1920s Nankivell & Sanderson is founded in Ipswich
1927 British
1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 1929 Great Depression
1937 Sir Frank Whittle invents the jet engine
1937/38 Scrutton & Goodchild moves into 34 Museum Street
1939 World War 2 begins 1948 Introduction of the National Health Service
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1953 Watson, Crick and Franklin discover DNA’s structure
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is created
2007 Colchester
2007 Apple release the first iPhone 2012 The XXX Olympiad is held in London
2014 Ipswich Office moves to Fitzroy House
2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest- reigning British monarch
2016 Cambridge office opens
2018 Centenary of the armistice marking the end of WW1
2019 Scrutton Bland celebrates its centenary
office moves to The Crescent, Colchester Business Park
on Ipswich’s Crown Street in 2014. In 2016 the firm expanded once again, this time northwards, increasing the size of its site in Diss and opening a new office in Cambridge later that year. As it celebrates its 100th year, the current Scrutton Bland partnership team reflects on the firm’s long history and the position it has held for so long in local communities: TimMulley, Senior Partner, thinks that the similarities between the business approach today and that of 100 years ago could be the reason why the firm has prospered for so long: “Our business is based on trust. Looking after people’s livelihoods, whether that is in business or their personal finances is a huge responsibility and one which we take very seriously. I think understanding what matters to our clients, and genuinely putting them first is what sets us apart
and why we are still operating today.”
out by hand by an accountant or tax adviser.” But, far from being a disaster, Simon sees this as the very thing that could secure the future of the firm. “You don’t get to celebrate 100 years in business without having adapted to the market around you. Whilst the digital age sees an unprecedented rate of change, we are responding by developing and adapting the type of services we offer and the way in which we deliver them to our clients.”
Although being proud of its long history, the modern day Scrutton Bland is firmly focused on positioning itself at the forefront of new technology. Having been one of the first adopters of cloud-based accounting in the region, the firm has recently secured exclusive partnership arrangements with online apps and software providers to ensure that it remains well positioned to adapt to its clients’ needs as both business and personal finances become increasingly digitalised. Simon Pinion, a Business Advisory Partner who is responsible for developing the firm’s digital strategies, identifies this as one the most dramatic changes to affect the firm: “Advisory services are changing. Technology is replacing much of the work which traditionally would have been carried
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