Logistics and Transport
Using our logistics and transport sector knowledge to support this rapidly evolving industry…
Our specialist team of logistics and transport accountants offer bespoke advice to the logistics and transport sectors. Our clients in this sector typically include freight forwarders, hauliers, shipping companies, supply chain management and procurement, warehouses (including bonded warehouses), courier companies, rail and bus operators.
We are a relationship led business, a real people to people firm and therefore we work closely with our logistics and transport sector clients to provide solutions to common industry issues. Our clients in this sector typically require help with VAT, Customs and Excise clearances, audit, UK and international tax (including Capital Allowances) and mergers and acquisitions.
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How can RPGCC’s specialist logistics and transport accountants help you and your business?
Our team of specialist logistics and transport accountants, auditors and tax advisers use their specialist knowledge to provide meaningful guidance and assistance that helps finance teams and business owners navigate the rules and regulations that impact on the transport and logistics industry.
Our client’s in this sector cover all areas from courier companies and private hire taxi firms through to ship operators, freight forwarders and bus and train operators.
We support our logistics and transport clients across a wide spectrum of services from the basic accountancy needs of bookkeeping, payroll and annual accounts through to VAT, capital allowances, dealing with VAT and excise duties and foreign currency disclosures.
Our services in this sector include:
- VAT
- Excise duties
- Annual Investment Allowances
- Capital Allowances
- Research and Development Tax
- Due diligence
- Structuring and Corporate Tax planning
- Preparing the businesses for sale
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Cashflow management
- Lead advisory (sourcing funding, negotiating offers and business acquisition)
As well as providing all the services you might expect from a London Accounting firm we also have an in-house Corporate Finance team with a vast amount of experience in the logistics and transport sector. They can help with mergers, acquisitions and disposals and provide the support you need to raise finance.
Our entire team will deliver our services with our “whatever it takes approach”. As a Partner-led and managed firm, each and every member of our team has been hand picked by us, we do not have a talent acquisition team or use AI to pick our team members.
Our team are selected not only for their qualifications and expertise, but also their soft skills. How they communicate, build relationships with clients and mange their time this is all as equally as important and we know that this is something the care home sector appreciate.
If you would like to speak to a member of our London Accounting Team about your audit and accounting requirements contact us or telephone us on 020 7870 9050. Or you can visit our web chat in the bottom right corner which is manned during office hours and you can leave a message out of hours.
The RPGCC team are always just a click or call away.
RPGCC recently produced a Logistics Sector M&A insights report in conjunction with researchers Analytica and Logistics UK.
We are delighted to share a summary of our report in PDF version for your reading. If you would like to meet with us to discuss mergers and acquisitions in the logistics and transport sector and obtain a copy of this full insights report please contact our logistics experts on on 020 7870 9050 or via our website chat box in the bottom right corner.
Philip Bird is a Partner our Corporate Finance team and he has over 25 years experience in corporate finance, principally providing mergers and acquisitions and fund raising advice. Philip has considerable expertise in the transport and logistics sector and leads the firms services in this sector.
Philip Bird, Corporate Finance Partner Email – pbird@rpgcc.co.uk
As part of our focus and specialism in the UK logistics sector we provided an update on UK logistics sector M&A in Q3 of 2023.