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Wbg, a leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firm, has appointed David Shadwell as Head of Business Advisory Services. With offices across the UK, Shadwell who will be based in Edinburgh, brings a wealth of experience helping founders and leadership teams turn financial data into strategic growth through driving digital transformation to create competitive advantage, strategy…
Leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firm Wbg has appointed Keith Miller as Partner, Head of Indirect Tax, based in its Manchester office. With more than 30 years of experience, most recently as Northwest VAT Partner at Azets, Miller was also a VAT specialist at Deloitte, led KPMG’s M&A VAT offering across the North of England…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her 2025 Budget Summary on 26 November 2025. In our Budget Summary we provide an outline of the main areas covered in the Statement.
Wbg, one of Scotland’s leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firms, is developing its own internal entrepreneurial ecosystem ahead of Global Entrepreneurship Week on 17-23rd November 2025. With the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Scotland revealing that entrepreneurship in Scotland has reached a new milestone with one in ten adults now starting or running a young…
Wbg, one of Scotland’s leading independent specialist full-service accountants, has promoted Shehzad Ashaq, from associate partner to partner in its tax team. Ashaq, who previously won the Rising Star in Business category at the Scottish Asian & Business Awards, has a broad range of experience in corporate and personal tax and specialises in tax planning and…
Wbg, one of Scotland’s leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firms, has appointed Gordon McIntyre as Insolvency Director based in its Glasgow office. With extensive experience in all forms of corporate insolvency procedures (administrations, court winding up orders and creditor voluntary liquidations) across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, commercial and residential property, professional services…
Paul McDougall, Associate Partner and Insolvency Practitioner at Wbg, one of Scotland’s leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firms, has voiced strong concerns about the impact on ordinary households and small businesses of HM Revenue & Customs restarting its controversial Direct Recovery of Debts (DRD) programme. The DRD programme allows HMRC to take money directly from…
At a time when many organisations are finding it challenging to get an auditor as more and more audit firms are closed and not taking on new clients due to capacity constraints and conflicts over providing multiple services, the external audit team at Wbg, one of Scotland’s leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firms, is committing…
The ambitious growth strategy of Wbg to double its fee income to £30m in three years and £50m in five has fuelled a record trainee intake, investment in career development and a targeted recruitment drive across its business. Last month saw a doubling of the normal trainee intake joining the firm, one of Scotland’s leading independent…
