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About Us >
 Company Background
We think of ourselves as a family run firm with an international background.
The business was established in 1976 by Bert Russell and his son Ken. Bert retired in 1980 and the practice was then carried on by Ken until his brother Alastair Russell joined the firm in October, 1989.
We recognised several years ago that owner managed businesses need their accountants to be more than just a scorekeeper. We therefore put great efforts into being seen as part of the team by our clients.
The firm currently has 14 team members including 6 qualified accountants, 5 part qualified/trainee accountants, 1 fully qualified tax practitioner with the Chartered Institute of Taxation and 2 team members who deal with the administration side.
Our office at 4 Royal Crescent allows easy access to and from the M8 as well as providing car parking facilities for our clients.
Our client base ranges from individual tax clients to limited companies with annual turnovers of over £10 million. Our clients are mainly based in the West of Scotland and are engaged in the manufacturing, retailing, construction and service sectors.
When people come to us, they are in differing financial states, some doing well, others struggling a little. We see our role as working with these businesses, whatever their current position. We help them identify their real personal and business goals (not just reaching the end of the month but, what goals are realistically achievable).
We then work with them to develop their strategy to achieve those goals. Some of our clients find that they are too tied up in the day-to-day tasks of the business to take a proper view of how it is doing and where it is going. We help our clients to work ON and not just IN their businesses.
The aim is to give a very high level of service to a small number of clients. This will ensure that clients get our full attention and we are able to answer their questions quickly and comprehensively. We were frustrated in practice by not having enough time to go that step further for our clients to make sure that the job is completed to their and our satisfaction, dealing with ALL the issues identified.
Most businesses aim at nothing and hit it with amazing accuracy, we work with our clients to ensure they have a clear picture of what they want to achieve and a plan of how to get there.
Russell & Russell is looking to grow over the next few years to form a network of qualified consultants within the business, offering accountancy and business advisory services.
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