West Country accountants support owner managed businesses through tough times
Current economic times are making life tough for owner managed businesses; in response, West Country accountant Old Mill is developing its business services team to better meet the needs of its existing clients and expand its portfolio in the region.
The firm, which has branches in Shepton Mallet, Yeovil, Exeter and Devizes realises that owner managed companies need to know that they are getting a personal service from their accountant.
“All too often, local, owner managed businesses don’t receive the personal service that they should; at Old Mill, I feel we have a unique offering,” said Chris Bowles, who has recently been promoted to Director of business services.
“Not only do we know the local area, but we have a number of in-house specialists that can offer each client a tailored, personal service, and I feel that the sort of service we can offer is particularly important when times are tough, like they are now,” he said.
As well as promoting Chris with the aim of strengthening the firm’s offering to local business, Old Mill has also appointed Jake Jukes, who until moving to the business services team, worked with Bath-based Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants.
Jake says he joined Old Mill because he shares the firm’s values and beliefs; “I really like the way that at Old Mill, clients are given a very pro-active forward thinking value added service where their needs are always put first,” he explains, ” and feel one of the firm’s strengths is a desire to deliver as promised, offering an inter-personal service that guarantees clients always have a point of contact should they need it.
“And with news this week that one in every 56 businesses is expected to fail in 2009* it is more important than ever that our local businesses are given the support they need to see them through these tough financial times.”