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As a leading professional services firm ourselves, we appreciate the ongoing updates to legislation and the issues that can affect a professional practice. Our personalised approach to finance and business advice for professional service firms is one of the reasons so many of them have remained loyal GWA for generations.

Professional service firms, be they lawyers, land agents, chartered surveyors and estate agent, face many of the same challenges as other businesses. In addition, they have additional obligations mandated by their own specific regulatory environment.

Whether you are a sole practitioner, a partnership or an LLP or limited company, our team can reduce the extra burden of monitoring the latest tax obligations or your practice’s financial performance. We will help you run your firm efficiently and cost effectively and our experience of working alongside a range of professional firms of all sizes means we will always tailor our advice to best suit your needs.

In addition to financial and tax management we can also provide wider support including managing your payroll, HR advice, and IT support and maintenance.

Our services in this area cover the following and more:

  • assisting with mergers and acquisitions including due diligence
  • tax compliance and planning
  • advice on the most suitable business structure
  • VAT planning
  • auditing
  • succession planning.

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News and Events

Global Market Commentary – 7 October 2025

Stocks are at record highs and have now risen for five months in a row. Such a hot streak is quite rare, happening only 11 times since 2009. An artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom is at the heart of the rally.

Understanding the new childcare allowances – update September 2025

Free Childcare Just Got Better – The Latest Update for Working Parents
Further to our blog post, 'understanding the new childcare allowance' back in September 2023 we have updated our article following the role out of these changes on 1 September 2025.

State Pension Payments Prediction

State Pension Payments Predicted to Rise by over £550 next year. The state pension is expected to rise in April…

Global Market Commentary – 4 September 2025

August followed a familiar path with stocks rising for the fourth month in a row. A number of factors are supporting the market, including interest rate cuts from the US and UK, a massive increase in US fiscal stimulus through President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and a significant decline in the value of the US dollar

Why Greaves West & Ayre?

Your needs are our needs

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It’s our passion

Everyone at GWA is passionate about providing Quality Advice and Quality Service. In return our clients recommend our services to family, friends and business contacts. Our team can feel proud, knowing that everyone plays a part our our client's success.

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We build partnerships

We take the time to get to know you. You’ll receive personal service from the partner matched to your individual needs, who will be your main point of contact throughout your relationship with GWA. It’s the way we have always built client relationships, often going back generations, based on trust, independence and expertise.

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We’re always developing

We invest in ongoing training for all our team and keep up to date with technological changes to ensure we meet client needs as the world we operate in changes.