Pubs are what we do, we own over 1,700. We know how important your leisure time is and we work really hard to give you the best environment to spend it in, a great range of food and drinks to enjoy and all at a price you can afford.

Founded in 1990 Rowan Dartington continues to grow year on year and now has responsibility for client assets in excess of £1 billion. Over the last few years we have made significant investments into our infrastructure as well as broadening our branch network and ensuring we have the right people in our business. By doing so this has enabled us to stay competitive whilst enhancing the levels of personal service we can provide to our clients.

Devon-based Thomas Westcott is an established practice with offices across the county providing services including accountancy, audit, business recovery, corporate finance, financial planning and tax advice.

Somerset-based Butterworth Jones, founded almost 100 years ago, has five offices in Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Langport, Somerton and Weston-super-Mare.

Richard Thomas, Chairman of Thomas Westcott, said: “The merger is the ideal coming together for us and our clients as we continue to build a full-service accountancy business delivering first-class proactive support that adds real value to our clients.”

He added: “Butterworth Jones is a well-established and successful accountancy firm and we believe the two firms’ highly-complementary service offerings will significantly strengthen our overall market position in the South West and beyond.”

John Parker, Managing partner of Butterworth Jones, said: “A key advantage of this merger will be our ability to broaden the portfolio of services available to clients.

“Over almost a century we have provided high quality accountancy services and joining forces with Thomas Westcott will only enhance our reputation and create huge opportunities both for the business and our clients.”

He added: “Our hallmark is to deliver specialist services across a range of sectors through local offices.”