“The four years running up to the tribunal were extremely stressful for Tyne Valley, and it is a real shame that honest and hard-working businesses such as ours can be subject to such a long, drawn-out process. The costs would have severely limited our growth aspirations. Thankfully, common sense prevailed in the end, and I can’t thank the VAT team at UNW enough for their meticulous and dedicated approach to the tribunal. They were extremely supportive throughout the process, and I would recommend them to anyone else that found themselves in a similar position to ours.”

“UNW was appointed as our auditor in 2016 and we’ve just signed off on our second set of accounts working with them, and the team has expressed their pleasure at the fact that the audit fieldwork has been far more detailed and thorough since Anne and her team have been working with us. I like the fact we can’t be complacent and it has fed through to strong internal procedures. We have also done a great deal on changing the presentation of the group accounts and revising a number of accounting policies relating to our assets, particularly the centre and collection. It’s been a lengthy process but I feel we’ve worked well with UNW and it’s great to get high quality advice throughout.”

“UNW has been our auditor for the past five years or so and have been key in everything we’ve achieved during this time. Importantly, it is also a partner of NGI, so it’s important to acknowledge the support we receive there, too.

We’ve also further advice on a key number of other areas, most importantly around bidding for and securing the World Transplant Games, as well as valuable advice around VAT treatment and charitable status.

The Let’s Grow Fund, which was run by UNW in partnership with The Journal and BE Group, was also a great help for the inward investment team at NGI, working collaboratively as part of Invest Newcastle to secure grants for companies looking to invest in the region.”