Yorkshire Audit Team Celebrate Rapid Growth

Armstrong Watson's Yorkshire Audit team sees rapid growth to a 32 strong team, including Simon Turner who joins from KPMG and 5 graduates.

AAT Ranking as Top Five Place to Kick-Start your Career

AAT student magazine 20 has ranked Armstrong Watson as one of the top 5 small firms in the UK in which to launch your career in accountancy.

Successful six months in new refurbished Glasgow office

To mark a successful six months since acquisition, Armstrong Watson Accountants, Business and Financial Advisers presented their newly refurbished Blythswood Square office to clients and business partners at a special Gin Tasting experience on Thursday 4^th October.

The event celebrated an ambitious expansion for the firm in the city, following the acquisition of the former Haines Watts practice in February, and also highlighted Armstrong Watson’s continued investment in their Glasgow operation. 

As summer comes to a close, don’t let this winter be one of discontent

Autumn is a perfect time to take stock of your financial affairs, whether you’re an individual keen to prepare for the future or a business looking to grow, it’s important to have plans in place.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at some key financial issues, from topics surrounding pensions and ensuring your money is protected and ready to grow, through to preparing your business for impending new legislation such as Making Tax Digital and tighter HMRC restrictions.

Top 28th Ranked UK Accountancy Firm

Armstrong Watson has been ranked in 28th postion in the list of top 100 accountancy firms in the UK by Accountancy Age magazine.

Decision Makers' Dinner: Cash Management, People and More

Armstrong Watson's first Decision Makers' Dinner took place last week where a group of business owners in Leeds discussed grants, training, apprenticeships, millennials, the minimum wage, data management, use of KPIs, people and supplier & customer management

Legislation that shouldn’t keep retailers awake at night

At a recent speaking engagement I spoke about current legislation that, some of my retail clients' inform me - keeps them awake at night! 

During my talk I went on to discuss my views way to solve these issues and reduce stress.

Firstly let's look at what are the major legislations affecting retailers?

National Living Wage / National Minimum Wage

5 lessons to be learned from Yorkshire Linen's online retail strategy

5 lessons to be learned from Yorkshire Linen's online retail strategy and how they are winning with customer experience and innovative products.

Welcoming Simon Turner, our new Audit & Assurance Director to our Northallerton Office

Simon Turner has joined Armstrong Watson Accountants, Business and Financial Advisers’ Audit and Assurance team as Director at the firm’s Northallerton office.

Simon was previously a senior manager at KPMG, having worked for RSM Tenon earlier in his career.  He has extensive experience in the owner-managed business, education and charity sectors and is expected to play a significant role in the growth of the Northallerton team.

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Whitakers Chocolates - The Key to Sweet Success!

We recently asked William Whitaker, the Managing Director of Whitakers Chocolates 5 questions about the current issues facing his business. find out what he said below.