Edinburgh CA Firm Chiene + Tait admits Neil Norman to partnership

Edinburgh Chartered Accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has announced the promotion of a new Partner in the firm. Neil Norman, previously Director of Corporate Tax Services became Chiene + Tait’s Entrepreneurial Tax Partner on 1 January 2015.

Neil qualified with a medium sized firm and then spent 5 years with KPMG prior to joining Chiene + Tait in January 2012. He specialises in tax planning and tax relief claims for entrepreneurs and angel investors including Enterprise Investment Schemes, Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes and R&D Tax Relief. He works closely with new start ups, university spin outs, business accelerators, high growth companies, life science organisations and entrepreneurs to make sure they are fully up to speed with the latest legislation set down by HMRC.

Commenting on his promotion to partner, Neil says, ”I am absolutely delighted to become the newest partner at Chiene + Tait. With support from a fantastic team, we have developed and built on our existing entrepreneur and angel investor expertise and work with many angel syndicates across Scotland and the high growth companies they have invested in. I look forward to working with my fellow partners and growing our entrepreneurial work.”

Jeremy Chittleburgh, Senior Partner, adds “Since joining the firm, Neil has made huge steps to ensure that investors and entrepreneurs can utilise tax reliefs to achieve a successful business outcome. His work has saved our clients millions of pounds and the partnership wishes to recognise and reward his success. ”