Coventry & Warwickshire in business
HB&O
By your side: providing solutions for growth, not just compliance HB&O is an award-winning Accountancy and Business Advisory firm, with offices based in Leamington Spa and Coventry. Offering a range of professional services to both individuals and businesses, our team of dedicated, approachable accounting professionals bring a broad range of expertise and experience to help support our clients throughout every stage of their personal and professional lives.
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t HB&O, we offer everything that you would typically expect from an accountancy firm: compliance services, tax and VAT advice, audit, outsourced solutions to bookkeeping, corporate finance and payroll. But with increasing numbers of firms to choose from, it’s really important that our current and prospective clients can easily understand what sets HB&O apart from the rest.
Managing Director of HB&O, Mark Ashfield, says “HB&O as it is today is well known in Coventry and Warwickshire – it’s our 20th anniversary next year and we’re extremely proud of the contribution we’ve made through supporting clients both locally and nationally with their accounting and financial needs."
We operate as an extension of our clients’ existing financial decisionmakers and work alongside business owners and their wider finance departments. Not only do we ensure they remain compliant and tax efficient, but it’s our business advisory and growth solutions service that go that additional step and really hone in on what businesses could be doing to maximise revenue and drive their business forward. The team at HB&O is made up of highly specialist professionals - they’ve worked at big four firms, have decades of experience and have dealt with businesses of every kind. We understand the challenges that business owners face and we are genuinely passionate about finding solutions and helping to implement them.
"More recently, however, it’s been our business advisory services, which come hand in hand with our standard offering, which we feel has made a significant positive impact on the satisfaction of our clients. The accounting and finance marketplace is adapting and evolving quickly and it’s important that business owners feel completely reassured that they’ve got professionals at the end of the phone who are working for them, but also with them. That’s what clients receive at HB&O – we’ve worked with businesses in every sector, of all different sizes and with varying regulations and requirements, and we realise that people need solutions for growth, not just compliance."
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"So if you would like to find out more about how our experienced professionals can help you on your journey, don’t hesitate to get in touch and we can talk through exactly what you’d like to achieve and what needs to be put in place to reach those objectives.” Last month, HB&O were awarded International Firm of the Year 2023, a great achievement and recognition of our increasing global presence. We are also members of DFK International, a global network of more than 200 accountancy firms spread across over 100 counties. Our membership is a huge benefit to our clients – it enables us to fully support those who do business internationally, referring them to likeminded firms with similar values to provide a seamless service.
We have built a substantial network of global relationships through our association with DFK International, through which we have actively promoted our in-house VAT department and we are now well-known for being a mid-tier firm who can assist with crossborder VAT and Indirect Tax queries. As more clients look to expand into markets beyond UK shores, our specialist department has been able to support and advise to ensure that clients meet their VAT obligations in the most efficient way possible.
If you would like to find out more about how HB&O could work alongside you, get in touch to arrange a complimentary initial consultation with a member of the team.
I can honestly say the team are outstanding and have helped me have a better understanding of my business finances. I feel confident that my business affairs are being dealt with in a professional manner, but also feel that the team are working for me and have the best interests of the business at heart. Theresa McEwan - Vauxsell Ltd
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