Business tax advice that
keeps things simple, strategic
& compliant.
Business tax advice that keeps things simple, strategic and compliant
Our business tax advice team helps you navigate an increasingly complex tax landscape with confidence. As experienced business tax consultants, we deliver practical, commercially focused advice that minimises tax liabilities, ensures compliance and supports your long-term business goals.
We take the time to understand your business, operations and ambitions, identifying tax opportunities that align with your commercial objectives while helping you plan confidently for the future.
Corporate tax services
Our corporate tax services are designed to help businesses stay compliant while making informed strategic decisions. We provide proactive advice that keeps you ahead of legislative changes, protects business value and ensures you pay the right amount of tax at the right time.
How we champion your business
Use tax to your advantage:
Strategic tax planning that supports your long-term commercial objectives.
Meet obligations, protect value:
Corporation tax management that satisfies HMRC requirements while supporting your bottom line.
Get advice you can act on:
Clear, practical guidance from an experienced business tax consultant, helping you make confident decisions.
Stay future-ready:
Proactive updates on tax legislation and emerging changes that could affect your business.
Your corporate tax champions
Chris George
East Anglia
Dominic Bourquin
South West
Fletcher Adamowicz
Yorkshire and the Humber
Fletcher Adamowicz
Email: fletcher.adamowicz@bhp.co.uk
Georges Daubney
North West
Kate Greenhough
London
Kate Greenhough
I spent 12 years working for an accountancy firm in North London undertaking mixed tax work for a variety of clients. In 2015, I decided to specialise in R&D at a boutique firm in Suffolk where I helped clients ranging from small owner managed businesses to large, audited clients, achieve millions of pounds of tax relief.
In 2021, I decided to branch out into corporate tax and joined Gravita as the R&D and Corporate tax director. I especially enjoyed leading a team and overseeing the corporate tax function and was promoted to corporate tax partner, where I became the CT service line lead for the firm. I joined Simmons Gainsford in 2026.
Mike Reynolds
Midlands
Nick Wright
Midlands
Nick Wright
As a member of the ICAEW and CIOT I specialise in technical corporate tax planning and company reorganisations advising on a variety of projects from mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts and demergers to venture capital schemes (EIS/SEIS) and employee incentives including share schemes.
I regularly write for various tax journals with articles published in Taxation, Tax Adviser and ICAEW Taxline.
Contributing author of Tolley's Tax Planning as well as CIOT Employment Tax Committee member.
I regularly present lectures to fellow professionals through various CPD providers including MBL, CPDStore and a variety of CIOT/ICAEW branches.
I also host of the Tax Hour podcast, the links can be found here
or here
Richard Blakemen
Northern Ireland
Stuart Noakes
South East
Thomas Mobee
South East
Toby Ryland
London
Toby Ryland
Toby heads-up HW Fisher’s corporate tax division. He works with entrepreneurs and privately-run businesses, helping them structure their business in the most tax efficient way possible. When working with clients, his aim is to provide sound commercial business advice, while looking to minimise the tax liabilities that they face but remaining compliant with UK tax law.
He work with a variety of businesses, although my main focus is on the technology, property and retail sectors. His specialisms include tax structuring, merger and acquisition advice, as well as due diligence and consulting advice in areas such as the Enterprise Investment Scheme.
He is also an expert at advising overseas companies that are keen to invest in the UK and have assisted countless businesses to successfully establish themselves here. I assist companies with choosing the most appropriate entity for doing business in the UK, ensuring that they are correctly registered for the various UK taxes with which they need to comply, and advising on the ownership structure to enable profit repatriation and cross-border transactions to be undertaken tax efficiently.
Email: tryland@hwfisher.co.uk
VAT services
Our dedicated VAT services team helps businesses navigate one of the most complex areas of taxation. Whether you're registering for VAT, managing compliance or dealing with complex transactions, we provide practical advice that reduces risk, improves cash flow and eases the administrative burden.
How we champion your business
Get the basics right:
VAT registration and deregistration support tailored to your business.
