Azets brand one year old in the UK today

Azets brand one year old in the UK today

Chris Horne, CEO of Azets, marked the one-year anniversary of the UK rebrand by paying tribute to his team for continuing to deliver the firm’s growth ambition and supporting its clients throughout the global pandemic.

Chris Horne, CEO of Azets, said:

“It’s been a challenging but rewarding year – one none of us will ever forget – and I’m immensely proud of the way we have supported our clients and each other through one of the toughest periods many of us will ever face. The decision to keep moving positively forward was one driven by the determination of our people and senior leadership, and a commitment to supporting our clients.

“Today marks a major milestone in our growth story, which for the Azets brand is still only just beginning. ”

In September 2020, Cogital Group rebranded Baldwins, Scott Moncrieff, Wilkins Kennedy and Campbell Dallas as Azets creating a top 10 brand in UK accountancy. Together with the other Azets UK brand, Blick Rothenberg the UK business generates almost £300M of revenue. 

Since then, Azets has supported its clients through a difficult year for business in general, whilst still adding 10,000 new clients and creating an additional 500 new job openings at all levels, including nearly 200 graduates and school leaver placements.  

As part of ambitious plans to increase revenue by 50% in the next five years, Azets also recently announced a further 650 new jobs in the UK over the next year, at least 10% of which the firm hopes will be filled by retired and older professionals on career breaks.

Other highlights from Azets’ first 12 months include:

• Multimillion-pound investment in a fully digitised, mobile-enabled hybrid working environment 
• More than 300 staff have benefited from internal career mobility and been  promoted across Azets’ regional office network
• Hosted 26 free webinars to support clients during the pandemic
• Record activity by the firm’s Corporate Finance team, with 50 deals in ten weeks
• New strategic partnerships with SIA Group and Propel and the launch of Azets Financial Planning to offer additional advisory services to clients
• Continued acquisition of accountancy and tax advisory firms
• 1 ranking for Service and Expertise in the Charity Auditor Awards 2020
• Appointments of Aase Aamdal Lundgaard and Ian Smart as Non-Executive Directors from Deloitte and Grant Thornton respectively.
• Inaugural SME Barometer, a new survey of 760 Azets SME clients across the UK and the Nordics to champion the voice of SMEs

Chris Horne added; “The Azets brand represents the next phase in our development, alongside significant investments in technology, infrastructure, and people. What we have achieved in our first 12 months has met and, in areas, exceeded our strategic plan, and we’re on a positive footing to meet our short- and long-term growth targets."