Glasgow Networking Breakfast – Hannah Campbell – TaxAssist Accountants

ABOUT HANNAH

Hannah is the owner of one of the biggest TaxAssist Accountants franchises in the UK, supporting over 1,100 small business owners and taxpayers from four shop front locations across Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian. Hannah became the sole owner of the business in September 2023 following completion of a Management Buy Out.

Passionate about helping others, not just small businesses but her team and the wider community, Hannah also sits on the board of the charity Cash for Kids, who focus on supporting disadvantaged children across Edinburgh, The Lothians, Fife and Falkirk.

BACKGROUND

Hannah began her career at an IT company as an admin assistant straight from high school and after a few months was offered a bookkeeping course, which went on to lead to professional accountancy exams. Hannah progressed with this company over six years through various roles, ending up as Assistant Accounting Manager for EMEA, but was made redundant in 2014 following the company’s acquisition by Dell.

After leaving Dell, Hannah joined TaxAssist Accountants as Assistant Practice Manager. In 2015 discussions started regarding the possibility of a Management Buy Out and the first stage of this was completed in 2016 when Hannah became Partner and 24% shareholder in the business.

There legal contracts included an option to purchase the rest of the business at the same share price as the initial purchase, meaning that Hannah would not end up paying for any further growth created in the business.

As part of their agreement, the founder of the business took a step back at this stage and Hannah took on the role of managing Partner, responsible for all day-to-day operations as well as strategic decisions for the business. In July 2020 Hannah doubled her shareholding to 48%.

The final stage of the Management Buy Out was started in 2022 but became a very protracted process, not helped by a period of economic uncertainty and rising inflation and interest rates when trying to secure lending from the bank. Thanks to a lot of tenacity, the deal was completed in September 2023.

Anyone with an interest in business who is looking for an enjoyable networking event!  Unlike many networking events, there is a full hour allocated to networking.

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