Financial advice for entrepreneurs
It takes more than a great idea to build a winning business.
Converting a dream into a successful business requires intuition, skill and stamina. You'll need vision and passion, a great team, a sustainable business model and a product or service that people want to buy. For a business to succeed, it must evolve, develop and disrupt, finding a better or different way to challenge the status quo. Every business should have an adviser that understands its unique characteristics, with tailored solutions across the organisation.
We have a breadth of resources to deliver comprehensive advice across each layer of an organisation and through every stage of its growth. With expertise across accountancy, tax and financial advisory services, alongside a strong investment management business, we can help everyone from founders to new joiners to manage their wealth effectively. We champion and promote entrepreneurship, focusing our energy and expertise on aspirational and growing businesses whose founders want to succeed and make a difference.
The benefits of an integrated service cannot be underestimated: with a single point of contact, there is no need for complex changes of adviser as your business grows, and no need to deal with multiple advisers. Our experts work closely with each other across specialist disciplines to ensure that our clients receive a seamless service.
Why Smith & Williamson?
- An integrated and seamless service team focused on key areas that are important to your employees in your growth journey.
- Forward-looking views on your business and your employees’ circumstances, financial planning and tax matters to help them focus on what creates your business value.
- An experienced team who will guide you and your employees through the tax challenges and financial planning opportunities.
- An international team who will understand your business, facilitating local, personalised, financial planning and tax advice to your employees.
Nick Travis
Partner, Head of Entrepreneurs, Investment management
Enterprise: Adventuring Entrepreneurs
In this issue, we focus on those entrepreneurs that have embarked on extraordinary journeys, engaged in extreme sports or built businesses with adventure at their core.
Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame
Meet the entrepreneurs who have aimed higher and worked smarter.
The Entrepreneur Ship
We are proud sponsors of Guy Rigby & David Murray's challenging row across the Atlantic in aid of UnLtd, a charity that finds, funds and supports the next generation of social entrepreneurs. Their journey starts on 12th December and we will be following throughout.
Strategic partners
We are proud to have partnerships with carefully selected, complementary businesses, providing support for our clients and delivering a broad network through which we can connect them to the right people at the right time.
Services for you
Personal tax
Tax is likely to represent the biggest financial outlay over the course of your lifetime, yet many of us are simply too busy to dedicate the time required to ensure our tax affairs are in order and we’re not paying more than is due.
Personal financial planning
As life expectancy increases, you need to be sure you are financially prepared not only for your retirement, but also for any care you might need in later life.
Investment management
Everyone has different needs, aspirations and time horizons. We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.
Retirement planning
Regular reviews of your pension arrangements are available to help you decide what’s right for you before, at and during retirement.
Assurance and accounting
Ensuring you have effective and accurate financial systems and controls in place to meet your business and compliance requirements is critical to your success.
Business outsourcing services
Efficient, cost-effective and comprehensive outsourcing and back-office services can help you boost profits and reduce risk.
Business tax
Ever-changing legislation and a global crackdown on tax avoidance means your business now operates in an increasingly challenging tax environment.
Corporate finance and transactions
Raising capital, managing portfolios and strong transactional support from our transactions team.