Mercer & Hole News

We are delighted to announce that Mercer & Hole continue to be ranked among the top 50 accounting firms in Accountancy Age’s survey.  The ranking were released this morning and the firm has moved up the rankings since last year, should you wish to review the article and the top 50 table, please follow the links below: http://www.accountancyage.com...

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On a glorious summer night in Harpenden Mercer & Hole rounded off their cricket season with an impressive win against Taylor Walton solicitors. Restricting the hosts to a total of 119 off 20 overs, mainly down to some impressive bowling from Jack Reyland, Ed Thompson and Simon Coggins and some smart catches from Indy Agnihotri, Mercer & Hole set about their business of chasing their runs with great urgency. Simon Emery, Costas Pavlou, Garry Picker and Simon Coggins all...

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Mercer & Hole are pleased to announce that in a published report ‘Social Media In Accountancy’ Mercer & Hole was ranked 19th out of the Top 60 Accountancy Firms in the UK.  Flagship Consultancy conducted the research and a key part of the criteria was engagement through websites and blogs and the strength of presence and interaction on Twitter.

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Last week Mercer & Hole continued their impressive start to the 2012 cricket season with a victory over Tollers solictors. The match was played at Corby Cricket Ground,where despite the threat of rain the sun continued to shine from the first ball to the last. The two teams played a 20 innings game and Mercer & Hole were put in the field as the opposition chose to bat. Jack Reyland opened the bowling and started a trend of decent bowling which continued...

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Congratulations to Mercer & Hole’s international alliance TIAG (The International Accounting Group) part of The Appleton Group who have ranked 12th in Accountancy Age Top 35 International Networks, Associations and Alliances. The Appleton Group also ranked 3rd in the International organisations Associations and Alliances by fee income.

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Congratulations to Mercer & Hole's Laura Wiley who passed her final two STEP exams and is now fully STEP qualified. Laura became a full member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in July 2011 and moved straight on to the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates (England and Wales). She chose to do the exams two at a time to get through the qualification slightly quicker, even though it meant a lot more time...

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  Mercer & Hole’s partners were delighted to host friends of the firm to an afternoon of the refined, although not necessarily genteel, pastime of croquet at The Hurlingham Club.  In a splendid London setting bordering the River Thames and with an experienced coach on hand to offer advice, an enjoyable yet competitive afternoon was had by all. Congratulations to the winning team, Steve Smith and guest Tom Withyman, and in a close second place, after a nail biting golden hoop...

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Mercer & Hole is delighted to announce the promotion of Phil Fenn to General Practice Partner, effective from 1 June 2012. Phil joined Mercer & Hole in 2007 and he looks after a wide portfolio of business clients, working closely with them to provide hands on advice across a wide range of areas to meet the needs of the business. With experience dealing with start-ups, growing businesses, medium sized enterprises and subsidiaries of multinational corporations, Phil has a special interest in the...

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If an individual has a link with another country, however remote, there may be matters which should be thought about. In some cases, the smaller the estate the more important it is to get things right as it is proportionately more expensive to correct the position after the event.  This topic was discussed at the recent TIAG conference in San Francisco where Mercer & Hole's private client partner,