Azets acquires Dorset medical accountancy firm

Accountancy and business advisory firm Azets has announced it has agreed a deal to acquire Dorset-based medical accountancy firm Sandisons.

Sandisons was originally founded in 1978, adopting its current name in 2004. Its team of 50 work for more than 160 GP practices and 2,000 medical professionals including GPs and consultants, mostly across Wales and the South of England.

The acquisition, Azets’ fourth in seven months, strengthens its presence in Wales and South West England, taking the number of GP practices it works for up to 350.

David Owens, regional chief executive at Azets, said: "Sandisons has spent many years establishing its specialism in the medical sector and is known for providing a first-class service to GPs, medical practices and SME businesses.

"The NHS environment is undergoing significant change and, whilst the number of GP practices is declining, their size and complexity is increasing.

"The clients need increasingly sophisticated advice which non-specialist accountants can no longer provide."

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Sandisons, which wil rebrand to Azets, will now offer broader accounting, tax, audit, advisory and business services but will continue to be lead by the same four partners and will retain all fifty of its staff.

Sunil Sawney, director at Sandisons, said: "This is an exciting opportunity for Sandisons, our colleagues, and clients to join a rapidly growing firm with an outstanding reputation.

"Our many years of experience afford us specific expertise in addressing the complex issues that arise in professional, medical partnerships and GP practices, and we will continue to evolve our services as part of Azets.

"Day-to-day, it’s very much business as usual. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do, and they will receive the same high level of service from their trusted advisors, now underpinned by Azets’ breadth and depth of capability across several new areas."

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