The move into a larger 258 square metre premises in the town’s Ramparts Business Park follows last year’s merger with local firm Optimus Accounting Limited.

Headquartered in Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Rennie Welch initially expanded into Berwick on Tweed in 2016. The new office, led by partners Patrick Evans, Mairi Drummond and Mark Thompson and supported by a number of the firm’s senior managers, has capacity for up to 30 people which would nearly treble its existing team of 12 colleagues.

The Berwick office is also supported by the wider Rennie Welch team of 40 professional and support staff, based across the Eastern and Central Borders. The firm says it’s made a ‘significant investment’ in upgraded IT systems and infrastructure as part of the move.

Rennie Welch has a long-established reputation as an agricultural accounting and taxation specialist and, in recent years, has also built a strong client base within retail, manufacturing, hotel and catering and service industries.

Mark Thompson, tax partner at Rennie Welch, said: “Our investment in this new office follows last year’s successful merger with Optimus Accounting and continued growth across our Berwick on Tweed practice.

“The new premises, combined with a significant investment into enhanced facilities and systems, will help us build on our reputation as a firm which provides friendly and professional services to its clients. It also gives us the space we need to increase our headcount as we target further growth across the local region, on both sides of the Border.”