{"id":20308,"date":"2023-10-26T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=20308"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:10:26","slug":"taxassist-accountants-northampton-celebrates-25-years-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taxassist-accountants-northampton-celebrates-25-years-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"TaxAssist Accountants Northampton celebrates 25 years in business"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><strong>Keith and Katherine Loader become TaxAssist Accountants\u2019 longest serving franchisees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brother and sister team Keith and Katherine Loader opened their doors for business in 1998. They recently celebrated their silver anniversary with staff at their shop at 149 Park Avenue North in Northampton, where they look after the needs of 560 clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea where the last 25 years have gone,\u201d said Keith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are busier than ever, but we took a few minutes on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> September to celebrate in the traditional way \u2013 with cake. \u00a0Much has changed during my time as a TaxAssist franchisee, but I still have the very first client that signed up, but as a personal tax client rather than a sole trader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking on the franchise back in September 1998 was the right decision for me and I have absolutely no regrets. I could not have built the practice without the hard work of my staff who I thank for putting up with me!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is one piece of advice I can pass on to other TaxAssist franchisees it is to make sure you look after your smaller clients and they will grow with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keith and Katherine recently signed up for a further 10 years with TaxAssist Accountants becoming the longest contracted franchisees too, with their agreement running up to 31st July 2033.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re keen to build your own practice, a TaxAssist franchise can provide the systems and support you need to be successful.\u00a0Regular Discovery Days are being held, where you can find out more about the technical, marketing and business development support on offer. Call us or submit an enquiry to register your interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith and Katherine Loader become TaxAssist Accountants\u2019 longest serving franchisees. Brother and sister team Keith and Katherine Loader opened their doors for business in 1998. They recently celebrated their silver anniversary with staff at their shop at 149 Park Avenue North in Northampton, where they look after the needs of 560 clients. \u201cI have no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-taxassist-accountants","category-accountancy-and-finance-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Keith-Katherine-Loader-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}