A new Hospitality and Tourism specialist has been appointed at Saffery Champness Chartered Accountants in Bournemouth. Nikki Forster joins the team as Senior Manager Audit and brings with her a wealth of experience having spent 20 years working for PWC Accountants in South Africa.

Nikki advised, “I am really excited to now be working at Saffery Champness in Bournemouth, an area that is renowned for its thriving tourism trade. I am relishing the opportunity to meet and engage with many local hoteliers. My role is more than just that of a chartered accountant as I advise and support businesses, guiding them through their financial and business challenges.

Continuing, Nikki added, “Brexit has brought new opportunities to the tourism sector and it’s an interesting time to be working in the industry.”

Nikki also has audit and accountancy experience in the technology sector and school academies.

Anyone interested in meeting with Nikki is invited to call T: 01202 204744 E: nikki.forster@saffery.com

About Saffery Champness LLP

Saffery Champness LLP is the 12th largest firm of chartered accountants in the UK (by fee income), providing specialist advice to a wide range of individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organisations. The firm does not try to be all things to all people. Instead, its focus is very much on seven core areas of business where it has built significant expertise and can really bring value to clients’ affairs:

Private wealth

Business advisory

Entrepreneurs

Land and estates

Not-for-profit

Sports and entertainment

International

For 160 years, the firm's success has been founded upon providing clients with a genuinely partner-led service, and working with them to create bespoke solutions that help them to achieve their personal and business objectives.

Saffery Champness has almost 70 partners and nearly 600 staff in the UK, across nine offices, plus a presence in Guernsey, Geneva and Zurich, with 140 directors and staff based outside the UK.

Saffery Champness is also a member of the Nexia International network (Nexia). Nexia is a leading, global network of independent accounting and consulting firms, spanning over 120 countries.

Visit www.saffery.com for more information or see Twitter: @Safferys.