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Clacksfirst BID Finance Insight Sessions with Arm in Arm Accounting

Arm in Arm Accounting is a local firm of Chartered Accountants with 25 years’ of experience supporting a range of SME businesses (limited companies, partnerships, sole-traders and third sector organisations) across a wide range of sectors.

Owner, Neil Mackinnon, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. He joined Sun Microsystems, a $15B Silicon Valley computer manufacturer, and in 2006 became global Finance Director for their Storage products supply chain business and in 2015 started up his own Chartered Accountancy practice,  Arm in Arm Accounting .

Over this period Neil has gained a broad range of skills covering technical accounting & tax, business development & strategic planning, financial and business systems implementations, preparation of investment proposals, mergers & acquisitions execution, tax planning, finance organisation development, business transformation projects, and overall financial leadership. He is now applying those skills to help SMEs across Scotland.

During 2022 Clacksfirst BID is delighted to be working with Arm in Arm Accounting to deliver a series of workshops aimed at providing an insight on how finance can be used as a key enabler for growth, and how current developments in tax are affecting local businesses.

There will be seven sessions throughout 2022, starting Thursday June 23rd, covering a range of important areas of business finance SME’s could benefit from, you will see all the courses available when you click to register.

The Clacksfirst BID member discount code is clacksfirst and should be input at checkout to secure free attendance. For the full list Register here

David Anderson

David was a partner in the local aggregate business Hamilton & Brydie and had been a Director of the business for almost 20 years. Hamilton & Brydie was sold recently and David is now the owner and Director of Anderson Properties (Scotland) Ltd.

Ali Davidson

Ali has 25 years’ experience in local economic development, firstly as Property Manager and then Assistant Director at STEP in Stirling. Ali then joined Ceteris in Alloa where she managed the Business Development team, delivering Business Gateway support in Clackmannanshire. Ali’s current role is Team leader, Economic Development at Clackmannanshire Council, overseeing employability programmes, UKSPF projects, and other economic development activity. Ali has a BA (Hons) degree in Economics, Post Graduate Diploma in Facilities Management and SFEDI Diploma in Business and Enterprise Support.

William Marlin

William is a Director at 123v LTD, a family run business which was established in the 1990s that specialises in carport and canopy design and install. He studied Law & Management and was involved in property renovations for many years. In 2015, he joined the family business where he works in Sales and Marketing as well as general management.

Doug Moodie (BA FCCA DipM)

Doug is a Chartered Accountant and Management Consultant having worked predominantly in Financial Services. 

He was appointed by Scottish Government in 2022 as Chair of Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Director of NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Director of Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and has been Chair of Children’s Panel in Falkirk for over ten years. Doug is passionate about young people and is the owner of Kidz World Nursery Ltd in Alloa and Stirling. Doug is also Managing Director of various property companies involved in Lettings, Holiday Homes, Development and Property Factoring.