Business Blooms for Purple Lime

Business is thriving for young Wiltshire-based accountancy firm Purple Lime with the appointment of two new staff.

Edd Stone, who lives locally in Corsham, has recently joined as a management accountant alongside Hayley Chamberlain, who lives in Chippenham. 

Edd worked for another company for five years working on accounts, audits and tax with small businesses, charities, schools, international groups and government departments. He then worked with a charity helping them adapt to rapid growth and moved back into practice when he joined Purple Lime.

“I was attracted to the fact Purple Lime are not a team of traditional ‘boring’ accountants. It became very apparent we would enjoy having fun and getting to know the clients. I’ve always known accountancy is not just about compliance and I know working with my colleagues here, we can be much more than that.”

Hayley has worked as an accountant in various roles throughout her career. 

She said: “I’ve been very lucky to work in some amazing businesses and meet with some incredible people along the way. These include Real World Studios (Peter Gabriel’s) in Box, Swindon Town Football Club and Route One – Skateboarding & Surfing in Badminton.

“I thrive off working in exciting and ‘different’ environments, meeting and working with inspiring people. Purple Lime is all of this and more. Here being excited about work is a day-to-day occurrence; we encourage each other to source new technologies in order to make efficiencies for both our clients and ourselves.”

Both Edd and Hayley support several charities outside of their work and Edd is a keen cyclist and voluntary treasurer of a local organisation set up to counsel victims of abuse. 

Founders of Purple Lime Angela Ashworth and Oli Thomas are thrilled with their new team members. 

Angela said: “It’s been wonderful to get to know Edd and Hayley over the last few weeks and welcome them to our team. They have fitted right in and are bringing their own new ideas and experience to the table.” 

Oli said: “We are extremely fortunate to be expanding our team in this way. It shows a real appetite in the SME community for smarter working when it comes to finances. In fact, we’re always looking for enthusiastic and talented people who have a passion for helping ambitious businesses thrive.”

Purple Lime was set up in 2016 and provides an outsourced finance department for SME business owners.  The advantage for the client is they benefit from a range of services tailored to their needs, from bookkeeping through to FD support, alongside traditional compliance. 

Owners of growing and ambitious businesses do need to know their numbers. Purple Lime support their clients using cloud technology and focus on enabling them to have real time financial data when making those important strategic decisions. They are a silver champion partner with the accountancy technology brand Xero. For more information visit http://www.purplelime.uk.com