Saffery to expand into Leeds
An accountancy firm with nationwide coverage, the firm has had a Harrogate office since 1992, to be complemented by a 5,200 sq ft base at 10 Wellington Place.
Saffery currently employs a 70-strong team in Yorkshire and intends to retain office space and meeting rooms in Harrogate, while adding the Leeds location, which will house all of the firm’s established Yorkshire service lines, including audit and accounting, corporate tax and VAT, business advisory and personal tax.
The Yorkshire team, which has eight experienced partners leading on every client, also has dedicated sector experts spanning owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs, private wealth and family trusts, agricultural and rural businesses and charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Saffery partner and head of Yorkshire Jonathan Davis said: “We’re a partner-led and people-focused firm, that is wholeheartedly committed to our clients. For the last 32 years we’ve worked hard to establish a strong reputation in Harrogate and North Yorkshire, and we are proud of that heritage, whilst being firmly focused on the future.
“During this time, we’ve also successfully built up a quality client base in Leeds and across the wider Yorkshire region. Our clients want to work with an independent firm, that’s boutique in style and that focuses on achieving their aims with real expertise and a true commitment to relationships. We remain local in nature and style, but with the backing of a wider national and international support network when required.”
The 5,213 sq ft lease has now been signed, and the firm will move into the space later this year.
Paul Pavia, head of development at MEPC, the developer and asset manager behind Wellington Place, said: “We pride ourselves on being a leading destination for the professional services sector. It will be a privilege to welcome Saffery, a well-established firm with over three decades of history in Yorkshire, and a significant presence across the UK and beyond, to Wellington Place.”
Already this year, Wellington Place has pulled Big Four firm EY into its orbit, with a 25,000 sq ft move announced in February.
Saffery was established in 1855, and now employs more than 1,200 people across nine UK offices.
