Leading mid-tier firm of accountants Baker Tilly have today announced the merger with Slater Maidment, a London based specialist accountancy practice based in St. James’s Square.

The Slater Maidment Partners and employees will operate as a third Baker Tilly office in London and will focus on the private client and smaller to medium-sized business market.

Baker Tilly regional managing partner Jon Randall said: 'The merger with Slater Maidment demonstrates our strategic commitment to entrepreneurial businesses of all sizes and will complement our existing specialist offering.'

Slater Maidment managing partner, Jim Blake, said: 'Our ethos of developing close relationships with clients is perfectly in tune with Baker Tilly’s'.'

The merger will be effective from the 29th October and the third London office will bring the number of offices in the Baker Tilly UK network to 28, covering 26 geographic locations.

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