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TaxAssist Accountants opens 200th shop
n TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of accountants specialising in small businesses, is celebrating the opening of its 200th shop.
Franchisee Dave Forrester opened the new branch in Bingley, West Yorkshire, in April at an event attended by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford, councillor Alun Griffiths, who performed the ribbon cutting. Dave runs two other TaxAssist shops in Keighley and Ilkley, and looks after more than 400 small businesses across the region. He decided to open a third branch to meet the demand of existing small businesses and new businesses starting up in the area. Dave says: “With the business going from strength to strength in Keighley
and Ilkley, and a growing small-business culture in and around Bingley, it seemed like the perfect time to look out for a new conveniently placed shop. Demand for our services continues to grow and the new third shop gives us the opportunity to grow with it. “We’re delighted by the positive
response we’ve had so far and would like to thank everyone who came along to our launch event. It was great to welcome our clients, dignitaries and representatives from the local small-business community to our new offices and celebrate being TaxAssist Accountants’ 200th shop.” James Mattam, group business development director, says: “We’re immensely proud of Dave and all of his team for opening their third shop and
helping us reach a milestone of 200 TaxAssist Accountants shopfronts in the UK. Our brand continues to go from strength to strength and we continue to open more shops in other parts of the country. Retailing accountancy changed our business 15 years ago and we’re excited to bring more accountants on board and be a part of our future growth.
“Dave and his team have followed the model well and led the way in cloud accounting technology developments within their practices. The whole team understands just how important technology can be to help clients develop their business and at the same time make the accounting practice more efficient. With Making Tax Digital on the horizon, Dave’s practices are in an excellent position to help small businesses and individual clients to be fully ready to cope with the biggest change in recent times in how tax is reported and paid.” The TaxAssist Accountants network, which was founded over 20 years ago, now services more than 65,000 clients with a fee bank that is in excess of £42million. Internationally, there are over 280 shops and offices covering the UK and Ireland, as well as six branches in Australia with further expansion planned.
Dwyer Group acquires Bright & Beautiful
n The Dwyer Group, one of the world’s largest parent companies of trade service brands, has completed the add-on acquisition of Bright & Beautiful, a cleaning franchise based in Manchester. The deal marks the ninth acquisition for Dwyer Group in the last few years and sees the organisation grow to £1.2billion in system-wide sales. Dwyer Group now has 15 franchise brands consisting of more than 2,800 franchisees and over 600 employees throughout North America, Germany and the UK. “We are thrilled to welcome Bright & Beautiful to the Dwyer Group family of
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brands,” says Mike Bidwell, president and CEO of Dwyer Group. “This addition helps Dwyer Group diversify our brand presence in the UK, taking us one step closer to offering a comprehensive residential and commercial service line-up to our customers.”
Bright & Beautiful offers residential cleaning services, providing eco-friendly cleaning, laundry and tidying assistance. The business was founded by Rachel Ray and has grown over the last 10 years into a system of more than 50 franchisees, who employ over 700 staff between them. Rachel says: “We are delighted to join one of the most powerful organisations in the industry. Our franchise network and
clients will benefit from Dwyer Group’s vast expertise and extensive resources in the service sector, enabling us to expand across the UK and beyond.”
Rachel Ray
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