Automotive accountancy specialist UHY Hacker Young Manchester has been bought by Cooper Parry.
The deal includes the automotive UHY team, headed up by Dave Kendrick, Paul Daly and Ian McMahon.
Ade Cheatham, Cooper Parry CEO, said: “This deal confirms our ambition to create the UK’s next gen professional services group.
“Acquiring UHY Hacker Young Manchester allows us to establish a powerful presence in the Northwest as well as being the leading automotive advisory business in the UK.
What Dave Kendrick and his talented teams have created gives CP a perfect platform from which to launch further UK acquisitions, strategic hires and specialist team lifts.”
Dave Kendrick, UHY Hacker Young Manchester CEO, adds: “I am hugely proud of what we have achieved over the last few years as a team and taking our amazing 160 strong team into the Cooper Parry business feels the perfect fit.
“Our growth ambitions, culture, team ethic and industry specialisms feel very much aligned and we now have the platform to dominate the Automotive Sector as the leading advisory firm.”