Every veterinary practice is under pressure to compete more effectively and profitably at a time of growing competition.

Whether you are a veterinary practice on the high street, practising in the country or specialising in large or exotic animals, our team of veterinary accountants and advisers have the knowledge of the veterinary sector that can help you.

Understanding you

To give you the best accountancy advice, we have over 25 years' experience in the veterinary sector and an understanding of every type of practice. 

Practice valuations, sales and purchases are where we excel and can offer you a quality service. In the past three years we have advised on the sale and purchase of veterinary practices in excess of £500 million.

Where many vets accountancy firms offer conventional compliance based services, we go far beyond and can help you get to grips with:

  • Fundamental issues of practice management
  • Improving your service
  • Increasing your profits
  • Reducing your costs

How can we help you?

 

Making a difference

To ensure you are getting the most up-to-date service and advice, we have regular contact with veterinary associations to enable us to anticipate developments in veterinary practice. 

In order to give you access to our wealth of information, we hold seminars on topical issues. We are also members of SPVS and VMG.

 

Useful links

To keep you up-to-date with the latest veterinary news, we regularly write for a variety of publications. 

    Click here to read a selection of Hazlewoods Vet articles in the press.

Why not come and meet us to find out more about how we can help you. We will be at the following events and will be happy to talk to you:

London Vet Show 2021 

VMG-SPVS Congress 2021

BEVA Congress 2021

Related pages

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Coronavirus: supporting you and your practice

Supporting you and your veterinary practice through the coronavirus pandemic

Featured news

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Veterinary update: Annual investment allowance – spend, spend, spend!

Wednesday 28 October 2020

In the current uncertain economic environment, investment may not be at the top of your agenda, however, there is a limited time to maximise the tax reliefs available for capital expenditure.
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Veterinary update: COVID-19 practice turnover summary

Thursday 15 October 2020

Further to our previous updates on the impact of COVID-19 on turnover, we have our latest figures for July and August.

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Veterinary update: Tax deferrals

Thursday 1 October 2020

We thought we would take this opportunity to summarise the different tax deferrals that are available and what the implications are.

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Veterinary update: Preparing your business for Brexit

Wednesday 30 September 2020

It is hard to forget that with everything happening in the world that the transition period for Brexit will soon be over and will present another challenge for businesses to face. With just under three months to prepare for Brexit, there are many things which practices need to consider prior to 1 January 2021 and have highlighted five areas that you may wish to consider:

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Veterinary update: New funding for SMEs

Thursday 6 August 2020

The Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government has announced that a £20 million package of funding will be available to help small and medium businesses recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Further roll out of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT and other taxes

Wednesday 29 July 2020

On 21 July, the Government published a 5 to 10-year vision for tax administration. This included its future plan for MTD which includes the extension of MTD for VAT to all VAT-registered businesses with effect from April 2022
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IHT planning: How do I review my inheritance tax position?

Monday 20 July 2020

Succession planning is a process that takes time and needs buy in from all the family so the sooner that process begins the better.

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Hazlewoods magazine: tax headlines

Monday 20 July 2020

There has been significant change to tax reporting and payment requirements recently. Catch op on our summary of: Residential property; SDLT deadlines; and Time to pay arrangements.
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Veterinary update: Summer statement 2020

Thursday 9 July 2020

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his summer statement yesterday, announcing new measures focusing on ‘a plan for jobs’. 

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Veterinary update: May 2020 COVID-19 survey results

Thursday 2 July 2020

Further to our previous article regarding the impact of COVID-19 on turnover and staff costs, here is our update for May. 

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Veterinary update: Temporary changes to Companies House filing requirements

Thursday 2 July 2020

For those practices who are a company or limited liability partnership (LLP), if your filing deadline for accounts falls anytime from 27 June 2020 to 5 April 2021 (inclusive) you are likely to receive an automatic 3 month extension. 
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Veterinary update: Income tax and national insurance treatment of staff accommodation

Wednesday 6 May 2020

Where an employee stays in staff accommodation at the practice only for nights that they are on call, there is no BIK. This applies to both vets and nurses.

Events

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Veterinary practice development day

Thursday 12 November 2020 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

As we do not have the opportunity to see you at London Vet Show this year, we are holding a practice development day on Thursday 12 November. This will be a great opportunity for you to book in for an individual chat with us regarding any matters you may find helpful to discuss. And the good news is, there is no charge!

Testimonial from Anonymous

"Pro-active, knowledgeable and quietly supportive would be my summary of Hazlewoods. We first joined the Hazlewoods family 4 years ago, on the back of a personal recommendation, primarily for audit purposes, but they soon turned out to be so much more...their staff are personable, comfortingly knowledgeable and always willing to help. Their straight, no nonsense approach to all matters be they personal, audit or corporate makes dealing with them easy and never a chore."

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Testimonial from Anonymous

"The professionalism of their team, their knowledge of the industry, the ease of accessibility to any of the team on a day to day basis and the continuity of Hazlewoods personnel during the many projects we have undertaken together have been invaluable to us over the last six years."

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Testimonial from Haydn Sharratt

"As an independent Practioner, making a decision to sell one’s Practice is a big enough decision in its own right. I am very pleased that I appointed Hazlewoods to act as my sales advisor as the service I received was exceptional. They went beyond what is expected."

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Testimonial from Anonymous

"They have also undertaken benchmarking and given us advice on our prices and pay scale."

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"We really do rely enormously on their support and guidance."

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"We are very happy with the advice that we have always received which is extremely valuable to us in the running of our business."

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Testimonial from Anonymous

"Just a quick note to thank you very much for a thoroughly professional and constructive meeting. It was just the service we had hoped to receive."

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