Food & Drink
Eric Fenwick
Eric manages our Carlisle, Dumfries and Castle Douglas offices.
After completing his training, Eric began working as an Accountant and Finance Director in a variety of industries including engineering and construction.
With more than 40 years in practice, Eric has extensive experience advising family and owner managed businesses in the hotel and licensed trade, food and farming, forestry, and construction sectors.
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Brian Spence
After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in 1977, Brian spent eight years in Lagos, Nigeria, where he led a team advising on IPOs for subsidiaries of UK and US companies. In 1989 Brian returned to the UK and joined Thomson Morley Jackson & Co., which became part of Montpelier Professional Limited.
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Montpelier Professional (Borders) Limited - Dumfries
Tel: 01387 266 655
Fax: 01387 266 060
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A leading adviser to entrepreneurs across a wide variety of industries, including food, farming and leisure, our Castle Douglas practice advises on all aspects of business growth.
From helping you start your budding business, to securing reward from a sale or merger, our success is built on developing strong relationships, with services tailored to your specific needs.
And with rigorous recruitment and development policies, you can rest assured that you’ll receive the highest standards of advice and client care.
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Montpelier Professional (Lancs) Limited - Preston
Tel: 01772 907 070
Fax: 01772 707 114
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Montpelier Professional Limited's Preston practice has long-established roots in Lancashire, through THR Chartered Accountants, which became part of the Group in 2008.
A leading adviser to entrepreneurs across a variety of industries, including manufacturing and retail, our Preston practice provides advice and support on all aspects of business growth, from helping you start your budding business, to securing reward from a sale or merger.
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Montpelier Professional (Borders) Limited - Carlisle
Tel: 01228 548 989
Fax: 01228 635 809
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Montpelier Professional (Borders) Limited's Cumbrian practice provides advice to SMEs across one of the country’s largest farming and food-producing regions.
The practice also has a high level of expertise providing advice to business owners in the leisure industry, from hotels and restaurants to holiday and caravan parks.
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Montpelier Professional (Manchester) Limited
Tel: 0161 831 6464
Fax: 0161 831 7222
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As the headquarters for Montpelier Professional Limited, we enjoy a strong reputation in the Manchester SME community.
Our success is built on our commitment to developing strong relationships and our services are tailored to each client. With rigorous recruitment and development policies, we provide the highest standards of advice and client care.
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Ian Meek
After studying Accounting and Finance at Newcastle University, Ian joined Buckle Barton (now part of the Montpelier Group) in 2003, qualifying as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2006.
Ian has substantial experience auditing small and medium sized companies, including complex group structures, as well as preparing financial projections and cash flow forecasts, which have been presented to third parties for the purpose of securing loan finance or renewing existing facilities for clients.
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John Toon
John joined our Preston office as a Trainee Accountant in June 2002, quickly progressing through AAT before taking the ACA fast track option and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2006.
With a strong background in the preparation of accounts, management accounts, VAT work and statutory and specialised audit of various business types and sizes, John has been involved in a variety of assignments, including due diligence work on sales and acquisitions, and specialist projects for clients, such as cash flow forecasting.