Accountancy firm Sunflower Accounts has relocated to Wiltshire and taken on the spouse of its founder as it continues to grow.
Mark Rickaby joins his wife Steph in running the business, which has moved from Clevedon, near Bristol, to Calne.
Mark supported Steph when she set up Sunflower early last year after many years of working as an employed accountant.
As Sunflower Accounts entered its second year and began growing rapidly, he made the decision to leave his job of 10 years as a data analyst working in cartography and geographic information systems at the Hydrographic Office in Taunton.
Mark said: “Our long-term vision was always that I would join the business as it evolved to support Steph and to create a family-run firm with an aim of providing excellent customer service educating and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide.
“Steph’s commitment and drive have been exceptional and the business has grown so rapidly – with clients across the UK – that it was time for me to be part of Sunflower full time.”
Steph added: “We love Wiltshire as a county and it’s where Mark was brought up. We have clients all over the UK so being based here provides us with fantastic access being so close to the M4 and with excellent rail links. We could not be happier in our decision to make these changes to our business.”
Mark was born and brought up in the Wroughton area and attended The Ridgeway School and New College in Swindon. He went on to gain a degree in geology at the Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education and then completed a Masters at Reading University. He is now a student member with the Association of Tax Technicians and will be sitting his ATT exams next year.
Pictured: Mark and Steph Rickaby
