Deloitte in profile
PROFESSIONAL services firm Deloitte in Leeds offers a range of services and is continuing to invest in graduate talent as it looks to continue its expansion plans in Yorkshire.
Deloitte’s office in Leeds is one of the largest and busiest outside of London with more than 400 staff and 31 partners who provide a broad range of services to businesses across Yorkshire and the East Riding.
From the Leeds city centre office, Deloitte’s clients benefit from many years of experience across audit, consulting, corporate finance and tax services.
Businesses face a complex set of issues including managing increased costs, improving efficiency, meeting changing and ever stringent regulatory requirements and achieving growth.
Martin Jenkins, practice senior partner at Deloitte in Leeds, said: “Our approach brings together both insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with business knowledge and industry expertise to help our clients improve their businesses and achieve their ambitions.
“We may be advising a public sector client one day on how to improve efficiency and the next day advising a company on how to optimise its tax structures and on the impact of forthcoming changes to legislation.”
Leeds is widely regarded as one of the cities best placed to see a private sector-led recovery, with high potential to create private sector jobs.
There are still some significant challenges facing businesses across Yorkshire and the East Riding and Deloitte continues to help them navigate their way around increasingly complex business issues.
Mr Jenkins added: “The challenging economic conditions have continued throughout 2011 and we have felt them just like many other organisations. Despite this we have seen considerable success across the business including the completion of deals worth over £1bn in the first six months of 2011.
“We have also reported a positive set of financial results which show that our Yorkshire and North East practice returned to growth with revenues of £80m.
“Many of our clients in both the public and private sectors are still dealing with the effects of budget restrictions and in some cases reductions. Others have taken the opportunity to focus on streamlining their assets and financial structures. We anticipate that this will persist as growth in the economy continues to be slow and we have yet to feel the full effects of the cuts in the public sector.
“We have continued to invest in our future, increasing overall headcount by five per cent and recruiting 60 graduates for September 2011. This means that we are in a strong position going forwards with some of the most talented people working at Deloitte.”
