Accountancy firm Tait Walker has signed a deal with security consultancy Sapphire to keep up with the growing demand of its forensic accounting department.

The businesses have entered a partnership which will see Sapphire provide forensic IT services such as extracting evidence from hard drives, servers and emails. Tait will provide interviewing and investigative services to clients.

The two companies have worked together previously with Sapphire calling in Tait if it needed support in investigating and interviewing employees. Tait has previously brought in Sapphire on cases that involved where evidence may have been stored on hard drives, emails and servers.

John Morrison, managing director at Sapphire said: 'The relationship between the two organisations has allowed us both to make the most of our areas of expertise, particularly as we share complementary skills and values which mean we can provide a comprehensive UK-wide service against fraud and corporate theft.'

Tait Walker currently has no internal expertise in forensic accounting software prior to this deal but will now be able to take on projects involving fraud, commercial disputes, insurance claims and anti-money laundering.

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