Azets Group has announced the acquisition of regional wealth management and chartered accountancy firm, Milne Craig.

Based in Paisley near Glasgow, Milne Craig, supports private clients, family businesses, and charities in Scotland as well as throughout the UK.

Milne Craig’s financial services division was founded in 1995 and has grown to 17 chartered advisors and support staff offering a range of financial planning services including pensions, investments, family wealth planning, corporate investment, inheritance tax planning, and other bespoke requirements.

The new acquisition provides Milne Craig’s clients with access to a greater depth of advice, while Azets has added more than 90 new colleagues to strengthen its offering across accounting, tax, audit, corporate finance, payroll, and wealth management.

Kate Brown will continue to lead Milne Craig’s financial planning team, which will rebrand as Azets Wealth Management.

She said: “I’ve been delighted to lead the development of Milne Craig’s Wealth Management offering over the past 25 years. I’m excited to continue this within Azets, a firm of significant scale that will give us great opportunities to develop our team and service offering further and remaining together with the Milne Craig colleagues in other parts of our business as we all join Azets.”

CEO of Azets Wealth Management, Mark Parkinson, added: “The services that Milne Craig offers deepens Azets’ expertise. We are thrilled to welcome Kate and the financial services team into Azets, marking the latest milestone on the group’s growth journey.”

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