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About Us - A Brief History

Soon after qualifying and obtaining his practicing certificate in 1984, Eddie Lewis went into public practice on his own. As well as client referrals, Eddie soon decided that acquisition of other practices and subsequent disposal of the less profitable elements was the quickest way to grow his practice.

Paul Goff started to work with Eddie in 1994 and has played a key role in the integration of acquisitions as they arose. In late 1997 the practice known as Bruce Allen was acquired and Eddie moved all his activities to the offices located in Southend. The main focus of the practice was services to IT and other contract based one-man limited companies. Changes in legislation affecting this type of companies created a need to expand the general practice client base.

By coincidence, a general practice that Eddie had worked in many years previously became available. In January 2003 Eddie acquired the client portfolio and the trading premises based in Hornchurch in Essex. The staff based at Southend relocated to Hornchurch in March 2003 and joined the remaining staff from the newly acquired practice, one of which was Andrew Catley.

After successfully merging the staff and working practices throughout spring and summer of 2003, the practice incorporated to a Limited Liability Partnership with Andrew joining Eddie as partners with effect from 1 October 2003. The partnership continues to grow by recommendations and referrals from existing clients and other sources.

In August 2004 Eddie acquired another practice outside the partnership, based in London's West End. Due to the nature of the practice, Eddie soon found the majority of his time was spent in London. In March 2006 Eddie left Bruce Allen to concentrate fully on his other activities. After many years with Bruce Allen, Paul Goff became a partner on 1 April 2006.