Helm Godfrey acquires Howard & Co

Helm, run by managing director Bruce Wilson, will absorb Howard & Co’s three registered individuals, including owner and tax specialist John Mather, into its City headquarters. The addition of Howard & Co, with its client base of high net-worth individuals, will boost Helm’s annual turnover, which in 2006 rose 50% to £6m from £4m in 2005, by a further £800,000. The firm currently has 36 advisers, including five hired this year, and aims to have 70 advisers by 2009 through a series of tie-ups and acquisitions. Since launch in 1999, the business has grown considerably through a combinatio...