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Mak­ing Lives Bet­ter is at the heart of what we do; whether for our clients, our­selves or our com­mu­ni­ty.

our team

Greg Burnett

Greg Burnett

Trainee Accoun­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I am always look­ing to learn new things from my col­leagues to become more effi­cient in prepar­ing accounts which lessons the bur­den on our clients and allows them more time to focus on their busi­ness.
Some­thing you like: Going on holiday/ trav­el­ling to new places
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: Vis­it Antarc­ti­ca
Some­thing you hate: Jel­ly­fish
Some­thing you love: Sport — play­ing or watch­ing pret­ty much any­thing!
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I’m aller­gic to wasps
Stuart-Clark

Stuart Clark

Man­ag­ing Direc­tor
How do I make lives bet­ter: I help busi­ness own­ers to define and then achieve their goals, free up their time, grow their busi­ness and take home more of what they earn.
Some­thing you like: A nice pair of train­ers
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To grow our busi­ness and make the lives bet­ter for every­one in our team
Some­thing you hate: Peo­ple talk­ing in the cin­e­ma
Some­thing you love: Going to the cin­e­ma
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I was once pho­tographed in Hel­lo (after play­ing rug­by with Prince William)

Gillian Howie

Senior Accoun­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I make lives bet­ter by pro­vid­ing the best pos­si­ble ser­vice to our clients. I aim to help clients under­stand their accounts and tax oblig­a­tions and answer any ques­tions that they have.
Some­thing you like: I enjoy bak­ing
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To vis­it lots of state­ly homes and cas­tles
Some­thing you hate: Pick­led onions
Some­thing you love: My rab­bit, Bertie
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I have been a fan of the Nor­we­gian pop band a‑ha since the 80’s, and even met them after a con­cert.
Jaclyn Keenan

Jaclyn Keenan

Office/Payroll Man­ag­er
How do I make lives bet­ter: I make lives bet­ter by tak­ing the bur­den of pay­roll and pen­sions from clients so that they can con­cen­trate more on their busi­ness. I also sup­port the team with admin tasks to allow them to work more on client charge­able time
Some­thing you like: The gym
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To be more knowl­edge­able in pay­roll
Some­thing you hate: When peo­ple film them­selves in the gym
Some­thing you love: My cats
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I am a qual­i­fied nail tech­ni­cian & dance teacher

Karishma Khatoon

Payroll/Office Assis­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I assist in man­ag­ing the pay­roll and pen­sions for clients by liais­ing with them. Addi­tion­al­ly, I sup­port with admin task that allows my team mem­bers to con­cen­trate bet­ter on client oblig­a­tions
Some­thing you like: Exper­i­ment­ing with my fusion cuisines
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To become an entre­pre­neur
Some­thing you hate: Any­thing fish and fishy
Some­thing you love: Hol­i­day­ing with my hus­band and kids
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I speak five lan­guages in a day

Ashley McKenna

Trainee Accoun­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I enjoy inter­act­ing with clients and get­ting to know them and their busi­ness bet­ter so I can under­stand their needs and pro­vide a more effi­cient, friend­ly ser­vice.
Some­thing you like: I enjoy learn­ing new things and read­ing
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: I am cur­rent­ly work­ing towards obtain­ing my ACCA accred­i­ta­tion
Some­thing you hate: When the tri­al bal­ance isn’t bal­anc­ing
Some­thing you love: Spend­ing time with my son and my French Bull­dog
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I have an under­grad­u­ate degree in Psy­chol­o­gy
Rosslyn McMaster

Rosslyn McMaster

Direc­tor
How do I make lives bet­ter: I pro­vide solu­tions to busi­ness own­ers to help free up their time and plan the next steps to achieve their goals
Some­thing you like: Cham­pagne
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: More cham­pagne
Some­thing you hate: Traf­fic
Some­thing you love: Hol­i­days
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I have a dou­ble joint­ed left thumb
Ian McMonagle

Ian McMonagle

Tax Direc­tor
How do I make lives bet­ter: I deal with the com­plex­i­ties of tax for oth­ers and try to explain tax in every day lan­guage and, hope­ful­ly, give assur­ance to our clients that their tax is cor­rect.
Some­thing you like: Read­ing his­to­ry books.
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To become flu­ent in Span­ish.
Some­thing you hate: Slow mid­dle-lane dri­vers on the motor­way.
Some­thing you love: Hol­i­days
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I’m a black belt at judo.
Ann McNally

