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UHY Hacker Young Manchester celebrates a successful year

30 December 2019

Top 20 UK accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young Manchester is celebrating a successful year with the renovation of its offices in the iconic St James’ Building.

UHY Hacker Young are based at Bruntwood’s landmark Grade ll listed building on Oxford Road.

2019 has seen the firm strengthen its team with 10 new hires and has seen staff growth of 18%, with a particular focus on staff retention and our updated remuneration package.

The firm has also seen 14% growth of its core business and has secured some significant client wins such as Vodafone and AIM listed Cambria PLC.

The UHY Hacker Young Group has 90 partners and around 500 professional staff working from 22 locations around the country.

The Manchester team provides partner led accountancy services to a wide range of owner-managed, local, national and international businesses.

Mark Robertson, Managing Partner said:

“2019 has been a fantastic year and our success is down to the hard-work and dedication of our team. St James’ Building provides us with an excellent working environment with contemporary features and larger work spaces, ensuring we are well placed for future growth.

“Along with attracting a number of talented, experienced professionals to our firm, we have also had our work recognised in a number of award ceremonies and held several successful events which have showcased the firm to a wider audience.”

The St James’ Building dates back to 1912 and was once the headquarters of the Calico Printers Association. As well as being one of the finest period properties in the city, St James’ has some of the best digital connectivity in Manchester and is part of the Oxford Road Corridor Innovation District.

Mark continued;

“In an uncertain time, we’ve maintained strong growth and we’re confident the M&A market will be reinvigorated post Brexit.

“The Manchester office is paving the way for future technology and is the centre of excellence for cloud accounting and AI, having become Xero platinum partners and QuickBooks Online Platinum Partners this year.

“We continue to lead the way in the automotive, land and property and the construction sector and we are confident 2020 will be as successful”.

The UHY Hacker Young Manchester office have held a number of events over the year including; ‘Bigger, Better, Faster’ which gave insights on how technology can revolutionise your business, Inside Track Corporate Finance Events and have SME Business Roadshows planned for 2020.

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