BENSON ACCOUNTANTS By Margaret Brecknell
Paul Benson of Benson Accountants has a deceptively simple, but engaging, way of describing his business. “We’re good people, doing a good job for good clients”, he says.
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aul was born in Cumbria and brought up on the family farm, before studying engineering at Durham University. After graduating in 2004, he decided to train as an accountant and joined a local
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practice, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2008. In 2014, he set up his own accountancy practice in the Cumbrian town of Wigton and has since focused on building a team who can bring experience and expertise to a wide range of businesses and private clients. The team at Benson Accountants has been recently strengthened by the arrival of experienced Senior Tax Consultant, Sue Blair, who joined the practice on 1st June 2022. Like Paul,
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Sue’s roots are firmly based in the local area. After obtaining a degree in accountancy, she started her working life at a large firm in Liverpool but moved back to Cumbria in the early 2000s. Sue specialises in inheritance tax planning and the use of trusts for families wishing to provide asset protection for the next generation. She has known Paul professionally for years and welcomes the opportunity to join forces with him, believing that they share the same www.lancmag.com
