Raft of promotions at Hazlewoods

Gloucestershire-based accountants Hazlewoods has announced 52 promotions, including six advancing to Partner and six new Directors.

The partners are Andy Hogarth (Financial Planning), James Whittaker (Corporate Finance), Jemma Vaughan (Corporate Tax), Rachel Vines (Veterinary specialist)Rhiannon Hooper (Business Solutions – SME specialist) and Richard Medes (Pharmacy specialist)

Hazlewoods has also welcomed two new Partners from outside the firm in April, boosting total partner numbers to 42.

Corporate Finance professional, Dan Bond, joins from BDO Bristol office, specialising in the Tech sector; and specialist in the Farms and Estates sector, Ursula Bryars, made the move to Hazlewoods from Saffery Champness towards the end of the month.

HR Director, Sue Golding, said: “Having launched our refreshed internal talent development programme across the firm in 2022, it has been so pleasing to see so many senior people embrace the opportunity to develop their skills and progress their careers.

We offer a really clear and supportive ‘Pathway to Partner’ scheme, which many ambitious individuals appreciate; and we are equally committed to supporting people at whatever level they want to achieve, which is evident from the promotions across the firm.”

Managing Partner, Jon Cartwright, added: “The number of promotions this year has been fantastic, and I would like to formally thank everyone for their hard work and dedication, which really contributes to making Hazlewoods the great place to work that it is. All promotions are thoroughly well-deserved and we are very proud to be able to support our colleague’s ambitions.”