Swindon Managing Partner Mike Lloyd said: “We are delighted to be recognized in this way. Our team works with us not for us and without them we have no business.

“We invest in their technical development and personal growth, because if they prosper, so does our business.

“In Swindon, we are thriving. We are currently recruiting newly qualified Audit and Accounting Directors and Senior Accountants due to our growth over the past two years.

“So, as we say in our social media posts, ‘don’t just follow us, join us! “”

Mr. Lloyd has led the town team for over 25 years. The founder of the company, Cyril Haines Watts, graduated as a chartered accountant in 1930 and acquired his first client.

In the 1940s, the company’s first office was set up in a hangar with a desk, two chairs, a filing cabinet and a common telephone.

In the 1960s, a second partner joined the company and new services around taxation and mechanized accounting were created. Two decades later, the company began to open offices across the UK.

Best Companies is an organization that encourages brands to work effectively with their teams, which in turn leads to high productivity and business success.

Their lists are considered a mark of quality and good practice in employee engagement.

Founder and CEO Jonathan Austin said, “I want to congratulate Haines Watts on his success. Best Companies has been developing the accreditation standard since 2006 to recognize excellence in the workplace.

“Organizations like this have continued to focus on their people and have been rewarded with an engaged workforce that tells us this is the best company to work for.

This is the latest recognition from the Haines Watts family. Just two years ago, the company was named the 2019 Accounting Firm of the Year for the FD Excellence Awards.