Jamie McLachlan, Ammu’s Manager is a Business Management Accountant, a Certified Xero Adviser and Certified Xero Payroll Adviser. He completed his CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting and is now studying for CIMA Advanced Management Accounting.

Jamie is an expert in financial analysis, budgeting & forecasting, preparing year end accounts, streamlining the finance function, improving controls, procedures also regular financial performance and KPI reporting.

Working with financial directors and owner-managers, Jamie helps them to break down the steps required to digitise their business processes. He also advises on selecting and implementing cloud accounting software and business applications that provide real time management information that fully supports management accounting and profitability and margin analysis.

Jamie is the go-to person for clients for digital support. Jamie identifies the right package of tools and apps every size of business must have to go digital, stay compliant and make informed decisions.

Jamie is also one of our client managers’ – the key contact for answering questions, concerns, and updates, liasing with our team and clients- ensuring clear communication and quick issue resolution of any queries.

When Jamie is not digitising businesses or studying, he is out and about bagging Munroes, or going to the gym. Jamie recently got married and is enjoying settling down to married life.

Get in touch with Jamie: email jamie@ammu.uk or call 01292 388 031

Key expertise and skills

• Management accounting, financial analysis and business reporting
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Year end accounts preparation
• Digitisation of finance function and key busines processes
• Financial monitoring & reporting, setting up KPIs, financial controls and procedures
• Cloud accounting and business applications
• Helping SMEs prepare for Making Tax Digital

Visit our Digitisation hub and our cloud accounting and business application pages to find out more.

Iain Robertson is ammu’s funding, business grants and R&D Tax Credit claims specialist.

Iain works with a range of businesses from manufacturers and engineers, professional consultants, medical and healthcare businesses. Also, early growth stage and established SME businesses looking to scale up.

Iain has over 30 years of experience working with businesses, including 15 years working with Business Gateway. Iain is helping them to find solutions to their issues as well as identifying and securing funding from both private and public sector sources.

He also advises business owners on all aspects of R&D Tax claims from checking eligibility, identifying relevant projects to writing and submitting successful claims.

Iain is ideally positioned to advise early stage and growing businesses on their growth journey. Iain shares his own experience setting up and running his own ICT support and software company.

When Iain isn’t advising clients’, he can be found enjoying a glass or two of wine, painting and drawing (in his words ‘with much enjoyment but mixed success’), and trying to improve his Spanish.

Key expertise and skills

• Detailed knowledge of public sector business support and grants to support business growth and expansion
• Skilled applying for funding packages, with an in-depth knowledge of loan Funds
• Specialism in the Engineering/manufacturing, construction and IT/software development sectors
• Proven track record for successful R&D Tax Credit claims giving cash boosts for SMEs

Visit our R&D Tax Credits and Business funding pages to find out more