Hessle-based Yorkshire accountancy firm Harris Lacey and Swain, have announced as from 2nd November a merger with Holdstock Nicholls Train & Co, based in Hull. The merger with Holdstock Nicholls Train & Co significantly expands the client base, expertise, and experience of Harris Lacey and Swain.
Richard Lacey, owner and partner at Harris Lacy and Swain, said: ‘We’re delighted to announce the merger with Holdstock Nicholls Train & Co.’
Richard Lacey, a highly experienced accountant, joined the practice in 1993. He arrived with a diverse wealth of experience, having previously worked at Coopers and Lybrand, today part of PwC. He has a valuable range of specialist experience, advising organisations such as charities and owner managed businesses.
Richard Lacey and fellow Harris Lacey and Swain partner Richard Tucker will be joined by Holdstock Nicholls Train & Co founding partners Mike Holdstock and Paul Train.
Mike Holdstock co-founded the company in 1987 and brings over fifty years of accountancy experience. He specialises in corporate, strategic, business and estate planning and compliance matters. Fellow founding partner Paul Train specialises in business and financial planning for private individuals and corporate entities.
For Harris Lacey and Swain, the merger announcement marks a new era in the Yorkshire accountancy firm’s history. The merger decision was based on the cultural values both firms share, in which client service is placed at the forefront. Moving forward as one, the newly expanded firm will seek to both expand on existing specialities and seek new opportunities. The merger will mean that the firm has the opportunity to retain valuable and talented members of staff, offering more services as part of a coordinated growth strategy.
The merger with Holdstock Nicholls Train & Co means that Harris Lacey and Swain will be able to expand on its portfolio of services, utilising new skills. With greater knowledge and experience across all areas of business, the firm will look to expand their wealth management, specialist tax, and personal tax planning services. It will also take steps towards the development, expansion, and implementation of innovative new technologies.
For the firm’s clients, the outlook is better than ever before. Buoyed by the merger, Harris Lacey and Swain will look to offer the latest technology such as Cloud accounting, and drawing on a client-focused history of providing the best-tailored service possible, Harris Lacey and Swain look to combine the very best of old and new. The merger with Holdstock Nicholls Train & Co means that valuable additional services and even greater resources can be brought to bear, with the net result being an improved client service that fulfils both firms’ founding principles.
Harris Lacey and Swain are a Yorkshire accountancy firm with clients across the UK. Established in 1870, the firm has over 150 years of experience combined with a contemporary, forward-looking approach. Honesty, integrity, and traditional values are at the core of the firm’s business.
