Retail & Consumer
The shape of the retail sector has changed significantly in recent years. The traditional model that has existed for decades is in flux, as people change not only how they buy, but what they buy and where they buy it. Retailers have had to rapidly respond to the changing business environment and the complexities that come with it.
Technology, data security, the supply chain and competitor ‘price wars’ are causing retailers to review their business models and look for efficiencies to ensure that business forecasts are achieved. Our retail and consumer team can provide a full range of advisory, tax and accounting services to help our clients successfully develop their businesses to not only deal with the changing retail environment, but thrive in it.
How our retail consulting can help your business
From growing entrepreneurial OMBs to household names, we’ve been advising and guiding accounting and business strategy in the retail sector for many years. We have helped clients grow, diversify and expand internationally.
- Our work focuses on a mixture of compliance, business advisory and commercial projects offering our clients help in areas such as:
- Taxation, particularly around international tax, transfer pricing, restructuring, VAT and customs duties
- Employment issues, capital allowances, currency volatility and tax mitigation
- Business planning and support trying to access funding
- Planning for intellectual property and branding
- Maximising the efficiency of the supply chain; reducing costs and improving margins
- Advising on disposals and seeking acquisitions during phases of M&A
- Advising on both governance issues to best attract investment, and on minimising fraud and corruption risk
- Tax and audit compliance, accounting and financial reporting.
Get in touch to discuss how our experts can help your retail operations to streamline – and grow.
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Richard Thomas
Tax Director
Richard joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in October 2016. Richard is a Tax Director in the corporation tax team, providing tax advisory services to a wide range of corporate clients.
Richard trained with BDO where he worked with large corporate clients requiring a seamless compliance function combined with proactive tax advice. This continued following his move to a big four firm where he worked with both listed and entrepreneurial businesses. Richard is a Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Association of Tax Technicians.
Richard enjoys reading, music, online gaming and horology.
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Alison Conley
Head of Retail & Consumer, Corporate and International Tax Partner
Alison was appointed as one of our Tax Partner's in the summer of 2016 and advises clients of both the London City office and Chelmsford.
After training with a big four firm of accountants, Alison specialised in international tax before being made a partner with BDO, going on to lead its Southern region tax team. She returned to the big four as a partner before becoming a director of a specialist tax and business advisory firm focussing on entrepreneurial clients.
Over her career, Alison has advised corporate clients of all sizes across many business sectors, but she has particularly strong experience in the retail space.
Alison has also been involved in multiple transactions and deals, where her focus is on ensuring that the tax strategy matches the needs of the company and its shareholders.
Alison works closely with the corporate finance teams, and with international clients requiring cross-border tax advice.
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Yogan Patel
Partner
Yogan qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 and is a Partner here at MHA MacIntyre Hudson.
Yogan is very much a key part of his clients' teams. As well as having an advisory role he acts as a facilitator, enabling clients to clearly see through the obstacles that face them and find the solutions, rather than the more traditional provision of straightforward business advice. To give you time to answer the big questions, your business must be running smoothly, but for it to run smoothly time must be given to important issues. Yogan works with clients through the planning process and helps to turn ideas into actions.
In addition to advising owner-managed businesses on strategic matters and tax planning, he is fully involved in all aspects of a client's business which includes audit, accounts, tax compliance, recruitment etc.
Yogan has a wide range of clients, particularly in the Technology, Manufacturing and Property sectors, as well as in Fashion and Healthcare. His portfolio includes individual personal high net-worth tax clients, limited companies, limited liability partnerships and unincorporated businesses. He acts for both UK and international clients - notable territories include India, South East Asia, Middle East, USA and Cyprus. Yogan is also involved in fund raising, due diligence and the Reporting Accountant role.
Yogan is a Fellow of the ICAEW and a member of the ICAEW tax faculty and audit and assurance faculty. As one of the senior members of our International team Yogan travels widely meeting the needs of our clients wishing to do business overseas or set-up in the UK. He represents the firm in Middle East and Asia Pacific regions within Baker Tilly International and is responsible for the firm’s India desk.
Yogan also heads up Asia Pacific within MHA MacIntyre Husdon and travels to the Far East regularly and acts for clients from those areas establishing in UK giving them all support from advisory, tax structuring to compliance.
His interests include hockey, golf, yoga, travelling and spending time with his family.
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Matthew Herrera
Senior Manager
Matthew is a Senior Manager in the Audit and Assurance team based in London.
Matthew is ACA qualified and has more than 20 years’ experience in providing audit and assurance services to clients in a broad range of sectors including retail & wholesale, professional services, commodity broker-traders, technology and agriculture. He has significant experience auditing large international groups as principal and participating in group audits as component auditor. Through his experience Matthew has developed detailed knowledge of UK and International GAAPs.
He is committed to delivering efficient, effective and value added services to all his clients.
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