Identify potential issues:
Compliance reviews that identify and resolve problems before they become costly.
Navigate complexity:
Specialist advice on complex transactions, partial exemption, property matters and international trade.
Optimise your position:
VAT planning strategies that improve cash flow while remaining fully compliant.
Your VAT services champions
Adam Lloyd
South West
Adam Lloyd
Email: adam.lloyd@monahans.co.uk
Andrew Neuman
South East
Andrew Neuman
Andrew has over 20 years of experience advising large corporations both domestic and international, owner-managed businesses and private individuals on all areas of taxation.
Andrew has expertise in international tax issues, transfer pricing and advising clients on how to structure their overseas activities in a tax-efficient way. He is regularly involved with advising on corporate finance transactions both in terms of group reorganisations as well as cross border mergers and acquisitions and the associated shareholder implications.
Carla Horsfall
Yorkshire and the Humber
Carla Horsfall
Email: carla.horsfall@bhp.co.uk
Daphne Hemingway
London
Daphne Hemingway
Email: dhemingway@hwfisher.co.uk
Jaspreet Lally
North East
Jaspreet Lally
Email: jaspreet.lally@r-m-t.co.uk
Leo Donovan
London Leo Donovan
I joined Simmons Gainsford in August 2025, bringing extensive experience in VAT advisory gained over many years in both practice and government. Before joining, I headed up the VAT advisory service line at Shaw Gibbs, having previously worked as a senior manager in VAT teams at other mid-tier firms, and earlier in my career as a Senior Assurance Officer with HMCE/HMRC.
In my current role, I work alongside the Indirect Tax Partner to grow and enhance the firm’s VAT advisory offering, providing clients with clear, practical advice across a range of matters from general VAT queries and transaction planning to structuring and HMRC enquiries or disclosures.
Paul Hammond
North West
Paul Hammond
Email: paul.hammond@cowgills.co.uk
Paula Mason
East Anglia
Richard Blakemen
Northern Ireland
Tony Summers
South East
R&D tax credits
Innovation deserves to be rewarded. Our experienced R&D tax specialist team helps businesses identify qualifying activities, prepare robust claims and maximise the tax relief available while ensuring claims stand up to HMRC scrutiny.
How we champion your business
Validate qualifying activities:
Careful assessment to ensure your research and development projects meet HMRC criteria.
Maximise legitimate benefits:
Robust claim preparation designed to secure the full relief available.
Defend your position:
Support throughout HMRC enquiries, providing confidence and protecting your claim.
Plan for success:
Strategic advice to help structure future R&D projects and maintain strong supporting documentation.
Your R&D tax credits champions
Chris George
East Anglia
Dean Pearson
Yorkshire and the Humber
Dean Pearson
Email: dean.pearson@bhp.co.uk
Dominic Aspinall
North West
Lucas Markou
Midlands
Lucas Markou
Email: LucasMarkou@jerroms.co.uk
Phil Chambers
Northern Ireland
Phil Chambers
Email: Phil.Chambers@sumerni.co.uk
Stephanie Hurst
South West
Stuart Noakes
South EastCapital allowances
Our Capital allowance services enable you to claim all available tax relief on capital expenditure. We’ll help you improve cash flow, reduce your tax liability and free up funds for the things that really drive your business forward, from new equipment to team expansion.
How we champion your business
Unlock full relief:
In-depth reviews to identify all qualifying capital spend.
Maximise the benefits:
Strategic use of allowances to reduce your tax bill.
Plan major investments with confidence:
Expert support for property and construction projects.
Make timing work for you:
Guidance on when to incur spend for the greatest tax advantage.
Your capital allowances champions
Anthony Andreasen
North East
Chris George
East Anglia
Dean Pearson
Yorkshire and the Humber Dean Pearson
Email: dean.pearson@bhp.co.uk
Dominic Bourquin
South West
James Greenhalgh
North West
Kathrine Moon
Midlands
Kathrine Moon
Email: KateMoon@jerroms.co.uk
Mike Reynolds
Midlands
Richard Blakemen
Northern IrelandRelated services
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