Julie acts for larger SMEs and corporate businesses, providing audit, consultancy services and help with strategic development. She has a particular focus on inward investment companies, renewable energy and telecoms companies. She also acts for a number of law firms and advises on conversion to Limited Liability Partnership. Julie is a Managing Partner and a member of the Menzies management committee.
She qualified in 1984 and was appointed partner in 1988.
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Specialisms:Audit & assurance, Business Advisory, Professional Services
Salvador has over 20 years’ experience acting for start-ups and SMEs, providing accounting, audit and consultancy services. He has a particular focus on property developers, ensuring that they have access to the specialist advice they need.
He has an extensive knowledge of tax law as it applies to the property and construction industry, which he uses to help clients develop tax planning strategies. He also acts for several technology companies, motor dealerships and garden centres.
Salvador writes articles for various property publications and has lectured at the ICAEW annual property conference.
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Specialisms:Accounting & compliance, Audit & assurance, Business Advisory, Property
John is the Office Managing Partner for the Blackwater Valley office and has over 25 years’ experience in advising SMEs. He specialises in accounting, audit and consultancy services and is also one of the firm’s pension audit experts, dealing with both money purchase and final salary schemes.
John joined Menzies in 1979 and became a partner in 1990.
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Specialisms:Accounting & compliance, Audit & assurance, Business Advisory, Pensions, Property
Caroline has significant experience of advising international groups and medium-sized privately-owned businesses, particularly those in the technology, manufacturing, logistics and construction sectors. She specialises in complex and larger audit assignments, including IFRS-compliant and AIM-listed companies.
Caroline also provides business advisory services to fast-growing businesses. She qualified as a chartered accountant in 2001, having trained with Menzies for both her AAT and ACA qualifications. Caroline became a Director in 2010.
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Chris deals with a varied client portfolio. He specialises in advising start-ups and SMEs on accountancy and associated tax matters, including consultancy on succession planning and structure of business. Chris also deals with a number of FSA-regulated businesses.
He joined Menzies in 1971, qualified in 1976 and became a partner in 1984.
Specialisms:Accounting & compliance, Business Advisory, Healthcare, Tax Planning
Andrew acts for SMEs and mid-corporate businesses, providing practical, commercial strategic planning advice. He also provides audit and technical support services to many of the firm’s larger and listed entity clients.
A member of the Menzies team advising professional firms, he regularly helps law firms, surveyors and architects on conversion to Limited Liability Partnership status.
Andrew is also the firm’s technical partner, a role that includes advising clients and supporting fellow partners and staff on assurance and accounting matters.
He qualified in 1989, becoming a partner in 2000.
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Mike acts primarily for SMEs, providing audit and strategic advice to business owners throughout all stages of the business lifecycle, as well as helping with any day-to-day problems.
He is also the firm’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer, and is responsible for compliance matters for corporate finance. He trained with a Big Four firm before concentrating on helping small and medium size businesses.
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Specialisms:Audit & assurance, Business Advisory
Andrew is one of the firm's Managing Partners and is the Lead International Contact Partner for HLB International. With over 35 years' experience providing audit and strategic advice to medium-sized companies and professional partnerships, his role today has evolved to also assist SMEs with their international expansion, making sure they have the right connectivity in countries they expand into.
With contacts in over 100 countries worldwide the firm's membership of HLB has become an increasingly important element of client service as the typical SME looks overseas for its expansion and growth.
Andrew continues to act for numerous medium sized private companies and professional partnerships with a particular emphasis on planning and succession.
He qualified in 1983 and became a partner in 1987.
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Specialisms:Accounting & compliance, Audit & assurance, Business Advisory, International, Professional Services
John specialises in advising SMEs and larger companies. He has extensive experience in taxation matters related to business acquisitions and disposals, group structures, succession planning and remuneration planning.
He is a member of the firm's team advising technology businesses and also advises FSA-regulated businesses such as insurance and mortgage broker businesses. John is a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
He joined Menzies in 2000 and became a partner in 2002.
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Specialisms:Business Advisory, Tax Planning, TMT
Tim has over 10 years’ experience advising start-ups and SMEs. He has expertise in a wide range of issues that businesses face and advises business owners on issues throughout the business life-cycle from start-up to succession and exit planning. He also advises on outsourcing and payroll matters.
Tim joined Menzies in 1995, qualified in 1997 and became a partner in 2002.
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Specialisms:Accounting & compliance, Business Advisory, Outsourcing, Payroll
Peter acts for start-ups and established SMEs. In addition to audit and tax compliance work, he advises business owners on strategic issues such as tax planning, succession and exit strategies. Peter also acts for property companies, motor dealers and a number of not-for-profit organisations.
He qualified in 1980 and became a partner in 1986. He joined Menzies in 2007 as a result of a merger.
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Specialisms:Audit & assurance, Business Advisory, Charities & Not-for-profit
Andy specialises in advising SMEs and mid-corporate businesses on tax mitigation strategies. He has extensive experience in a number of areas including disposals of privately owned businesses to both listed and unlisted entities, business acquisitions, business restructurings and management buy outs, property acquisitions, employee incentivisation and corporation tax planning.
Andy joined Menzies in 1997, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2000 and as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 2002.
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Specialisms:Business Advisory, Tax Planning
Nick specialises in providing tax advice to SMEs and mid-corporate businesses and their shareholders. He has extensive experience in both UK and international tax issues, and was a prize winner in the Chartered Institute of Taxation's 2007 International Tax exams.
Nick qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1996 and joined Menzies in 2000 after qualifying as a Chartered Tax Adviser. He became a Partner in 2002.
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Specialisms:Business Advisory, International, Offshore & International Tax, Tax Planning
For many years John has acted for SMEs and larger companies, providing accounting and strategic consultancy services. His advice focuses on business planning, business development and tax planning. He specialises in advice to dental practices and as well as private practice, his wide business experience includes management positions in industry.
He became a partner in 1989 and joined Menzies as a result of a practice merger in 2005.
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Specialisms:Accounting & compliance, Business Advisory, Healthcare
John specialises in corporate finance and has substantial experience in helping client to raise funds for buying and selling businesses. He has excellent relationships with a range of venture capital funds and has particular expertise in raising funds between £250,000 and £2 million.
John chairs the Credit Committee for the Accelerator Fund for Finance South East and was instrumental in bringing the £10 million fund together for the benefit of the region's SMEs.
A corporate banker for 16 years, John has a reputation for completing deals. He established and ran his own corporate finance business for nine years, joined Morley and Scott in 2006 and joined Menzies in 2009 following a merger of the two firms.
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Specialisms:Corporate Finance
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