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unw Our Clients
unw has many years experience of public and private sector work, large companies and specialist groups within our market space.
The main focus of our work is with owner/managed companies, particularly for tax and audit work.
Our clients say
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Simon (Richards) very much for his help and assistance over the last year. In the last 12 months, he has helped us considerably with tax planning for our clients and with a number of quality presentations at our ‘professional connections’ seminars. Our clients have benefited considerably from his expertise and guidance.
David Knight, PACE Financial Solutions
It is rewarding that months of hard work have come to such a fantastic conclusion for TRW, its employees and manufacturing in the region. We’ve had first class advice from unw’s corporate finance team.
Bob Hubery, TRW Electronics
unw provides a professional service which suits us down to the ground. The outsourcing work and tax advice is proving to be a real benefit to our in-house finance team.
Peter Walker, Sunderland AFC
The successful application for the SFI grant is crucial to the retention and future expansion of Komatsu's re-manufacturing activities at our Birtley site, the support and guidance of the unw team was a key factor in our success."
"We found the unw team's advice and input to the structure of our submission invaluable in terms of streamlining the document preparation and in turning our detailed technical and commercial arguments into a jargon free and focused submission.
Bob Roe, General Manager, at Komatsu Reman Europe
We chose unw because we needed a firm of accountants with an excellent track record and an innovative approach. The firm’s Newcastle location was also one of the reasons for our decision.
Alan Fairholm, Zenith
“I was advised by the unw team who helped at every stage of the proceedings and were extremely professional and supportive.”
Ian Lowery, Café Lowery, Ponteland
"It is rewarding that unw's expertise enabled us to secure the SFI grant, resulting in a great conclusion for the Responsive Engineering Group, its employees and manufacturing in the region. Our management team received first class advice from a very professional and supportive unw corporate finance team"
Peter Bernard, Responsive Engineering Group
“In business, putting your faith in people is not to be taken lightly, and in the acquisition of decorflair it was vital that I was able to work with a trusted partner unw to give us an independent and unbiased view on our target business”.
Steve Traviss, Chief Executive, Decorflair
“For the MBO I had a learning curve to climb, and was pleased with the expert advice we received from accountants unw. . Their committed approach kept the process moving along positively and our lives were made much easier because of their timely guidance”.
Ian Smith, Paul Windle Design
"We have had excellent support from unw chartered accountants, who have guided us through the complex process of winning a substantial grant, and valuable backing from Sedgefield Borough Council, CDDC and One NorthEast.”
Mickey Cleeter, Phoenix Hazmat
“Good news about our engagement of UNW also - we found you were above and beyond other Accountant firms we met".
Siobhan Bales, The bgroup
"unw's expertise was a key factor in acquiring the grant to enable us to expand and move into new premises thereby safeguarding and creating jobs in the area.”.
Harry Reed, TDX
“Steve Lant was an inspired choice. Because of the unique complexities of the ownership of eaga, the trustees and the directors had to grapple with a wide range of significant interlinked issues. Steve became an integral part of the team and provided excellent guidance often making extremely complicated issues simple to understand”.
“I was very impressed by the unw team throughout. At eaga we are proud of our culture and own commitment to service excellence; I think the unw team demonstrated their commitment to service excellence throughout the IPO process, frequently exceeding our already high expectations. They also demonstrated a good sense of humour”.
John Clough, Chief Executive, eaga plc
“When a decision was taken to proceed towards an IPO we assessed the work that was required to hit the target date and we realised that there were some important areas where we needed external assistance”.
“I knew unw from previous work and contacted them to see whether they could assist and was very impressed by the speed of response. They discussed our requirements and within a few days we had specialist staff working on two key projects”.
“Mark Simpson built a complex financial model and Gary Henderson assisted in preparing the data room. These were both front end projects and the outputs stood up to the rigours of the rest of intensive IPO process”.
Giles Sharp, Director Financial Planning, eaga plc
“I was very excited when I came across the filtration technology developed by Bath University as I could see massive commercial potential. However there were a number of complexities in putting the deal together and unw guided us expertly throughout the process”.
Colin Billiet, n-psl Limited
"Thanks to you, Catherine, and Joanna for all your hard work with our audit. Your support in ensuring that we have appropriate financial management systems in place has given the Board considerable comfort.
The Board also noted that you clearly take your charitable clients seriously which is not always the case with other firms."
Diane Fisher-Naylor, Chief Executive, North East Enterprise Bond
“I am writing to thank you and your staff for the excellent support that I have received over recent weeks with regard to my client X.... Both Andrew (Nichol) and Joanna (Grey) went the “extra mile” to assist me in navigating my way through the FRS 17 Note within Sage and that has prompted me to write to you. I genuinely believe that you should be proud of your staff and organisation for the way in which they assisted me. Thank you all once again for your invaluable help and advice”
Barrie Jenkins, Abacus 10 Limited