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Super six join Mitchells Chartered Accountants

Chesterfield-based Mitchells Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers has strengthened its corporate services team with six new appointments following its strongest year yet.

The super six bring a range of specialisms to the table including corporate finance, auto enrolment, grants and finance. Mitchells, who are based on Saltergate in Chesterfield, has reported a rise in turnover in 2015 with an underlying year-on-year increase of more than 10 per cent. It is also reporting a volume of new clients this year unlike anything it has experienced since 2008.

Hari Mehta, Lindsey Paradise, Holly Fleming, Jane Gregory, Thomas Hardy and James Layton have joined Mitchells, increasing staff numbers at the firm by 15%.

Richard Trueman, Managing Partner said: “We are taking on more clients and growing year-on-year so we’ve attracted some fantastic new talent helping us further strengthen the team across all departments.

“Mitchells is a proud investor in people and recognise that staff are at the heart of the business and we make it our priority to develop talent from within. Partner Tony Hornsby joined Mitchells 20 years ago on an undergraduate placement. He is proof that investing and retaining staff is a core principal within the business and enables us to deliver the best possible advice and service to clients.”

Grants, finance and Auto Enrolment specialist FCCA Qualified Accountant Hari Mehta (33) from Nottingham, joins from an East Midlands accountancy firm where he secured more than £1m of Regional Growth Fund funding for clients. As well as providing specialist grants and finance advice in his new role he will also drive Mitchells’ Auto Enrolment services.

Commenting on his appointment Hari said: “Mitchells is an ethical company which is long established with ambitious growth plans. The enthusiasm, honesty and integrity shown by the team in dealing with their clients attracted me to both the role and firm.”

He is joined by Lindsey Paradise (32) from Pilsley in Chesterfield, who has been appointed as a Client Manager within Corporate Services. Lindsey makes the move from one of the top five accountancy firms in the UK and holds the honour of recently receiving an award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for the highest mark in the case study exam paper in the Yorkshire region.

Excited to join Mitchells, Lindsey said: “Mitchells is a vibrant, forward-thinking organisation with a real interest in local businesses.”

Holly Fleming (19) from Hady in Chesterfield, also joins Mitchells’ mini corporate team as a trainee accountant, within the role she will assist clients with making business decisions while working towards fully qualified status.

Holly said: “I am thrilled to join Mitchells. It’s a huge opportunity to train me in all the skills I will need to be a fully qualified accountant and build a career without having to go to university.

Jane Gregory (22) from Wirksworth, re-joins Mitchells’ audit team following successful undergraduate placement with the firm in 2013. Since qualifying with a first class BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Financial Management she will now sit her ICAEW exams to received Chartered accountant status.

Jane added: “I’m really glad I chose to come back to Mitchells after finishing my degree at University. The firm is providing me with the resources to sit my ICAEW exams to become a Chartered Accountant and there are lots of opportunities to progress in my career.”

Thomas Hardy (20) from Clay Cross and James Layton (21) from Buxton, are both following in Jane’s footsteps and are placement students from Sheffield Hallam University, studying Accounting and Finance BA (Hons). Thomas is working with the Corporate Services team and James within the Tax and Payroll department.

Thomas Hardy said: “It’s one thing learning the theory and a ‘perfect’ situation regarding a set of accounts at university, but this is never the case in reality. Gaining a placement at Mitchells will give me the practical experience to give my career the best possible start for when I graduate.”

James added: “Mitchells is very efficient and proactive in what it does and, more importantly, a great team.”

To learn more about the career opportunities at Mitchells Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers visit http://www.mitchellsaccountants.co.uk/about-us/careers/

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