five offices, supporting its long-term development strategy.  A chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, Baggaley…

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Hentons receives three nominations at Yorkshire Awards

Hentons has received three nominations at the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards and was shortlisted in the categories ‘Mid-Tier Firm of the Year’; ‘Brand of the Year’; and ‘Corporate Finance Service Award.  These categories have been designed to “acknowledge the entire spectrum of the accounting profession”, from small independent and mid-tier firms…

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Azets appoints new valuations director

Top ten accountancy and advisory firm Azets has recently appointed Sabrina Khushi as valuations director.  Her appointment takes the award-winning team to a total of 14 people, making it one of the largest in the region. Kushi has more than ten years of experience in professional practice and industry, spanning…

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BHP launches LAVA service headed by new partner

BHP has launched a new Listed, Accounting Valuations and Advisory service (LAVA), which will be headed up by Alex Hird, who has also been appointed partner.  Hird will oversee the delivery of the new service line, which will provide specialist accounting advisory and financial reporting valuation expertise to its ever-growing…

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Huddersfield’s Sheards Accountancy celebrates its 120th anniversary

Huddersfield Chartered accountancy practice, Sheards has celebrated its 120th anniversary and has marked the milestone by inviting clients, old and new, and other local businesses to a celebratory event at The Cellar Theatre at Lawrence Batley Theatre on 29 June. Sheards is an accounting firm from Kirklees. It was founded…

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Gravitate Accounting unveils new hires and clients

Gravitate Accounting has announced that it has made three new hires and welcomed 27 new clients since the start of 2023. Digital accountant Megan Ducey and trainee digital accountant Jack Laister have joined the company, along with Morgan Bland, who has been hired as Gravitate’s first apprentice. This has resulted…

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Azets wins award hatrick at Yorkshire Accountancy Awards

Azets has announced it has won three awards at the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards. Azets won best employer of the year, audit service award and team of the year. The firm’s corporate finance and tax were also finalists for Tax Service of the Year and corporate finance team of the year.…

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Ask IRIS 360° MTD event to feature HMRC keynote 

The second event in the leading accountancy software provider’s digital series will help you navigate MTD With the Making Tax Digital (MTD) deadline dates quickly approaching, and with new regulations to understand, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed.  The Ask IRIS “MTD 360°: Exploring Every Angle of Making Tax Digital”…

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Armstrong Watson’s audit team sees 20% YOY growth

Armstrong Watson’s Yorkshire audit team has reported a 20% rise in year-on-year growth from 2020 to 2021. In the past 18 months, the group has had more than £1m of new business wins, including Howarth Timber, Farmison, Bannatyne Group and Delta Academies Trust. The audit team were also shortlisted for…

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