Ann McNally

Oper­a­tions Direc­tor
How do I make lives bet­ter: I make lives bet­ter by help­ing clients meet their com­pli­ance dead­lines. I also ensure clients under­stand the infor­ma­tion they are being pre­sent­ed with so they are able to make informed deci­sions to help them reach their busi­ness and per­son­al goals.
Some­thing you like: Long Island Ice Tea cock­tails
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To read more nov­els
Some­thing you hate: Snakes
Some­thing you love: Club­ber­cise — only exer­cise class I have ever stuck with!
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I skipped high school one day to trav­el to Glas­gow to see Bon Jovi play a free gig at Tow­er Records.

Sherece Pillay

Book­keep­er
How do I make lives bet­ter: I make life bet­ter for our clients by giv­ing them peace of mind. They know that their book­keep­ing, VAT returns, and finan­cial records are being han­dled accu­rate­ly and on time, allow­ing them to spend less time on admin­is­tra­tion and more time run­ning their busi­ness.
Some­thing you like: Read­ing a good book while enjoy­ing the view of the ocean
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: Obtain­ing my ACCA qual­i­fi­ca­tion
Some­thing you hate: Mos­qui­toes
Some­thing you love: Spend­ing time with fam­i­ly and my dogs
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I’m actu­al­ly a gamer! Most peo­ple don’t expect some­one in finance to enjoy gam­ing, but I love play­ing Fort­nite in my spare time.
Kyle Rutherford

Kyle Rutherford

Accoun­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I aim to make our clients’ lives as easy as pos­si­ble when it comes to their busi­ness. Pro­vid­ing as much sup­port and assis­tance as I can to ensure that any unnec­es­sary stress­es are avoid­ed.
Some­thing you like: 3 o’clock kick-offs or lights out on a Sun­day — prefer­ably with a pint of Ten­nen­t’s finest!
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To get back to the gym — as much as I enjoy the dad-bod, its time for it to go.
Some­thing you hate: Peo­ple on pub­lic trans­port on Face­Time with­out head­phones in!
Some­thing you love: Food! (Shock­er) I come from a back­ground in hos­pi­tal­i­ty and real­ly enjoy try­ing out new restau­rants and sam­pling foods from cul­tures I haven’t yet expe­ri­enced.
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I am a very big fan of musi­cal the­atre, which seems to sur­prise a lot of peo­ple!

Liz Sniedze

Tax Assis­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: By being avail­able to clients to answer tax queries and help them com­ply with statu­to­ry oblig­a­tions. I aim to make tax as sim­ple and easy for clients as pos­si­ble so they can focus on the aspects of their busi­ness which they enjoy.
Some­thing you like: Being out in nature. Prefer­ably sit­ting on a rock beside the sea.
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: Buy­ing a plot of land to be able to start a self-suf­fi­cient farm and have a lot of chick­ens.
Some­thing you hate: Not being on time.
Some­thing you love: My dog, Buffer.
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: One of my Christ­mas tra­di­tions is watch­ing the Lord of the Rings tril­o­gy.
James Sutherland

James Sutherland

Accoun­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I pro­vide sup­port and help to clients with dif­fer­ent aspects of their busi­ness whether that be under­stand­ing their num­bers or sim­ply gen­er­al peace of mind that I am avail­able for any queries that they have.
Some­thing you like: Foot­ball
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: To become char­tered with ACCA in 2023
Some­thing you hate: Crumbs on work­tops
Some­thing you love: Golf
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: I went to Uni for 4 years in Amer­i­ca
Andrea Tomaselli

Andrea Tomaselli

Accoun­tant
How do I make lives bet­ter: I strive to assist our clients in a time­ly and friend­ly man­ner. I lis­ten to their issues and pro­vide sup­port when they need it.
Some­thing you like: Going for long walks with Nan­cy, our Bas­set Hound
Some­thing you are aim­ing for: I would love to learn French as I have fam­i­ly there
Some­thing you hate: I hate going to the den­tist
Some­thing you love: I love trav­el­ling
Some­thing secret / sur­pris­ing about you: Once a week, I go danc­ing with my wife